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NYT Asia tech columnist, WSJ alum. 袁莉 Views here are my own. li.yuan at DM for Signal

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    Apr 13

    The fear in China now is that the “zero Covid” policy has become another Mao-style political campaign that is based on the will of one person, the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping — and that it could end up hurting everyone. My latest

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    Apr 14

    Our full story on Musk v. Twitter starts with an early morning board meeting, gives you Elon's first public comments, takes you inside an employee Q&A with Twitter's CEO, and walks you through the options in front of the board.

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    Apr 14

    Kudos to for publishing this fair but tough profile of owner Joseph Tsai." This seems new: "Morey heard directly from at least one NBA owner that Tsai was pushing to fire him to appease the Chinese." ( flatly deny this).

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    Apr 14

    文章推荐：中国“新冠清零”乱局：专制将伤害每一个人 作者 “新冠清零”政策已变成了又一场基于一个人的意志（这次是最高领导人习近平）、毛泽东式的政治运动，其结果可能会让所有人遭殃。

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  5. Apr 14

    Very good roundup of a surreal night on the Chinese internet

    It's gone unnoticed by many. So I felt like I should properly document what just happened on Weibo today. Netizens in China, for just a few hours, got to unleash their wrath on the Chinese government for how they handled the Covid crisis in Shanghai and other social issues.
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  6. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    疫情进入第三年，北京无视专家建议，仍坚持依赖大规模检测、隔离和封控的做法。 这给上亿人的生活按下暂停键，将数万人强制送往临时搭建的隔离设施，并剥夺了许多非新冠患者的就医权利。有人担心，清零已经变成了另一场基于领导人个人意志、毛泽东式的政治运动。

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  7. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    The Great Sparrow Campaign of the coronavirus pandemic? on the potential impacts of China's insistence on a "zero Covid" policy.

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    Apr 13

    ⁦⁩ reminds us of the zero-sparrow policy, with predictably disastrous results

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    Apr 13

    “Long before the ‘zero Covid’ policy, China had a ‘zero sparrow’ policy.” - sees echoes of Chairman Mao’s disastrous policies in today’s draconian lockdowns.

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    Apr 13

    Think China's zero-Covid policy is a causing more harm than good? Meet China's zero-sparrow policy... From brilliant piece by LINK:

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    Apr 13

    “When repressions didn’t touch them, most Chinese ignored them,” Lawrence Li, a business consultant in Shanghai, said. “We believe that it’s just to sacrifice minority interests in favor of the collective.”

    The fear in China now is that the “zero Covid” policy has become another Mao-style political campaign that is based on the will of one person, the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping — and that it could end up hurting everyone. My latest
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    Apr 13

    “Long before the “zero Covid” policy, China had a “zero sparrow” policy. In the spring of 1958, the Chinese government mobilized the entire nation to exterminate sparrows, which Mao declared pests that destroyed crops.” Great piece by

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    Apr 13

    "The fear in China now is that the “zero Covid” policy has become another Mao-style political campaign that is based on the will of one person, the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping"

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    Apr 13

    JUST POSTED: At least 22 McKinsey consultants advising the FDA had also done work for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, in some instances simultaneously, newly released documents show. With ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  15. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Before ‘zero Covid’ in China there was ‘zero sparrow,’ which nearly made the species go extinct, ruined crops and contributed to famine. Could Xi Jinping be repeating Mao’s mistake?

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    Apr 13

    "Residents in the luxury apartment complex…weren’t as prepared when the lockdown started. He saw his neighbors, who dashed around in designer suits a month ago, venture into the complex’s lush garden to dig up bamboo shoots for a meal."

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    Apr 13

    Way before ‘zero Covid,’ China had a ‘zero sparrow’ policy. It had devastating effects. ⁦⁩ connects the dots. History is repeating. In Shanghai lockdowns have left people short on food. Neighbors are bartering. Coca-Cola is hard currency.

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  18. Apr 7

    Very insightful conversation. Can wait to read ⁦⁩ ‘s paper “You Don't Know Khrushchev Well”: The Ouster of the Soviet Leader as a Challenge to Recent Scholarship on Authoritarian Politics.

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    Apr 6

    John Lee, a hardliner who led the crackdown on Hong Kong's once-vocal opposition movement, appears likely to become the city's next leader, reflecting Beijing's desire to cement its grip over the city

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    Apr 5

    With evidence mounting of atrocities in the Kyiv suburbs, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered a scathing speech to the UN on Tuesday, accusing Russia of a litany of horrors and questioning the world body over its inaction.

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