Will Indonesia’s Jokowi start his own political party to cement his legacy?
The president’s lobby group Projo says it may register as a political party as talk swirls of officials mulling a constitutional change to allow third terms. ⌘ Read more

Chinese firm’s hopes of resolving royalties row at massive DR Congo copper and cobalt mine hits political hurdle
Chinese mining company denies that court-appointed administrator has taken control of operation. ⌘ Read more

Chinese disciplinary watchdog to investigate after bank protesters flagged as health risk
The Zhengzhou commission for discipline inspection says it has started a probe into why angry depositors found their health codes had suddenly turned red. ⌘ Read more

Singapore’s Pink Dot gay pride rally returns, as MP from ruling party attends for first time – and in a pink T-shirt
After two years of Covid postponements, LGBT event returns, with excitement that archaic colonial-era Section 377A Penal Code law criminalising sex between men will soon be repealed. ⌘ Read more

Greater Bay Area: can China ‘integrate’ Hong Kong into its southern economic powerhouse?
Some Hongkongers are trying their luck on the mainland and excited about the opportunities, but for others the idea of integration is ‘unconvincing’. ⌘ Read more

Huge blaze at Shanghai Sinopec plant kills one
Roaring fire at one of China’s biggest refining and petrochemicals plants started around 4am. ⌘ Read more

Why Singapore may be edging closer to scrapping Section 377A criminalising gay sex – and what would happen if it did
Surveys show growing support for abolishing the colonial-era law that makes sex between men illegal, but other policies could be tightened to appease the city state’s conservatives if it is scrapped. ⌘ Read more

Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee finalises cabinet line-up, submits list to Beijing for consideration
John Lee pledges to announce the list once it receives the green light from Beijing. ⌘ Read more

Malaysian lawyers’ ‘walk for judicial independence’ gets off on the wrong foot
Hundreds of lawyers, angry about ‘anti-corruption’ probe into judge who convicted former PM Najib Razak in 1MDB scandal, were unable to begin protest walk as police blocked two car park exits. ⌘ Read more

Candidates running for Hong Kong arts body will need to get nominations from powerful Election Committee to ensure ‘national security elements’ addressed
Change will bring the Arts Development Council poll in line with others held under Beijing’s ‘patriots-only’ electoral shake-up, the Home Affairs Bureau says. ⌘ Read more

Tangshan restaurant attack suspect was wanted by Chinese authorities over previous crimes
One of the man accused of attacking women in a restaurant was named as a fugitive in court records over a previous assault. ⌘ Read more

Malaysia’s economic challenge shows how politics has become a bottleneck for growth
Even as emerging market economies like Malaysia grapple with the repercussions of the pandemic and Ukraine war, they tend to put off the more difficult structural adjustments necessary for growth. In Malaysia, meagre private-sector investments stems from a lack of confidence in government policies. ⌘ Read more

New railway completes 2,700km loop of Taklamakan Desert in move to integrate Xinjiang with rest of China
China State Railway Group says new 825km Hotan-Ruoqiang railway will ‘play a role in boosting ethnic unity, strengthening national defence’. ⌘ Read more

South Korea and Japan look to move forward and ‘normalise’ information-sharing by keeping their tense history in the past
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin wants to settle old disputes and revive a military information agreement thought to have lost steam under Seoul’s previous government. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong’s biggest health crisis in 25 years: why did city stumble over Covid-19? Experts say it was too slow to change tactics, inflexible, put politics first
Insistence on ‘zero infections’ left authorities unable to act swiftly when Omicron variant of coronavirus arrived, experts say. ⌘ Read more

Who can fill the shoes of China’s Iron Lady Sun Chunlan on Politburo?
For two years she has ruled the country’s Covid-19 response with an iron fist, but at 72 the vice-premier is expected to step down at this year’s party congress. ⌘ Read more

Western-style democracy behind wars, chaos and human misery, Chinese president tells top officials
Some Western nations use democracy and human rights as a pretext to meddle overseas, Xi Jinping told Politburo study session in February. ⌘ Read more

Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee relies mostly on incumbent officials to fill ranks of his governing team
Among 21 principal officials tipped to be recruited by Lee, only six not from current administration. ⌘ Read more

Chinese shipyard ready to launch Type 003 aircraft carrier, satellite images show
The dry dock has been flooded so the vessel can be floated, and banners with political slogans and flags can be seen on the warship. ⌘ Read more

Senior state officials laud ‘one country, two systems’ policy for Hong Kong, voice confidence in city’s prosperity and ‘quality democracy’
Huang Liuquan, HKMAO deputy director, says anyone betting on demise of city has ‘never won’. ⌘ Read more

‘No basis’ for attack fears in China’s new rules for PLA activities
Regulation covers PLA missions from disaster relief to humanitarian aid and peacekeeping, as well as its response to political crises at home and overseas. ⌘ Read more

China’s party congress promotions to emphasise political security
Appointments are expected to sharpen focus on potential threats to the state and draw a line under the corruption scandals of recent years. ⌘ Read more

Sanctioned hardline former Xinjiang chief Chen Quanguo moves to rural affairs role for ‘last job before retirement’
Chen Quanguo, the most senior official sanctioned by the US over alleged human rights abuses, is expected to spearhead a crackdown on rural gangs in his new post. ⌘ Read more

Can Joe Biden’s proposed Middle East trip unite fractured region by aligning militaries against Iran?
The US President will visit Saudi Arabia in mid-July for a scheduled summit, where he is expected to table a “national security programme” for Israel and eight Arab states, to integrate their militaries into an alliance against Iran. ⌘ Read more

Veteran Chinese human rights lawyers expected to face trial soon
Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were both arrested after attending a meeting to discuss the development of civil society and charged with subverting state power ⌘ Read more

Why Hong Kong may need to discuss whether all its judges should be Chinese nationals ahead of 2047: city’s first chief justice Andrew Li
City needs to be prepared should fewer non-permanent, overseas judges be available to serve in next 10 years, he says. ⌘ Read more

lw karma political compass

to fend off possible accusations of bias: good leftist humor was /r/liftcommunism, /leftypol/ was great too sometimes, and I liked the political catgirl comics. Existential Comics is not funny (except the Beetle in the Box comic), although some of the old comics were indeed existenital. I don’t have a strong opinion on /r/COMPLETEANARCHY and /r/FULLCOMMUNISM.

@adi@twtxt.net Also, I noticed you followed me on Twitter, but you might enjoy @anths if you want techie stuff instead of Oregon politics. 🤣

Conservative leadership race turns nasty between Poilievre and Brown

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Scomo’s Political Trainwreck ⌘ Read more

»In an apparently non-political case of imitation of Quảng Đức, the young son of an American officer based at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. He was seriously burned before the fire was extinguished and later could only offer the explanation that “I wanted to see what it was like.”« lmao

Maybe I should write down my political views and thoughts in extra posts on my German blog in the future, instead of putting them in the monthly review and then translating them as well. English readers probably won’t get much out of it… Sorry! ✌️ ⌘ Read more

‘Trump filed a lawsuit Monday in DC District Court against the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and the National Archives in an effort to keep records from his presidency secret by claiming executive privilege.’ — CNN Politics

That only increases one’s curiosity about what’s in them.

Traffic Jam’s on Highway’s and Roads emerge from users, not highway or roads infrastructure. #sarcasm href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23disinfo”>#disinfo** ⌘ Read more

Germany’s Far-Right Political Party, the AfD, Is Dominating Facebook This Election – The Markup ⌘ Read more

I was on a call this evening discussing various redistricting proposals. Some dude seriously asserted that over-representation by Multnomah county in regional politics might lead to… genocide. 😳

On the blog: Age Cohorts, Ruining Things, and Apocalypses https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics

On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Typhoon, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/14/typhoon2.html Generations in a Nutshell https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/08/15/generations.html #rant #politics

identity politics defection from class warfare, maybe?

Reading : Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter ⌘ Read more…

On the blog: Winning the Twenty-First Century https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/05/30/winning.html #rant #politics

Yay! Biden admin drops IP protection on Covid-19 vaccine patents. #TRIPSwaiver ⌘ Read more…

Peter Saint-Andre: Politically Independent ⌘ Read more…

On the blog: Asian Women in Fiction https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/21/asian.html #politics #harm #media

On the blog: Explaining Gender to the Biased https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/28/genders.html #quora #rant #politics

Acting as if one is Already Free: David Graeber’s Political Economy and the Strategic Impasse of the Left ⌘ Read more…

On the blog: An Unexpected Case for Reparations https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/02/14/reparations.html #politics #rant #community

Ad Watch by Persuasion Lab - Political ad spending Belgium Dashboard ⌘ https://ad.watch/country/belgium.html

On the blog: Loving It and/or Leaving It and What “It” Might Be https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/11/15/love-leave.html #rant #politics #media