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Catrina Ko🦁🇺🇦🇹🇼🇭🇰

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International communicator writing/speaking/translating/sciencing fiercely for #humanrights + #democracy. RTs = 💎; (mis)takes = mine. #HongKong #WomanInSTEM

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Because the only way to end that fear is to walk out on Communist China. You’re not caged birds. Live like the free nations that you are; live up to what your constitutions endow you with; live the privileges that many others are denied; live like these are worth their sacrifice.
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Terry Glavin 格立文@TerryGlavin·
Just one thing I never thought I'd see: A pope stumbling across America’s cultural zombieland ends up gifting the Khomeinists their best p.r. since Ahmadinejad at Columbia in 2007. The ayatollahs are begging Leo to lead an interfaith coalition to wipe Israel & the US from the face of the earth. therealstory.substack.com/p/things-i-nev…
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Bill Bishop
Bill Bishop@niubi·
Der Spiegel - Escaped Policeman from China Provides an Inside Look at the Police State open.substack.com/pub/derspiegel… "He helped oppress the Uyghurs, even escorting them to torture cells. Then, policeman Zhang Yabo fled China for Germany - where he has provided a clear look at the inner workings of the apparatus."
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Lord (David) Alton
Lord (David) Alton@DavidAltonHL·
Following repeated executions of male opponents of the barbaric Iranian regime, it is now reported that a group of female political prisoners are to be executed by hanging. They are: Bita Hemmati Ghazal Ghalandari Golnaz Naraghi Venus Hossein Nejad Panah Movahedi Ensieh Nejati Mahboubeh Shabani Diana Taher Abadi The group is reported to include two teenagers. Their crime? To speak out and protest against the regime’s atrocities and to demand freedom and democracy. In a letter to me, Foreign Office Minister @JennyChapman describes the use of executions as “abhorrent.” @UKHouseofLords Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP should urgently condemn this barbarism at the UN Security Council @sec_council
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Luke de Pulford
Luke de Pulford@lukedepulford·
I wrote about Peter Mandelson, the PM’s China whisperer. We are only at the beginning of this scandal. Next stop: why the UK didn’t impose tariffs on Chinese EVs. Could @BYDCompany friend Mandy have had something to do with it? unherd.com/newsroom/china…
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Samuel Bickett
Samuel Bickett@SamuelBickett·
Powerful read: Jimmy Lai’s letters from prison to his beloved daughter Claire. “If we let our comfort and safety take precedence over the value of good and evil, evil will prevail over our life, our life shall be empty, boring and meaningless. Truth and justice must stand above our comfort and well-being, otherwise our lives will be lived with “a millstone hung on our neck.” thetimes.com/article/664df4…
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Miriam M. Lexmann
Miriam M. Lexmann@MiriamMLex·
I have bad news for our EU executive: there is no middle path with China. Others have been there and burned badly. You cannot de-risk by allowing the wolf into your home.
POLITICOEurope@POLITICOEurope

The EU should accept investment from China, Industry Commissioner @steph_sejourne told us. “There is a middle path when it comes to Chinese investment in Europe,” he said, adding the bloc should “reduce the dependencies we have in strategic sectors.” #EuropeanPulseForum2026

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Tom Grundy
Tom Grundy@tomgrundy·
A fire safety contractor for the Tai Po housing estate ravaged by a massive blaze was aware that the alarm system had been disabled days before the tragedy unfolded, a public inquiry has heard.
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hkfp

A fire safety contractor for the Tai Po housing estate ravaged by a massive blaze was aware that the alarm system had been disabled days before the tragedy unfolded, a public inquiry has heard. 🔗 In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/fir…

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯
Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯@benedictrogers·
My new op-ed just out, about the case of #HongKong activist @finnlau_cd "So surely it is in the Home Office’s interests to spare any further bureaucracy or embarrassment by approving his citizenship – and in so doing, sending a clear and unambiguous message to the thousands of Hong Kongers who have come to the United Kingdom over the past six years: you are very welcome here." Why is Britain dragging its feet at giving this Hong Kong activist citizenship? spectator.com/article/why-is…
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Richard Holmes 🕵🏻‍♂️
Richard Holmes 🕵🏻‍♂️@Richard_AHolmes·
🚨NEW: Chinese students at British universities are being offered cash rewards for political loyalty to Beijing through a state-linked mobile app. Developed by a branch of China’s Ministry of Education, the app offers points to overseas students who attend events organised by the CCP, log their locations, and invite friends to join. Users can lose points for “extreme political or separatist rhetoric” or for “words or deeds that undermine national security and ethnic unity.” Points can then be converted into cash with Chinese banks or used on travel, food and entertainment, raising fears about China's far-reaching influence in UK academia. inews.co.uk/news/uk-univer…
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Luke de Pulford
Luke de Pulford@lukedepulford·
I wrote for RUSI on what I’m calling the “Great Power delusion” - the increasingly absurd notion that confronting the China challenge *in our own countries* somehow entails picking a side in US/China competition.
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RUSI@RUSI_org

'In recent years, the idea that we can opt out of our own problems by appealing to Great Power neutrality has become increasingly farcical' writes @lukedepulford in the latest #RUSICommentary. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

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Michael Danielsen - Taiwan Corner
Taiwanese children are now being registered as Chinese in Denmark, reports Berlingske. In my view, what matters is no longer what the authorities say, but what they do. Mails indicate that treating Taiwan as part of China is a political decision. berlingske.dk/internationalt…
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Mick Ryan, AM
Mick Ryan, AM@WarintheFuture·
“If western military organisations were too slow to develop counters to obvious operational problems in the past 4 years, what else might they have missed that could hurt in a potential war against China?” There is a systemic learning deficiency in western military organisations we need to fix urgently. engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-w…
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Desmond Shum
Desmond Shum@DesmondShum·
China Isn’t Competing. It’s Running a State-Backed War of Attrition China is not competing with market economies under anything resembling the same rules. Look at the news about solar underneath. An entire industry is bleeding, yet production keeps going. In any market system, firms losing money at this scale would shut down, consolidate, or be forced through bankruptcy. In China, the state keeps the machine running. That is the real distortion. If EU commits to solar deployment while keeping trade “fair” in the conventional sense, it is also committing to wipe out its own solar manufacturing base. No European government can or will subsidize every loss-making producer across an entire sector indefinitely. Beijing can. So Europe ends up in a trap: decarbonization requires solar, Chinese state-backed overcapacity crushes local producers, local industry dies, and dependence on China deepens. That is the vicious cycle market economies lock themselves into when they try to do “fair trade” with a system that is not playing by market rules at all. “Photovoltaic Industry-Wide Losses - The seven major photovoltaic companies are projected to collectively lose 39.2B yuan ($5.5B) in 2025. In 2024, two were still profitable; by 2025, not a single one will be. The total losses across all A-share photovoltaic firms are estimated to exceed 50 billion yuan ($7B). Polysilicon prices have plummeted by -94%. Module ex-factory prices have dropped from 2.1 yuan/W to 0.78 yuan/W—selling one piece means losing money on it. Yet capacity utilization remains around only 55%, with slow progress on capacity reduction.”
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光伏全员亏损,不是个例 7家主要光伏企业2025合计预亏392亿。2024年还有两家盈利,2025年一家不剩。全A股光伏合计亏损估计超500亿元。 多晶硅价格暴跌-94%。组件出厂价从2.1元/W跌到0.78元/W,卖一片亏一片。但产能利用率仍只有55%左右,去产能进展缓慢。 当然最大的问题是风险外溢到银行体系。

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Peter Mattis
Peter Mattis@PLMattis·
Believing in a fair deal w/ Beijing's predatory model is like thinking you can win a game by being better prepared, conditioned, and trained when your knee will get cracked by a crowbar before you take the field. Or showing up to play soccer when it's really a boxing match
Desmond Shum@DesmondShum

China Isn’t Competing. It’s Running a State-Backed War of Attrition China is not competing with market economies under anything resembling the same rules. Look at the news about solar underneath. An entire industry is bleeding, yet production keeps going. In any market system, firms losing money at this scale would shut down, consolidate, or be forced through bankruptcy. In China, the state keeps the machine running. That is the real distortion. If EU commits to solar deployment while keeping trade “fair” in the conventional sense, it is also committing to wipe out its own solar manufacturing base. No European government can or will subsidize every loss-making producer across an entire sector indefinitely. Beijing can. So Europe ends up in a trap: decarbonization requires solar, Chinese state-backed overcapacity crushes local producers, local industry dies, and dependence on China deepens. That is the vicious cycle market economies lock themselves into when they try to do “fair trade” with a system that is not playing by market rules at all. “Photovoltaic Industry-Wide Losses - The seven major photovoltaic companies are projected to collectively lose 39.2B yuan ($5.5B) in 2025. In 2024, two were still profitable; by 2025, not a single one will be. The total losses across all A-share photovoltaic firms are estimated to exceed 50 billion yuan ($7B). Polysilicon prices have plummeted by -94%. Module ex-factory prices have dropped from 2.1 yuan/W to 0.78 yuan/W—selling one piece means losing money on it. Yet capacity utilization remains around only 55%, with slow progress on capacity reduction.”

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Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯
Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯@benedictrogers·
This is absurd. My #HongKonger friend @finnlau_cd has a price on his head and an arrest warrant against him from the Chinese Communist Party. He has been threatened and has given up everything for the cause of freedom. The @ukhomeoffice has no reason to make him wait for his British citizenship any longer. It must get on and approve it urgently, and put an end to his uncertainty. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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Zach Dorfman
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman·
NEW from me: A secret chapter of Cold War history, told here for the first time. A deep cover Soviet Bloc spy in the US at the end of the Cold War. The shocking moves by a European intel chief. And the incredible CI chess games by FBI & CIA counterspies. politico.com/news/magazine/…
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Masih Alinejad 🏳️
Masih Alinejad 🏳️@AlinejadMasih·
This is the first reaction from inside Iran to the news that Mojtaba Khamenei has replaced his father as “Supreme Leader”. People are standing on their balconies chanting: “Death to Mojtaba.” A nation is telling the world: we will not accept another inherited dictatorship.
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