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Bethany Allen 貝書穎 @bethanyallen.bsky.social China, AI, technology, and authoritarianism. Currently ASPI. Was Axios, Foreign Policy, Yale, Johns Hopkins-Nanjing. Author BEIJING RULES, Financial Times Best Books of 2023. Robert Lewis Watchdog Award, Batten Medal for Courage in Journalism finalist
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Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social The UK's Jewish security organisation and leading authority on antisemitism, extremism and anti-Jewish terrorism.
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William Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social 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)
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Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz.bsky.social Director in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Member, European Commission Expert Group on Forced Labor. Research: Xinjiang, Tibet, ILO, state-imposed forced labor, OSINT. https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/adrian-zenz-phd
Selina Cheng @selinacheng.bsky.social Hong Kong Journalists Association chair.
ChinaFile @chinafile.bsky.social Online magazine from Asia Society
Reporting, Analysis, Photography, Video and Conversation on China
Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985.bsky.social Director, Global Macro at Eurasia Group. Former RAND China Research Center, Senior Geo-Economics Analyst at Bloomberg, CSIS, DNIO for Economic Issues at NIC, and CIA. All views my own.
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Sam Bresnick @sambresnick.bsky.social Research Fellow @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social
China + Emerging Tech
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org & @jvp.bsky.social
Ilaria Maria Sala @ilariamariasala.bsky.social words @guardian @zolima_hongkong @chinafile @nytimes @lettera_22 A ceramist in HK, a Qianlong enthusiast, a tea sipper. Also botany, birds and languages, please. Big on typos. Author of L’Eclissi di Hong Kong, add editore
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Donald Clarke @donaldcclarke.bsky.social Professor emeritus, George Washington University Law School, specializing in modern Chinese law. "Softhanded scribe". Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X.
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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social Writer/Lawyer/Photographer, author of “City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong”. www.antonydapiran.com
Josh Chin @joshchin.bsky.social Senior correspondent for WSJ covering collisions of geopolitics, tech, and power. 15+ yrs in Asia, mostly China. Co-author of SURVEILLANCE STATE: https://www.josh-chin.com/books
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Mary Hui @maryhui.bsky.social Weather reporter, Bloomberg News. Formerly, Quartz. Wrote http://theasymmetric.substack.com (now on hiatus). ✉️ mhui52@bloomberg.net
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Eric Lai 黎恩灝 @ericyhlai.bsky.social Senior Fellow @GeorgetownCAL | PhD (@SOAS) | Law, Politics, Human Rights & Non-profit | HK&PRC| RTs=/endorsem’t
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social National correspondent, New York Times.
Previously: Staff Writer, The Atlantic.
Covering religion, politics, culture, and other low stakes subjects.
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Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert.bsky.social Journalist writing about politics and arts, mother, book-lover. Jewish feminist and social media addict. Londoner.
The Jewish Chronicle @jewishchron.bsky.social The world's oldest Jewish newspaper. Yours, since 1841.
Roy Ngerng 鄞義林 @royngerng.bsky.social Wage advocate. Work in labor rights. Activist sued by Singapore prime minister. Based in Taiwan.
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Matt Knight @mattknight.bsky.social 
Chris Horton 何貴森 @heguisen.bsky.social Taipei-based journalist. Author of Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival (Macmillan, 2025).
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
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Hazza 赫瀚睿 @hazzaharding.bsky.social Former television presenter in Guangzhou, China. Occasional singer. Now based in Brisbane, Australia. Recently completed Master of IR @ Griffith University | hazzachina.com
Benjamin Herscovitch 郝杰明 @bherscovitch.bsky.social 🇦🇺-🇨🇳 ties & 🇨🇳 FP. Ex 🇦🇺 gov.
Returning in 2027:
http://beijing2canberra.substack.com/
Writing now: https://benjaminherscovitch.substack.com/
𝙉𝙋𝘾 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 @npcobserver.com Independent coverage of China's National People's Congress and its Standing Committee | “[I]nvaluable,” per 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵: http://bit.ly/4csmiTK | 🔗 https://linktr.ee/npcobserver
Leta Hong Fincher洪理达 @letahongfincher.bsky.social Author of LEFTOVER WOMEN: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China and BETRAYING BIG BROTHER: The Feminist Awakening in China. https://letahongfincher.com
Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social Chief Europe Correspondent at the South China Morning Post.
Tracking the shifting tectonic plates of global trade and geopolitics.
All posts should be heard in a Fermanagh accent.
Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Carnegie China. For speaking engagements, please write to chinfinpettis@yahoo.com
Bill Bishop @billbishop.bsky.social Writes Sinocism, @niubi on Twitter, https://sinocism.com 
Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social China, climate, stats, and cities. Johns Hopkins SAIS, Good Authority. No Kings.
Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social Lived 10+ years in China, now University of Exeter and ChinaMed Project.
Published a book on China, its military, and its interests overseas (OUP, 2021): https://shorturl.at/S2BjTo
More at https://andreaghiselli.com/
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home
Zichen Wang @zichen.bsky.social Mid-career MPP '25 candidate @PrincetonSPIA. Newsletter
Pekingnology www.pekingnology.com on Substack & part of NON-GOVT Center for China and Globalization (CCG). @xhnews alum. What else is there to say?
Dake Kang @dakekang.bsky.social 中文名：姜大翼｜AP Journalist in Beijing | 美联社北京分社的一位伟大时代的记录者｜你可以用微信联系我（dakekang) 或者电报, Signal, WhatsApp (+1 201 937 9797). 邮箱: dakekang@protonmail.com
Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social Political scientist. Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University. My new book "Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation" is available here: https://shorturl.at/BlEJE
https://www.lnachman.com
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Yuen Chan @yuenchan.bsky.social Was @xinwenxiaojie on the app formerly known as Twitter, where I was allegedly a bot and "sell-out blue-check boba Asian", possibly simultaneously.
Hongkonger, South Londoner.
Teaching journalism at City St George's, University of London.
Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong covering China and the world.
email: austin.ramzy@wsj.com signal: austinramzy.99
BICOM @bicom.bsky.social Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre. Providing timely and accurate news, analysis and briefings on Israel and the Middle East since 2002.
Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site.
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Louisa Lim @louisalim.bsky.social Author of Indelible City & The People’s Republic of Amnesia, Host of The Masterclass & Little Red Podcast
Dave Rich @daverich1.bsky.social I write about antisemitism. Latest book: Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World & How You Can Change It.
X/Twitter at @daverich1, but maybe not for much longer. Substack at 'Everyday Hate'.
Muyi Xiao @muyixiao.bsky.social Reporter at The New York Times Visual Investigations team. Mostly covering China.
Previously with ChinaFile, Tencent, Reuters.
Rory Truex @rorytruex.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton, host of Civic Forum with Rory Truex. https://linktr.ee/civicforumpod
Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social 🖊 Writing about China.
💬 signal: zeyiyang.06
Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue Executive Editor, Hong Kong Free Press | Former Managing Editor of the China Media Project | Before that: TaiwanPlus, The Washington Post, TIME, dpa
📍 Hong Kong
William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social Senior Program Manager at the National Endowment for Democracy. Interests: IR, foreign policy, human rights, Catholicism, religious dialogue, business and human rights, trail running. Former Amnesty, CHRD, CLB; HKU & CU Buffs
Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social Reporter on the investigations team at the NYT. I always have a China-focused story in the works. Co-author of bestselling “When McKinsey Comes to Town”. Navy veteran. Send tips to Michael.forsythe@nytimes.com. DM for Signal. 
Kris Cheng @krislc.bsky.social Hong Kong journalist covering politics and diplomacy from London
Spider-Man: Pre-owned Day @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social I look at politics in China and the United States. I will also yell about my cats and video games here. This is a private social media account
I talk about pens. 🖋️
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
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Brianna Wu @brianna.bsky.social Former Candidate for US House in MA. Software engineer. Like to go fast. 🏎🏍🏃🏻♀️🎮 brianna@hey.com
Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social Israeli. Author: The Wrong Kind of Jew. Son of Amazigh + Iraqi Jewish refugees. Founder The Tel Aviv Institute. Seen/Words: NY Times, LA Times, CNN, NBC, BBC, Sky & more.. 🏳️🌈🇮🇱🕊️
@samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de Tracking and translating content on censorship and other human rights issues in China. Knows changes aren't permanent, but change is. Will stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social Editor at @newbloommag.net, writes @thediplomat.com @flaminghydra.com, non-resident fellow at University of Nottingham's Taiwan Research Hub, Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club board, freelance journalist, translator, DJ. Author of Taipei at Daybreak
Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia came out in June from Columbia Global Reports https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-milk-tea-alliance
Sam Crane @uselesstree.bsky.social I teach contemporary PRC politics and ancient Chinese philosophy at Williams College. Teaching Fall 2026 at Trinity College Dublin.
Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social Private sector economist. Former professor at China's Tsinghua University and Columbia SIPA. Author of “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”, now available on Amazon. Visit me at http://patrickchovanec.com
Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net/book
Victor Shih @vicshih.bsky.social Director, 21st Century China Center at UCSD: elite politics, financial markets, debt….of China of course
Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com The magazine for global politics, economics, and ideas.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Mark Witzke @mkwitzke.bsky.social China analyst fmr at Rhodium Group, UC San Diego GPS grad, film watcher, 前深圳人，nak muay etc 
China Media Project @chinamediaproject.bsky.social The CMP is an independent research project studying the Chinese media landscape within the PRC and globally, as well as the CCP's media and political discourse.
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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Helen Davidson @heldavidson.bsky.social Foreign corro previously for the Guardian in Taiwan. Via Guardian Australia covering immigration and the Pacific and three wild years as the Northern Territory corro.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/helen-davidson
helendavidsonreports@gmail.com
William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social Senior North East Asia Analyst at @crisisgroup.org
Foreign correspondent covering East Asia in my previous life.
Email: wyang@crisisgroup.org
Sarah Cook @sarahgcook.bsky.social Independent researcher & consultant; author of UnderReported China newsletter; fmr Freedom House China research director, views my own; underreportedchina.substack.com
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Andrew Fox @mrandrewfox.bsky.social Andrew Fox. Former British paratrooper and Sandhurst lecturer. Front-line conflict analyst. Follow me on Substack: mrandrewfox.substack.com
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