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Yang Liu
Personal blog · beijingchannel.substack.compoliticswriting
Yang Liu writes Beijing Channel, a personal blog at beijingchannel.substack.com about politics and writing. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version, translation”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Yang Liu's Substack for context on Chinese media. A commenter points to a post on Global Times to correct the HN submission's description of the outlet as a state outlet.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Information and Insight on everything related to China's interaction with the world.
Most-linked posts?
- Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version, translation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-08-15
What Hacker News says?
Nitpick: Global Times is not a state outlet. More info on what it is, and why being subject to Chinese media law and being a state outlet are different things, and what the actual differences are: "Facts and Myths about Global Times, the most misunderstood publication in China": https://beijingchannel.substack.com/p/facts-and-myths-about-...
Comment linking /p/facts-and-myths-about-global-times
on “Chinese ‘Artificial Sun’ experimental fusion reactor sets world record”Submitted Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version, translation as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Books on Xi's Shelf as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Elon Musk’s Global Vision for the Chinese Audience as a story · 1 points
HN discussion