Professor in the Politics of #China at @Politics_Oxford, @ox_chinacentre, @MertonCollege @BACS_China Council member https://teapaw.org/t.co/OFBGH2qRJ1
Oxford, UK
Joined July 2016
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"What happens when political prerogative ceases to be exceptional, and instead becomes a normal principle of governance?"
My review of @lingli_vienna'sThe Governance of a Party-State: Corruption, Law, & the Modus Operandi of the Chinese Communist Party: doi.org/10.1111/gove.70157
A koan: There was a collective study session of #China's Central Military Commission yesterday to 学习 XJP's speech at the anniversary of the CCP founding. Atm, the CMC has only two members: 张升民 and 习近平.
Did XJP attend? Did Zhang study on his own?
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#China's "one-child regime was not a simple high-modernist failure: it was an intrusive, brutal, and, in many respects, effective project of social engineering that sowed the seeds of its own demise." My latest, Why Xi's Pro-Natalist Turn is Failing prcleader.org/post/whyxispro…
The brilliant Olivia Cheung on Ideological Governance in #China? Xi Jinping’s Uphill Battle Against Indiscipline blogs.lse.ac.uk/cff/2026/05/…
NYT's David Pierson: #JimmyLai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent
The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how #HongKong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity. #香港 nytimes.com/2026/02/09/world…
The Guardian: Xi Jinping vows to reunify #China & #Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech
Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, Xi says, a day after the conclusion of intense military drills #台灣 theguardian.com/world/2025/d…
SCMP: #Trump ‘not worried’ about #China's PLA military drills around #Taiwan, which he dismisses as ‘routine’ even as US arms sales hit record high.
"They’ve been doing that for 20-25 years," he said. #台灣 scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/a…
SCMP: #China unveils new ethnic unity & language laws w/‘nat'l security perspective’ that threaten action against those "obstructing" the use of "the standard Chinese language" (now defined as that "statutory common national language”). sc.mp/thm3h?utm_source=twitt… via @scmpnews
联合早报: #China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection took down 64 "tigers" on #corruption charges this year, setting a new record (last year, 58 centrally-managed officials were dismissed) 中纪委今年至今“打虎”64人再刷新纪录 zaobao.com.sg/news/china/sto…
观察者: #Taiwan's parliament votes to initiate impeachment proceedings against President William Lai (赖清德) for refusing to publish & sign the revised "Fiscal Revenue & Expenditure Allocation Act" passed by the Legislative Yuan 赖清德弹劾提案，表决通过 guancha.cn/politics/2025_12_…
NYT's @ChuBailiang: When #China’s rulers ordered PLA soldiers to crush pro-democracy demonstrations in #TiananmenSquare in 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian famously said no. Footage from his court-martial trial has mysteriousy found its way onto YouTube. #天安门事件
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Why is this leaked footage (from 17 March 1990) suddenly circulating on social media (banned in #China, but accessible to netizens with VPN access)? 吴仁华, who acquired the footage, told RFA that he released it only when he was certain that the source that leaked it was safe.
SCMP: #China’s Fujian aircraft carrier transits #Taiwan Strait as Taipei watches closely
Island’s defence ministry says vessel’s passage through the waterway showed ‘no military intent’ & no aircraft were seen on its deck #台灣 scmp.com/news/china/military…
Spanning five years & imprisoned for over 1,800 days, #JimmyLai's case (inc. accusations of collusion w/foreign forces) will be decided tomorrow by a #HongKong court. #香港 橫跨五年、囚逾1800日，黎智英涉勾結外國勢力案明裁決 theinitium.com/20251214-what…
“How does an authoritarian govt that has leaned heavily on 'performance legitimacy' for decades sidestep popular ire amidst a prolonged economic slowdown?"
My latest, on "involutionary competition," in the #China Leadership Monitor #内卷 #内卷式竞争 prcleader.org/post/punching-…
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Newly released: "Project 2025: #China & the United States"
(revised from a talk I gave at the @VersoBooks Conference on China, convened in London on 2-4 October, 2025.)
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MoC: More detail released from Chinese side on US-#China greement. MoC says US to remove the 10% "fentanyl tariff" & 24% equitable and 50% additional tariff & 301 investigation all suspended for a year. 商务部新闻发言人就中美吉隆坡经贸磋商联合安排答记者问 mofcom.gov.cn/syxwfb/art/202…
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In return, #China will suspend its "countermeasures" (which ones are not specified) for one year. Consensus reached on cooperation in #fentanyl control, agricultural trade, Madrid outcomes affirmed, more US invest investment, more discussions re #TikTok mofcom.gov.cn/syxwfb/art/202…
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新华网: I think #China's Xi Jinping just referred to #Trump as a (great) "helmsman"?
我和特朗普总统作为掌舵人，应当把握好方向、驾驭住大局，让中美关系这艘大船平稳前行
From 习近平：让中美关系这艘大船平稳前行
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CNN: #Taiwan worries about US support wavering ahead of #Trump’s meeting with #China's Xi after Trump refuses to rule out allowing the island democracy to become a pawn in new round of trade talks #台灣 cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/…
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新华网: Finally confirmed, after repeated reticence from Beijing: Xi Jinping will indeed meet Donald #Trump in Busan, #SouthKorea, on October 30th "to exchange views on #China-US relations & issues of common concern." 习近平将同美国总统特朗普举行会晤archive.ph/9OZHY
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联合早报: CCTV reports that the #China & US trade teams began consultations in #Malaysia today, where officials from both sides are attending the #ASEAN summit in #KualaLumpur 中美经贸磋商在马来西亚开始举行zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china…
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