Ilaria Maria Sala
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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- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaA reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
- By me! On Singapore and it’s very VIP orchids
- Singapore’s VIP orchid programme, often dubbed ‘orchid diplomacy’, started in 1956, when the country was still a British colony. How Singapore made orchids a tool of foreign policy: artreview.com/naturally-di...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaTwo weeks after the devastating fire in Tai Po, it’s clear the fault lies beyond Hong Kong’s iconic plant artreview.com/on-bamboo-bl...
- By me:
- Two weeks after the devastating fire in Tai Po, it’s clear the fault lies beyond Hong Kong’s iconic plant artreview.com/on-bamboo-bl...
- By me:
- An exhibition at M+ puts the region’s aesthetic identity – from woodcuts to agitprop – firmly in the picture of a tumultuous period artreview.com/canton-moder...
- been reading this shaking my head at silly and wrong stereotypes on Italians - if this is the level of Italian cliches imagine for countries further away. Venetians calling for San Gennaro? Why call for the patron saint of Naples when they have San Marco? Who says they called for a saint? Uggghh.
- Ho scritto questo:
- A cosa serve la democrazia? Ho scritto questo, su Bologna e Tiananmen, perché la differenza esiste www.ilpost.it/2025/09/20/s...
- I wrote about the fraught floral symbolism of the Sri Lankan’s national flower, for @artreview.bsky.social the link is here: artreview.com/the-fraught-...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaL’inchiesta di Haaretz sui soldati israeliani. Il dalai lama sfida la Cina. Ascolta la nuova puntata del Mondo con Francesca Gnetti e Ilaria Maria Sala. @ilariamariasala.bsky.social
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[This post could not be retrieved] - And this, as well, for the same reason. Because we must remember: qz.com/1592502/tian...
- Posting here something I wrote before, because I think we should tell what we witness: www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...
- Ceramic experimentation taken to really wonderful places by HK’s Julie&Jesse. My piece for Zolima: zolimacitymag.com/julie-jesse-...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaA few quick thoughts on how China is likely to deal with the current situation with India-Pakistan (since I am getting some questions...)
- In Italiano, su Bergoglio e la Cina, per Lettera 22 : www.lettera22.it/la-cina-di-b...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaInternationally acclaimed Hong Kong film director Ann Hui 許鞍華 holding masterclass sharing with film commentator Tony Rayns in King's College London in London, Britian on April 18, 2025. "Hong Kong itself is not planned, you just work day to day and make it happen."
- I was at HKU yesterday and this is what the “democracy wall” looks like now. It has the same name. And cameras though. But nothing else
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- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaGoodbye to Gwen Robinson, Asia correspondent extraordinaire, doyenne of FT oped editors, a one-person nuclear power plant, and a true & beloved friend to so many people all over the world. FT's obituary free to read here. enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/3de26...
- For @artreview.bsky.social I wrote this: artreview.com/what-will-th...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Sala#BREAKING Istanbul court orders arrest of AFP photographer after protests coverage: lawyer
- Pubblicità: fra qualche settimana esce il mio nuovo libro!
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaRare Wright’s gardenia reappears in record numbers in Seychelles
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaNever use AirBnB ever.
- (In Italian) breve conversazione sul Sri Lanka per il podcast di Internazionale: www.internazionale.it/podcast/ilmo...
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- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaThis is the part that has me stumped. Why are people complying? Why are the counsels of these various departments advising their clients to comply?
- Please say hi if we were already in touch over at the other place and I am not following you yet - I am losing track of those I know !
- Now that my inability to tell a nymphaea from a lotus is out in the open, any suggestions about reads on nymphaea?
- Can anyone suggest reads about lotuses?
- So those who’re mad at immigrants because they say they “steal” their jobs are ok electing gazillionaires who got round every law to plunder the planet. But also we must keep our “identity” even if it’s always a hodgepodge from everywhere. How do we fight this slide? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/w...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaChina’s state-owned oil company Sinopec signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to accelerate the building of a $3.7 billion oil refinery in the port city of Hambantota.
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaPerché Internazionale ha deciso di interrompere la pubblicazione di contenuti su X. L’editoriale di Giovanni De Mauro.
- I wrote about the whale bones in Tai O, Lantau - as a needed distraction. You can read it here: zolimacitymag.com/whales-bones...
- Found on Lantau
- I’m puzzled by the PR op of calling 小紅書 “rednote”. It’s Little Red Book, people. It’s not a very neutral name - why are we like that?
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Salathe incredible conclusion of this thread: "Zuck seems to have been fed *the false narrative* that has circled around the Jim Jordan / Matt Taibbi / Elon Musk circus, *rather than* what *actually happened* at Meta by TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AT META who dealt with these issues"
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaItalian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from detention in Iran
- Cecilia is free!!!! Cecilia è libera!!!
- First demonstration I see in HK since 2019. Of two
- if you are interested in Hong Kong, and local religion, ypu may find this piece I wrote interesting. Tai O is a small fishing village on Lantau island that never ceases to amaze me: zolimacitymag.com/mysterious-s...
- I just followed all on this starter pack. To the new people I follow: hello, I am very ignorant about Syria so you don’t need to follow me back for politeness, but I do want to listen and learn.
- Which again, requires listening, getting out of the way, and pressuring our governments to give Syria space to finally thrive. Starter pack on Syria here: go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghqat://did:plc:i27z3l4bparxvjxsfjkxqa26/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lcqoduq5qy2v
- How did Yoon think Koreans were going to let this pass
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Salaunidentified man on loudspeaker announced national assembly voted to block martial law. everyone cheered and then the loudspeaker played the worst music imaginable. just the most based korean energy.
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaOffice of the Speaker of the National Assembly declares martial law declaration invalid 2h48m after declaration Helicopters seen moving toward National Assembly, crowds outside chanting "IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT"
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Sala"Breaking: SOUTH KOREAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO BLOCK PRESIDENT'S MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION"
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Sala!!!! Motion adopted. The Resolution demanding the end of Martial law has passed at the National Assembly.
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law “to protect the country” from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-State elements.
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaMeet Alex Zhu, a former "little pink" whose journey from a staunch party supporter to an outspoken critic reflects what many young Chinese have experienced in recent years. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria Salaasia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin... Nice work by Cheung Hok Hang and @ilariamariasala.bsky.social!
- I co-wrote this with my friend Cheung Hok Hang who is still not on Bluesky so i will need to do some convincing there. Meanwhile, here is the piece: asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chin...
- Also you can register for a webinar with Koji Hirata’s book here: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
- Also, as many of us are still getting to know each other here, this is my linktree if you want to read more stories from me: linktr.ee/ilariamarias...
- Kwu Tong is one of the areas by the border with Shenzhen that are being upended by the building of the Northern Metropolis. Zolima has been making stories about the people living there. Here I wrote about the Yuet Wo artisanal soy sauce factory: zolimacitymag.com/cha-guo-stor...
- Reposted by Ilaria Maria SalaA couple thoughts on this story by Elsie Chen and me: -Upper-middle class urban China has become cool and fashionable! Little of that has reached foreign audiences except maybe through TikTok, because of the firewall and all those expelled journalists… apnews.com/article/chin...
