When the CCP uses fear and intimidation to silence their own people into submission overseas, it creates space for controlling the narrative they want to put out there. That full international tuition money is a hell of a drug too. Keeps university admins and professors quiet.
@christinelu
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Power Concentration and Corruption: Risks Across Political Systems
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Power corrupts on the far left and the far right. Both rely on submission of the masses.
— 🖤 Christine (@christinelu) 15 avril 2026
Extreme concentration of authority, whether in a "proletarian" state or authoritarian populism, invites the same abuses.
Corruption among elites, suppressing dissent, and bending rules… pic.twitter.com/yNJLzDNrzNPower corrupts on the far left and the far right. Both rely on submission of the masses. Extreme concentration of authority, whether in a "proletarian" state or authoritarian populism, invites the same abuses. Corruption among elites, suppressing dissent, and bending rules
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Central Planning Failures: Black Markets and Information Distortion
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“Central planning” for the USSR and China, etc meant government allocated resources without market prices or profit/loss signals.
— 🖤 Christine (@christinelu) 15 avril 2026
Result? Shortages everywhere. People (and government officials) turned to black markets an personal connections. They lied about production numbers… pic.twitter.com/sBwVGaUKGq“Central planning” for the USSR and China, etc meant government allocated resources without market prices or profit/loss signals. Result? Shortages everywhere. People (and government officials) turned to black markets an personal connections. They lied about production numbers
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US-Taiwan Trade Deal Strengthens Chip Export Market Access
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Taiwan just signed a big trade deal with the US. It’ll keep reducing China’s influence on Taiwan. Taiwan gets stable, lower tariffs for its chips, tech, and other exports to America. In return, Taiwan opens its market more to US products. https://
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CCP Economic Coercion Through China Market Access Control
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Oh look, the good old CCP economic incentive playbook where they use selective China market access as a carrot for future coercion.
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Chinese Bot Farms and Disinformation on Social Media Platforms
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Does this apply to the CCP bots that reply swarm posts about topics the Chinese government wants to influence? I think something should be done about allowing these VPN enabled bot farms from China to pollute the dialog on here. Happens all the time with posts about Taiwan,
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Taiwan semiconductor cooperation amid US domestic policy challenges
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Didn’t say Taiwan was the entire industry. But it’s definitely going to take the cooperation of Taiwan as is the case right now in Arizona. When you factor in the dysfunction of our domestic politics and the bureaucracy that comes with it and you add the reality of the lack of
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Tribalism and Purpose: How Groups Provide Belonging
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People hungry for purpose who lack an internal anchor will latch onto whichever group gives them belonging and a story that makes them feel important. Tribalism fills a void.
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US Semiconductor Self-Reliance Requires 50 Fabs and Taiwan Cooperation
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If we’re talking semiconductors then it’s going to take at least 20+ years and the cooperation of Taiwan for the U.S. to build out the minimum 50 fabs needed to be self-reliant. Dictators don’t live forever and in their absence things change. If think tank nerds did a bit more
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Military Service and Medical Careers: Balancing Dual Paths
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Hey kids with tiger moms, tell her you can serve our country and be a doctor at the same time.