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Visualizing China's leadership: I'm back with an updated infographic, this time showing newly purged party members, new roles, and updated job descriptions.
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This Tuesday at JF Books, come hear me speak about my book on Manchurian scholars and China's new World War II timeline! @Jifengbooks
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I can’t believe my book is finally published today! I’m so thankful to all the people who encouraged and supported me along the way. Available now from @UofMPress press.umich.edu/Books/C/Chin…
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Pleased to announce that my job market paper “The Sirens of Revolution” is now published at @Journal_CompPol! In it, I ask why revolutions sometimes produce strong yet unstable states, using archival and quantitative evidence from post-1949 state building in China 1/n
New article by @kevinweiluo “The Sirens of Revolution: Revolutionary Legacies and State Building in Early Communist China,” doi.org/10.5129/001041526X17…
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🚨Job Alert🚨 @umichpolisci is hiring for a junior position on China/MENA! Both CP/IR are welcome! Detailed job ad is lsa.umich.edu/polisci/curren…. Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/188808
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My friend, Dr. Barnali Chanda has this absolutely wonderful call for papers out on imagining 20th century Asia through travelogues, memoirs and other life-writings. Please do send in your abstracts!!
Email: [email protected]
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed…
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The Department of History at @Northeastern University is hiring an Assistant Professor in Modern Korea. Please see link below to apply and learn more about the position. Review of applications begin on 10/1. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjo…
A big thank you to the organizers of Taiwan+2.0 for inviting me to share part of my dissertation research on the ROC’s targeting of Chinese communities in Cold War Malaysia. Plus great interdisciplinary discussions about the future of Taiwan Studies!
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Looking forward to being a part of the unofficial ‘Harvard Taiwan Week’ this week, ending with a full day Friday symposium (4/17) that Kyle Shernuk, Yedong Chen, and yours truly have put together - and convened by David Wang. Hope to see you there!
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📢 Lecturer (IR of China) at University of St Andrews jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD194/lectur…
Author copies are here! Great to see our discussions on “decolonizing Chinese history” 解殖中國史 in print and in available in Chinese @DGTam86 @taomo_zhou @catielila @JimMillward books.google.com/books?id=QM…
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The link is now up for the recent discussion of my translation of Syaman Rapongan's novel Eyes of the Sky!
Moderated by @lilyw0817 and hosted by @Jifengbooks, we talk translation, Taiwan, Tao culture, and why everyone should read translated literature.
youtube.com/watch?v=tOyjg9QS…
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So excited about @NuVoices' new website! nuvoices.com/
What used to be a link to a huge Google spreadsheet is now a searchable directory of ~700 women and non-binary experts on China. nuvoices.com/directory
THANK YOU to our volunteers and editorial team! 🎉
Headed to @AASAsianStudies this week? Chien-wen Kung, Matt Galway, @minerva_meng, Els van Dongen and I will be"Rethinking the Cultural Revolution" on Sunday, where I'll present on Albania's own Cultural Revolution in the 1960s (pic from Tirana!) cdmcd.co/9WqdEx #AAS2026
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So excited that my book cover is finally here! press.umich.edu/Books/C/Chin…
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Come join me and Lily Wong on Thursday, March 19, from 6-7:30 pm at @Jifengbooks for a discussion of my new translation of Syaman Rapongan's novel Eyes of the Sky
Register here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/jf…
Buy at JF Books after the event or via the press: cup.columbia.edu/book/eyes-o…
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Great line up at JF Book’s this March! Come see me and Lily Wong discuss my new translation of Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Sky on March 19!
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NEW: We just released a groundbreaking @CSIS @ChinaPowerCSIS database and accompanying report that systematically examines purges within China's military. Our data shows that PLA purges go far deeper than has previously been understood.
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Join us for a discussion on the Chinese translation of Decolonizng Chinese hisotry accupass.com/event/260212140…
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New @Harvard/@FairbankCenter!
I explain a paradox: continuing PLA advances amid top-level officer removals:
fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/res…
“Targeting #Taiwan Under Xi: #China’s #Military Forest Flourishing Despite Toppling Trees”
Thanks to generous colleagues for invaluable inputs! Incisive edits from Mark Wu, @dindaelliott1 & @SamMacleanFCCS at Fairbank + @ChrisHSharman/@ChinaMaritime. Illuminating graphics from @jagevans, Yuanzhuo Wang & @KTristanTang.
Bottom line: These are solely my personal academic views & do not represent @NavalWarCollege, @USNavy, @DeptofWar or any other organization with which I am affiliated.
