Head of China investigations @aspi_cts. Was @axios @foreignpolicy @yale @HopkinsNanjing. Author BEIJING RULES, Financial Times Best Books of 2023. Email me: bethanyallen@aspi.org.auhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3mcxakulywk2bThe Democratic Party headquarters in Abilene, Texas— my hometown—has been vandalized in a targeted attack, according to local news KTXS. The attack appeared to target the party's support for the LGBTQ community, as Pride flags and related items were destroyed or removed. https://ktxs.com/news/local/taylor-county-democratic-party-headquarters-vandalized-in-targeted-attack21 Jan 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxakulywk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3m7p4ilxnm22iMy appreciation for the film Dr. Strangelove has grown over the years. Its subtitle, I now feel, has a lasting brilliance that never loses its relevance — "How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb."11 Dec 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7p4ilxnm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3m7ly4646rc2fWow — even China doesn't do this. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html10 Dec 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ly4646rc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lycbgsww3s2uASPI's exclusive new report, shared with the @theguardian.com, reveals that the number of scam centers operating along the Thai-Myanmar border has more than doubled since Myanmar’s military seized power in 2021 Read the Guardian's on-the-ground reporting: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/08/myanmar-military-junta-scam-centres-trafficking-crime-syndicates-kk-park08 Sep 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycbgsww3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lxy2g4scqs2oWOW. China is drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, a move that analysts believe is likely part of Beijing’s unilateral grab for disputed territory. Great scoop from @heldavidson.bsky.social and @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/02/china-drilling-oil-gas-inside-taiwan-exclusive-economic-zone04 Sep 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxy2g4scqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lwfmk5x5o22iIn this article about China's green tech revolution, the New York Times cites ASPI's Critical Technology Tracker and my colleague Dr. Jenny Wong-Leung: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/14/climate/china-clean-energy-patents.html15 Aug 2025 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwfmk5x5o22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lulf2756ic2mIf the State Department doesn't renew funding for Freedom House's China Dissent Monitor, the world will lose an entire category of knowledge about how people in China are actually experiencing life under CCP governance. Read my latest: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-last-public-database-tracking-protests-in-china-is-about-to-go-dark/22 Jul 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulf2756ic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3ltuc252fpc2jTaiwan: I've finally discovered a country where everyone else apologizes to everyone else almost as much as I do, for non-infractions such as dropping a straw in front of a stranger and apologizing because now you have to stoop down in front of them to pick it up.13 Jul 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltuc252fpc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lt35sozqs22pThere's a family in the coffee shop I'm at who are alternating between Farsi and German. The fact that I understand both these languages has basically never been useful in my career, but it does make me an A+ eavesdropper lol03 Jul 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt35sozqs22phttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lseiipvm4k2j"toward" [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lseiipvm4k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bethanyallen.bsky.social/post/3lrrmb5b2y224China tells its citizens in Israel to evacuate. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-embassy-israel-urges-citizens-leave-2025-06-17/17 Jun 2025 04:00 +0000at://did:plc:wuxa6plpg7flmekbbud4gjq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrmb5b2y224