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Manya Koetse

@manyapan
Eye on Digital China newsletter | Sinologist exploring China’s digital culture, social trends & online life 🇨🇳 | Japan Studies | Wannabe Hotpot Ambassador 🔥
Amsterdam & Beijing
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    Aug 22
    Regardless of how you feel about Niu Lai, we can all agree on one thing: something extraordinary has happened in Chinese cinemas this month. A mother-and-son duo’s animated 3D film earned just 342 yuan ($50) on opening day. Then its crude visuals turned it into a viral success,
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    My Dutch party starts with bitterballen and ends with hotpot.
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    Dr Ekaterina Netchitailova
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    Aug 31
    Yesterday I went to a traditional Dutch party. I wish I got invited to more of them. They start in reverse order. You arrive in the afternoon and they give you cake with coffee or tea first. I find that both hilarious and very smart. You cannot say no, even if you are watching
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    Aug 30
    There has been a lot of discussion here on X about media reports on the Nepal-Tibet floods and censorship on Chinese social media. The "media framing" discussion has been very much alive on Chinese social media as well, especially this weekend after the BBC  “Footage of Tibet
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    Manya Koetse
    @manyapan
    Aug 30
    Party media outlet The Global Times just posted a commentary on Weibo responding to the BBC article titled "Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China — and we know little about victims there." Full translation* of the Chinese commentary here: "[Global Times Quick
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    Manya Koetse
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    Aug 29
    Heartbreaking, yet still just hanging on to that last bit of hope..these Chinese families hoping to get more attention for the loved ones they're missing🧵: "My daughter, as long as there is even the slightest hope, all of us will keep waiting for you to come home. So many
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