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China Watcher signs off! But not before a dash of NSC shrinkage woes, Rubio's targeting of Chinese students, China fears in Honduras, Pete Hegseth on the road and foreign adoptions as propaganda tools. Enjoy (one last time...) politico.eu/newsletter/china…
Phelim Kine “老 康“ retweeted
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Huh. Isn't the real "big issue" that President Trump has delayed a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan as a "negotiating chip" with Beijing? Did that happen to come up in your chat with those "3 senior DPP gents"? Asking for a friend. 🧐
Hello from Taipei, and yes,,, @POTUS sells weapons, and now like every President before him is dealing with China. Seen 3 senior DPP gents in last few days, and no one alarmed. Big issue is deliveries.
- @PhelimKine
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It’s a remarkable coincidence that SpaceX discovered and closed a “loophole” in a way that severely harmed Ukraine in the very same week that the White House had a dispute with Ukraine. Just astonishing luck that SpaceX lawyers got to the issue at the very same time by chance!
Correct.
Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.
Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.
Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.
Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.
Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.
SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.
That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.
End of story.
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University of British Columbia launched its new Taiwan Studies Program on October 13 sppga.ubc.ca/news/new-ubc-ta…
"Taiwan needs these weapons for its defense — backing down in the face of such pressure would signal to every ally and adversary that American commitments are negotiable" @bradyafr Dan Blumenthal @AEI
nationalreview.com/2026/10/w…
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Fourth day in a row, no #PLA operating around Taiwan.
Typhoon Champi illustrates how challenging sustaining air ops around #Taiwan is.
For 3 days (Oct. 22–24), 🇹🇼 @MoNDefense reported detecting no #PLA aircraft near the island, despite continued #PLAN and other #PRC vessel activity.
A reminder that weather shapes everything.
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The US and Russia seem to be pushing for the next UN Secretary General to be a UAE official, @Lana_Nusseibeh, who has helped underwrite mass murder and mass rape in Sudan and then lied about it, as she is doing here.
في يوليو 2024، رفضت لانا نسيبة، علناً وبصورة قاطعة، ما توصل إليه فريق الخبراء التابع للأمم المتحدة من أدلة موثوقة تثبت دعم الإمارات للجرائم والإبادة الجماعية التي ارتكبتها مليشيا الدعم السريع في السودان.
وحين واجهتها شبكة سي إن إن، قالت: «لا، تلك الاتهامات غير صحيحة بشكل قاطع». ولما سُئلت مباشرة إن كانت تشكك في نتائج لجنة خبراء الأمم المتحدة، أجابت: «نعم، بالتأكيد».
واليوم، تسعى السيدة نسيبة إلى تولي قيادة المؤسسة ذاتها التي رفضت نتائجها رفضاً قاطعاً دفاعاً عن حكومتها. فكيف يُمكن أن تُؤتمن على هذه المسؤولية؟
ليس السؤال الجوهري ما إذا كان من حقها أن تدافع عن نظامها، بل ما إذا كان من وضع هذا الدفاع فوق النتائج الموثوقة لخبراء الأمم المتحدة يمكن أن يُؤتمن حقاً على صون استقلال المنظمة ونزاهتها ومرجعيتها.
وكيف للعالم أن يثق بقدرتها على إدارة موقع الامين العام بحيادية عندما تتعارض ادلة وتقارير الأمم المتحدة مع مصالح حكومتها التي رشحتها؟ إن منصب الامانة العامة الأمم المتحدة ليس موقعاً لحماية نظام إجرامي من التدقيق والمساءلة، ومقعد الأمين العام لا ينبغي أن يكون للبيع.
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Chinese AI companies still really want Nvidia chips.
Reuters: ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia’s new RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards with a collective sticker price of over $35 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.
reuters.com/business/retail-…
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Kim Jong-un Makes First Visit to #China in Over a Year. North Korean leader crossed the border on a newly opened bridge for the trip, as the two countries move to deepen ties. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/world…
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“At least 30 agents operating on Beijing’s behalf have been uncovered in the European area over the past two years” english.elpais.com/internati…
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WSJ:
"The president has also privately complained to aides that his son Donald Trump Jr. exhibited bad judgment for allowing Russian businessman Umar Kremlev to pay for his post-wedding party in the Bahamas."
wsj.com/politics/elections/m…
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No surprise Chinese universities are cracking down on students’ VPN use. The economy is faltering and graduates are facing bleak job prospects. The deeper the crisis, the stronger the urge to seek information beyond the Great Firewall.
【中国多所高校密集查禁"翻墙"，有学校斥资三十万采购监控系统"关联到人"】据"李老师不是你老师"@whyyoutouzhele 近期汇总，入秋以来中国多所高校以普法、自查、技术监测等方式收紧对师生"翻墙"的管控。
中央财经大学保险学院10月9日在官网发文称，大学生翻墙"使用即违法"，并警告相关记录可能影响奖学金评定、保研、考公政审和参军审查。辽宁师范大学心理与脑科学研究院研究生会10月20日发布倡议，称"无论出于何种目的"，未经审批翻墙均属违法。国科大杭州高等研究院一学院更称，使用境外手机卡漫游访问受限网站，"本质上仍然属于绕过国内监管的非法联网行为"。
西北大学10月13日发布校园网络安全公告，将"翻墙连接"与钓鱼、木马并列，称将采取技术手段检测和限制。厦门软件职业技术学院要求全体师生自查接入校园网的电脑、手机和平板，发现翻墙软件立即卸载，教程和节点分享亦列入排查，情节严重者移交执法部门。另据网传，国防科技大学开展"信息清理"，要求逐人、逐屋检查电脑和柜子，"不可以有打不开的门"。
多所院校还为此专门采购监控设备。浙江经济职业技术学院以30万元预算招标跨境VPN监测系统，要求同步上网账号，实现违规行为"关联到人"；义乌工商职业技术学院以17万元中标价采购"翻墙流量审计"系统，要求可按账号查询跨境上网记录并生成"人员画像"；四川达州中医药职业学院的"非法翻墙管理设备及服务项目"亦以13.65万元成交。
管控已波及学生的正常需求。有浙江学生投稿称，其电脑并未安装任何翻墙软件，只是通过校园网访问新西兰、澳大利亚移民局官网和PTE考试官网办理签证，便被学校约谈，理由是"访问涉外敏感网站"。
查阅文献、学习外语、申请留学，本是大学生再正常不过的日常，如今却被纳入"违法"的范畴，习近平治下中共政权的倒行逆施，由此可见一斑。
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Confusion after @elonmusk says Ukraine violated “terms of service” with Starlink so SpaceX closed a “loophole,” but then adds only USG controls Starshield.
So:
- If Starlink was the issue, then why was Starshield throttled?
- If Starlink loophole closed, why are speeds back?
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The Russian propaganda operation begins, with American collusion
Exclusive Senior Adviser to First Lady Melania Trump Marc Beckman claims Russian kids are being kidnapped too #BothSides
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
There is no evidence that Ukraine has kidnapped Russian children.UN investigation concluded that Russia’s deportation, transfer and disappearance of Ukrainian children constitute war crimes
UN report: ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
Phelim Kine “老 康“ retweeted
People with Harvard degrees who talk like this about Taiwan and China are telling on themselves about how little they actually know about Taiwan and China.
Don’t be this guy.
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Applebaum: If Russia wins the war, European defense spending would have to triple or quadruple, because the threat would be much greater.
Europe must give Ukraine defenses and offensive weapons to hit enough Russian targets that Moscow concludes it cannot win. 1/
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Indonesians allege social media posts on wildfires and haze are being censored
As wildfires and haze show no signs of abating, Indonesians have taken to social media to criticize the government. Then some find their posts get restricted, accounts disabled
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/in…
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Mark Carney on Elon Musk throttling Starlink: "I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision or group of people took this decision against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of the citizens against naked aggression."
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Neat summation of the last decade, on every level:
xitter.cf/TocRadio/status/211369…
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The more totalitarian China becomes, the funnier we must be
This is an alarming case that reflects the extent of China's attempt to silence dissent inside Taiwan:
"Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted five people for allegedly trying to injure a comedian who mocks the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi Jinping as part of his act.
The five suspects in Taiwan are accused of accepting NT$450,000 ($13,900) from some Chinese people to “break arms and legs” of comedian Huang Yihao’s, Taiwan’s national news agency CNA reported Wednesday."
apnews.com/article/taiwan-ch…
