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"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Jonathan Swift
"I was recently informed by someone close to the subject that about half of all post-graduate science students at British universities are now Chinese. This is not necessarily a bad thing
in itself: it is good to spread our learning throughout the world, and there is plenty of Chinese talent that can assist. But it must be understood that China always (and I mean always) seeks to exert political control over its citizens, wherever they are. It also uses many of its students for technological espionage, often seeking military applications and infiltration by networking." Charles Moore (Daily Telegraph today)"I never thought I’d watch a White House Briefing where a British Media Influencer outright asks the Press Secretary if they’d consider Political Asylum for the Brits facing prison for posting memes on Social Media."Liz Churchill
“Should Joe Biden Run Again? Ageism Says No. Meritocracy Yes” (Forbes, April 2023).
“From Joe Biden to Madonna: Ageism is Everywhere” (Guardian US, February 2023).
“The Weaponization of Biden’s Age” (Time, September 2023).
“I Saw the Presidential Debates—America Is Becoming Ageist” (Newsweek 17 July 2024)
About the hold of the Chinese state on its citizen abroad: A friend has a collaboration with Huawei Munich. The Europeans there have told him that all higher managers are Chinese. The Chinese are not allowed to stay longer than 6-12 months and are recalled in China after that. They are also discouraged to interact with the German society and are more or less prohibited to take German language classes. All this to avoid a sort of spiritual defection to Western way of life.
ReplyDeleteThe son of a colleague of mine has studied in China for a year. He got a Chinese girlfriend in the process. She came to visit him here in France just before the covid epidemic. Believing that it won't last long, she opted to not go back during the covid restrictions as they were too draconic in China (two weeks quarantine in the city where you land plus another two weeks at your final destination, not to mention the high plane ticket prices due to severe cuts in the number of flights). Thus she stayed longer outside China. Now she feels that she is not trusted any more even by her own family in China. As if she's some sort of traitor, as if she's not a "real Chinese" any more.