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Cultural Revolution Survivor: Wokeism = Totalitarianism 04:29 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Re: Winter Olympics 2026 Gold Medalist - Alysa Liu 04:23 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Alysa Liu is back at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics — but her story goes way deeper than figure skating. Before the 2022 Beijing Games, the US government discovered that Chinese spies had been secretly targeting Alysa and her father Arthur, a Tiananmen Square survivor.

An FBI agent, a fakë USOPC official, passpört theft, physical surveillance, and a late-night stranger at the Olympics. This is the full story and it's trending again for a reason.

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Liu was considered the frontrunner female recruitment prospect for China as a part of its "naturalization project" to recruit overseas athletes in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Her father, however, would not be persuaded.[5] In March 2022, it was reported that Liu and her father (who had left China as a political refugee following his participation in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989) had been targeted in November 2021 by spies allegedly under direction of the Chinese government, in an operation to collect private information on Chinese political dissidents living in the United States. One spy posed as a U.S. Olympic Committee official and requested copies of their passports. Her father stated that the scheme was likely designed to "intimidate" him and to "silence" him from "say[ing] anything political or related to human rights violations in China"; he added that he was concerned for his daughter's safety while she was in Beijing but he agreed to let her compete after receiving assurances that the U.S. State Department would take additional precautions to protect her.

Re: CHINESE IDENTITY 02/21/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Growing Up In China as a White Man in the 1950s

Re: support your favorite Chinese restaurant before it disappears for good. 02/21/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Most of the neon sign doesn’t light, graffiti covers the walls, and the place is no longer open for lunch. But the Republic Cafe — Portland’s oldest Chinese restaurant — is still operating.

The spot once attracted local politicians and visiting celebrities. On a recent Thursday, however, only a handful of delivery drivers and customers picked up to‑go orders in a two-hour stretch. No one sat in the dimly lit booths.

Next door, business is also slow at Golden Horse Seafood Restaurant, the last place in the neighborhood where you can get a Cantonese lunch. One or two regulars still come in, but long gone are the office workers who used to fill the tables midday.

Cally Kwong - 思想撲火 02/20/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Re: What are the favorite Dim Sum dishes? 02/19/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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I couldn’t resist and immediately went for the black truffle shrimp. The glossy black wrapping, as gorgeous as advertised, was a little thick, and because it was slightly sticky, I failed to keep it intact, ripping apart the two of the four dumplings that were glued to the bottom of the bamboo basket. That was in line with Dumpling Hunter’s so-so experience with the location’s dumplings early after the restaurant’s opening, and got me a little worried. The taste, however, was almost mesmerizing, with the just-cooked snappy shrimp’s fresh and semi-sweet flavor blending beautifully with the earthy and smokey truffle undertones. Complex, nuanced, and delicious.

Next, I reached for the seafood peashoot. Again, stickiness was an issue, but, yet again, the beautiful pale green visuals and enchanting flavors overcame this shortcoming, with pea scents completely front and center, bursting in my mouth. I thought to myself that the steamed dumpling technique really captured the essence of both the plant and pea, honoring the vegetable. The dumpling also felt much juicier than the black truffle, for what arguably was my favorite bite of the day.

Eileen Gu - Gold Medalist 02/18/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Li Hing Mui and the Story of Crack Seed 02/17/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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Crack seed is a preserved plum, but it is also a catchall term for all preserved fruits and snacks that many in Hawaiʻi grew up with. Since the 1900s, li hing mui, or dried plum, has dominated Hawaiian snack shops with its signature taste, becoming a prominent flavor for food and drinks. Join us as we explore the world of crack seed and why it became a staple in Hawaiʻi.

Re: CHINESE IDENTITY 02/17/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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“Growing up, I always felt I was either pigeon-holed into stereotypes of expression,” he said. “But as I’ve matured and met more like-minded individuals, I’ve been able to build more confidence to break down some of those superficial boundaries.”

'Happy New Year' sounds sweet in any tongue: Adorable Cantonese from foreign friends 02/17/2026 by ♭♫ [+-]

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