William Hurst
@wjhurst
Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Co-Director, Centre for Geopolitics Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) @rusi.bsky.social
Fun meme making the rounds. Of all the phrases, though, I find "你先听我讲” to be the most classic...
Massive upgrading of street surveillance in US cities (and places like the quiet suburb pictured) noticeable on my recent visit:
Amazing! And there are still those in political science who don't take subnatiobal variation or historical legacies seriously...
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, signed 19 December 1984. This document laid out the principle of one country-two systems (一国两制) publicly & in detail for the first time and established that HK would return to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997.