2022年11月11日 星期五

the BTS phenomenon。鮑彤去世(中共改革派官員),尹志堯(半導體)








美籍華裔半導體行業傳奇人物在美中芯片戰中左右為難

半導體行業傳奇人物尹志堯離開美國,在中國耕耘18年,他說自己一手打造的公司會躋身芯片製造設備領域的全球強者之列。如今在美國的限制措施之下,這位美國公民的畢生事業陷入了不確定性。


昔日中共改革派官員、習近平批評者鮑彤去世,終年90歲

原中共總書記趙紫陽的親信和秘書鮑彤周三去世,終年90歲。他曾因對1989年天安門廣場抗議活動持不同意見而遭清洗,后對中國領導人習近平的獨裁提出強烈批評,成為中國最直言不諱的批評人士之一。



In an age of despair and division, how has a boy band from South Korea become one of the most popular groups in history?

Illustration of a BTS finger heart lighting up the darkness.

“To continue ignoring the BTS phenomenon was to risk missing something bigger than Beatlemania,” E. Tammy Kim writes, in a captivating piece about her dive into the world of the Korean boy band BTS. Fans, who identify as members of BTS’s ARMY—which stands for “Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth”—are spread across the world, in more than a hundred countries and territories. They’ve created choreography tutorials, written monographs, and fought for change in causes that they perceive as aligning with BTS’s values. In one famous example, fans registered for a Donald Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with no plans to attend, causing an embarrassment for the former President when the turnout was much lower than expected. When Kim asked ARMY members why they were so devoted, they responded, “Because they do so much for us.” Kim combs through nine years’ worth of music and material, talks to fans and experts, and attends the band’s last concert, in Las Vegas, before its recently announced break, in an attempt to answer the simple question: Why is BTS so popular?

Jessie Li, newsletter editor


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