Chenggang Xu 许成钢
@ChenggangXu2024
political economist @ SCCEI, Stanford U, taught@ LSE, HKU, TsingHua, SNU, NTHU, Hebrew U
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him via @NYTimes
Hong Kong authorities are getting ridiculous . They are arresting the owners of independent bookstores for selling books they don’t like.
Thinking of Jimmy Lai on June 4 at Capitol Hill. It was my honor to stand with his daughter, Claire Lai, today. As a survivor of the Tiananmen Massacre, I will always be grateful to Jimmy and the courageous people of Hong Kong for keeping alive the memory and spirit of the 1989 pro-democracy movement. Even as Jimmy endures prison, his courage continues to inspire all who fight for freedom.
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VOC is proud to announce that the 2026 Dissident Human Rights Award will be presented to @frances_hui, a democracy and human rights activist from Hong Kong.
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China has decided to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, making a surprise move to unwind a controversial deal that’s drawn fire for the leakage of technology to the US
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Journalists and lawyers are among the bravest groups courageously contributing and continuing to contribute to the advancement of human rights for the Chinese people.
Arrived in #Perugia# for the International Journalism Festival.
Today I spoke at a closed-door session on impact and business models, and shared stories about Dasheng’s audience.
On Friday, I’ll join a public panel with journalists from Russia and Iran — three countries especially well known for making life easy for journalists.
Join us in person or online :)
到了佩鲁贾，参加国际新闻节。
今天先参加了一个闭门讨论，谈 impact 和 business model，也分享了一些大声观众的故事。
周五我还会参加一场公开 panel，和来自俄罗斯、伊朗的记者同台。也许这是第一次有来自这三个国家的记者坐在同一个 panel 上。
欢迎来现场，或者线上参加 :)
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The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse of funds, fundraising fraud and illegally taking public deposits, a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen said.
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HK police can now demand phone passwords under new national security rules
