I wrote about the exponential improvement path of AI, the early signs of massive transformations in the nature of work (including software companies where nobody codes any more), and how one week in February was an omen of our future as things get weirder. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
This is probably not correct. Some said that PRC also reserved 026 for Taipei, but this was not verified officially either.
www.zhihu.com/question/216...
tech.sina.com.cn/t/2007-10-18...
How was this counted?
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Chart outlining people's thoughts on the world's leading economic power.
When asked which is the world’s top economic power, more people in
8 countries say the U.S.
12 countries say China
In 4 countries, about equal shares name the U.S. and China.
www.pewresearch.org/...
Now out in Sociological Methods & Research
We argue that one of the most important use cases of generative LLMs for social scientists is transforming unstructured content into structured data.
Our article shows how to do that — and what can go wrong.
The lone long-lost MingKwai typewriter, invented by Lin Yutang in 1947, has resurfaced in a NY basement. How did it get there? Where might it go next? The journey of the groundbreaking invention embodies the search for modernity and Chinese identity. My latest:
madeinchinajournal.com/2025/05/02/l...
Great opportunity! Hope there is another one next year so I could participate in.
Anna Shields and I have organized the first China-Princeton Digital Humanities workshop! This week-long workshop on the digital humanities for Chinese studies will be held in person at Princeton University, June 16th to 20th!
chinesedh2025.eas.princeton.edu
I would recommend DEVONthink for PDF management: www.devontechnologies.com
For academic writing in Markdown, Pandoc or Quarto are great choices.
When I was an undergrad in 1970, Chinese history ended in 1911. After that it was called Chinese politics.
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
Scholars at Risk is seeking help with its Volunteer Proofreader Initiative—if you can, please donate some of your time to assist displaced scholars embarking on job searches in new academic environments.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.
I had the honor to be invited to contribute an essay for a section on 数字人文与史学发展 in 廣東社會科學. I focused on the development of a community among those constructing and analyzing historical Chinese databases. The issue is now out. 1/2 oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/...!
Actually it lasted three years (6 semesters). The screenshots were selected ones that I still kept. Other than those, the teachers (usually 辅导员) also released some notifications and rules in the class. We also needed to learn some important events, like 中共二十大, 改革开放四十周年 and then presented by groups.
As a student who was required to attend the course for three years, I can share some materials in 形势与政策 around 2019.
list of banned keywords
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
One more thing…
We're integrating DeepSeek R1, a local model, into Craft's AI assistant as an experimental feature. Tomorrow, a select group of people will be able to download it to their devices and use it offline as well! Follow us for early access! 🚀
The huge success of open source model.
Advice on Marriage to Young Ladies.
[Pamphlet written by a suffragette in 1918, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales]
fascinating how the whole country will use the gregorian calendar the whole year and automatically switch to chinese calendar from about 3 days before the chunjie to 7 days after... (some people do more. mom will use chinese calendar to refer to dates at least until lantern festival)
Professor Shih, you became sensitive after DeepSeek reasoning for a few seconds 😂
It seems the official DeepSeek instance has set tons of sensitive keywords, and there is no surprise at all as it was developed in China. So it’s crucial to run the open source model locally.
portrait of a Chinese Salar Muslim woman
New digital collection launched: "Muslims in China," features 1,000+ images documenting the lives of Muslims and Christian missionaries in Western China from 1920s-1930s. #Sinology #OpenAccess curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/claude-l-pic...
I am watching 30 years of propaganda melt away at first contact with actual Chinese folks.
Every comment section on RedNote are the Chinese users welcoming the Americans, "I'm so glad you're here! We can be friends now! We are not enemy!"
the whole "US tiktok 'refugees' landing on xiaohongshu" thing will generate a number of papers in media and communication studies, I suppose
