David Paulk

China’s Communist Party warns members not to criticize policy ahead of major policy meeting “Any attempt to unreasonably and dishonestly control the storyline will only further erode Beijing’s credibility,” says @jmzbeijing. https://t.co/kaha4IEY4B

RT @qianjinghua: My favourite lesbian bar in Shanghai is being forced to close 😭💔 What can I say except Roxie was the centre of my world o…

Four Americans reportedly stabbed at a park in Northeast China:

Manya Koetse @manyapan

News about four foreigners allegedly being stabbed in Jilin's Beishan Park is circulating online. So far no official reports are confirming this incident. On Weibo, a related hashtag was taken offline "according to relevant laws."

[screams in copyeditor] https://t.co/Kq1nQrVQN4

The prosecution had asked that Mr. Trickett be kept in custody for his own welfare, as he had attempted to take his own life after being charged with spying for China ... but that request was refused, and he was granted bail. https://t.co/txoAs7RoCR

“Four Corners has seen hundreds of secret documents and correspondence that back up Eric's story about his assignments and targets which covered China, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Canada and Australia.” https://t.co/UH1ZniPg8C

From @washingtonpost's Editorial Board: @SecBlinken “should have no hesitation telling China’s leaders that David Lin was not engaging in fraud in his effort to worship God outside close state control.” https://t.co/koLhKEYGTU

In the 5+ years I worked there, @SixthTone won 11 SOPA awards. Only Reuters and NYT won more in the English-language categories. Seeing ST, Caixin and SCMP withdraw from Asia’s top journalism awards is sad but unsurprising, to use a now well-worn phrase. https://t.co/tKrYreTXmE

“For @PDChina to go silent … would be an unusual and important signal — of a cataclysmic editorial slip if not something more serious politically. Today’s absence is difficult to explain.” https://t.co/K0FLGUt6mu

By putting their cards on the table in a recent essay for @ForeignAffairs, Matt Pottinger and Mike Gallagher help us understand the reckless, dangerous and impractical nature of a Cold War-style containment policy toward China, writes @FareedZakaria. https://t.co/Dt4ZoeY28Z

For #WorldPressFreedomDay2024, I had the great privilege of working on this Q&A between @RanaAyyub and @nramind, former editor in chief of @the_hindu, on the Modi government's increasingly brazen attacks on journalists in India. https://t.co/6yJoBYiwe1

#WorldPressFreedomDay2024 event this morning. Pictured: @PostOpinions writer @jrezaian, wrongfully detained in Iran for 544 days, interviewing Danielle Gershkovich, whose brother, @WSJ reporter @evangershkovich, has been jailed in Russia on a spurious charge for over 400 days. https://t.co/0E82xW6bfD

“These days, only about 700 American students are studying at Chinese universities, down from a peak of close to 25,000 a decade ago” (!!) https://t.co/KeTO9tih1u