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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Israel literally uses surveillance technology in the West Bank that was originally developed by the PRC for racially profiling Uyghurs (they explicitly advertise this as a feature)

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How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank

Cameras made by Hikvision, which is blacklisted in US, blanket the occupied West Bank, according to Amnesty International

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Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

happy to see that the review essay written by @maqianyu.bsky.social and myself for LARB has been published. It discusses two important recent books about Chinese Muslims (Hui) by @rianthum.bsky.social and Hale Eroglu.Thanks go out to @bspivey.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yckc5bbd

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The Fate of China’s Muslims | Los Angeles Review of Books

Two recent books track the history of China’s Muslim minority during a period of suspicion and suppression.

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Very fun and rewarding to contribute a chapter (“Waste into Treasure” and “Harms into Benefits”: Comprehensive Utilization and Industrial Pollution in the Mao Era) to this volume, looking forward to holding it in my hands

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Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thrilled that my essay, "Fear and Writing in Xinjiang," was chosen by the editors of the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social to be included in their 15th Anniversary Anthology! Thanks to @jwassers.bsky.social and @bspivey.bsky.social for commissioning the piece and for their editorial work!

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LARB Quarterly #48: 15th Anniversary Issue | Los Angeles Review of Books

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The journey of Franz Kafka’s works from Europe to Mao-era China shaped generations of writers. Kafka goes to China | Jeffrey Wasserstrom engelsbergideas.com/essays/kafka...

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Kafka goes to China

The journey of Franz Kafka’s works from Europe to Mao-era China shaped generations of writers.

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Glad to see this double review by @paulkreitman.bsky.social finally out... "For all these reasons, the distance between here and Hong Kong feels less like a chasm than a gap."

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"'It’s precisely the analysis Silicon Valley and Washington need as it oscillates between China envy and China fear." Afra Wang on "Breakneck" and "I Deliver Parcels in Beijing": lareviewofbooks.org/article/china-u…

The covers of I Deliver Parcels in Beijing and Breakneck against a background

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

John Dower cooking on the Enola Gay controversy

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Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Huge thanks to @asiasociety.org Orville Schell and @foreignaffairs.com for this long and wonderful new review of my book The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/mise...

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The Miseducation of Xi Jinping

How a father’s struggle revealed the price of power.

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Great cover! I’m really delighted to be a part of this, much thanks to @mmuscolino.bsky.social

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Check out the UWP website for more info: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

lareviewofbooks.org/article/can-... "WE NEED King Lear to understand Chinese history, and we need Chinese history to understand King Lear. This is the bold, opening premise of literary scholar Nan Z. Da’s extraordinary new Princeton University Press book, The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear."

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Can Tragedies Transcend Borders? | Los Angeles Review of Books

Amy R. Wong explores Nan Z. Da’s “The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear.”

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

First time I’ve had a book reviewed in @foreignaffairs.com so especially pleased by having this short take on The Milk Tea Alliance www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/milk... to go with earlier ones in Cha, The Inside Story, & @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Yes, please join! Discord could be really useful for the community

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Mason L. Wong 王樂知 @masonlwong.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I wrote for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social on Palantir, the chip industry, US-China competition, and what tech firms mean when they talk about "defending Western civilization." Thanks to @jwassers.bsky.social, @bspivey.bsky.social, and the LARB team for the edits! lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

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The Microchip Titans | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Here's my recent talk at CIW about how a Maoist approach to "environmental protection" emerged during the Cultural Revolution--an important period wherein many leaders and people began to seriously think about and grapple with the externalities of industrialization. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfpC...

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Maoist Environmental Protection in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

YouTube video by Australian Centre on China in the World

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

So grateful to write for @dissentmag.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue "Authoritarianism and Resistance." I drafted the piece in June with the new school year in mind, as an immigrant scholar severed from her homeland: What can we teach the young about how to exist and persist at this historic juncture?

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To Outlive Tyranny - Dissent Magazine

Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.

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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Weekly Wanderings returns after a late-summer hiatus, with new book recommendations, lots of China links, interesting stories from around the world, and Tiya Miles on searching for the right words.

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Weekly Wanderings: September 7, 2025

And we’re back! I, of course, thought that taking August “off” would enable me to get completely caught up on life. The books I would read! The closets I would organize! The freezer I would restock…

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A new essay from me synthesizing the rich body of media criticism in Japanese focused on the practice of "August journalism" (八月ジャーナリズム): the tendency for rehearsed, compressed, and hollowed-out coverage of war memory each August. apjjf.org/2025/9/fedman

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“August Journalism” Studies: Lessons in World War II Reporting from Japan’s Season of Remembrance - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I've given talks about my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book at various places (including in Culver City at @wendemuseum.bsky.social), but this October 20 dual book launch with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow at @ucirvine.bsky.social will be my first in Orange County www.humanities.uci.edu/events/art-i...

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The Art of the Interview and the Craft of the Profile: A UCI Forum for the Academy and the Public Book Launch

An in-person event, open to the public, no rsvp needed

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🥹 Can't ask for a better review by @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: "A stunning tale of government violence, organized protest, and radical hope... In its depiction of commitment, cowardice, and change, You Must Take Part in Revolution proves both heartbreaking and heartening." 🔗 bit.ly/larb-revolution

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

What did "environmental protection" 环境保护 mean in the Cultural Revolution? How did revolutionary Maoists approach pollution and other environmental problems caused by industrialization? 🇨🇳 🏭 ♻️ Talking about this on Thu 18 Sept, 4–5:30pm @ CIW (Canberra) (in person, recording later) shorturl.at/MIDTs

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Brian Spivey - "Maoist Environmental Protection in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" | AUSTRALIAN CENTRE ON CHINA IN THE WORLD

This talk examines the emergence of Maoist environmentalism in the People's Republic of China during the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and amid the worldwide awakening to enviro...

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Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Happy to be recognized as a finalist for the @washingtonmonthly.com's Kukula Ward for my review of @ewong.bsky.social's At the Edge of Empire. Sincere thanks @jwassers.bsky.social, @bspivey.bsky.social, and @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social Read the Review 👇 lareviewofbooks.org/article/stra...

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Straining Nation or Expansionist Empire? | Los Angeles Review of Books

Benno Weiner reviews Edward Wong’s “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China.”

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Love the look of the @cwclub.bsky.social Bookstore, my talk here begins in 20 minutes

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

CIW is hiring two more multiyear postdocs. I'm loving it here and highly recommend for those interested to apply. Great place with great people and lots of support for research. Deadline is July 30 🦘 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level ASalary package: $87,135 – $109,369 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerms: 2x Full time, Fixed term (up to 3 years) Position overview Based in the nation’s capital, the...

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Was pleased to write this review of the second edition of @jwassers.bsky.social’s “Vigil: The Struggle for Hong Kong,” published in January. It’s a great book that’s only gained importance since its first publication in 2020. Read the review online here: chajournal.blog/2025/07/11/v...

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[REVIEW] “Memory, Resistance, and Repression: The Enduring Relevance of Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙” by David R. Stroup

📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁 RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Vigil. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Vigil: The Struggle for Ho…

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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

On the contingency of history - writing in LA Review of Books.

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther... @drjanehayward.bsky.social "Finally, at a time when China’s rise must seem, to many, to have been inevitable, both books serve well to remind us of the contingency of history and the opaqueness of the future when viewed from the present."

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There Isn’t Going to Be Any Trouble | Los Angeles Review of Books

Jane Hayward reads two recent books on China’s post-Mao reform period.

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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 01/07/2025

In recent months, we have lost a significant portion of our funding. Yet we remain committed to helping the world better understand China at this critical juncture in global politics. We are asking for your help to keep our websites up and running. giving.chinadigitaltimes.net/page/serverc...

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Keep CDT Online: Donate for Server Expenses

China Digital Times (CDT) is a non-profit organization that relies on institutional and individual donations to sustain our operations. In recent months, we have lost a significant portion of our inst...

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Eleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What I got ✨

The Pacific Circuit, The Milk Tea Alliance, Fake Work

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Very excited that I just saw a 50% leap after Saturday’s West Coast launch in the number of people the Good Reads site lists reading The Milk Tea Alliance www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... /okay, it went from 2 on Saturday to 3 on Monday but phrasing it in terms of percentages sounds more impressive

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The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against A…

Why are activists in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma wil…

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Zev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

A review of my book Chinese Characters Across Asia has come out in the LA Review of Books, alongside Uluğ Kuzuoğlu’s Codes of Modernity: Chinese Scripts in the Global Information Age. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

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The Undying Chinese Writing System | Los Angeles Review of Books

Colin Marshall reviews two books about the past and present of the Chinese writing system.

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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Review of two books on post-Mao China, The Great Transformation by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian, and China’s Age of Abundance by Wang Feng. Thank you to @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social for the invitation! lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...

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There Isn’t Going to Be Any Trouble | Los Angeles Review of Books

Jane Hayward reads two recent books on China’s post-Mao reform period.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Interesting (and discouraging) example of how PRC desperation to whitewash their policies in Xinjiang hurts its international relations and makes it harder for those trying to maintain engagement with China. A 🧵regarding Princeton Press' trip to Xinjiang:

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Brian Spivey @bspivey.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It seems a small thing, but a first academic citation is very gratifying--particularly when put in service of an important book like @josephtorigian.bsky.social's bio of Xi Zhongxun (www.sup.org/books/histor...) (my article on Uyghur student protests in the 80s: read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-a...)

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The Party's Interests Come First | Stanford University Press

China's leader, Xi Jinping, is one of the most powerful individuals in the world—and one of the least understood. Much can be learned, however, about both Xi Jinping and the nature of the party he lea...

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Neysun Mahboubi @neysunm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It was a great honor to share my thoughts at some length on how the landscape of U.S.-China relations looks to me now, especially through the prism of academic exchange, as part of the @scmpnews.bsky.social Open Questions interview series:

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Exclusive | History tells us US-China ties will survive current rupture: Neysun Mahboubi

The leading academic finds grounds for ‘moderate optimism’ after leading a group of American students on a 10-day tour of China.

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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Last Friday afternoon in DC, I got a chance to share a stage w/ @eosnos.bsky.social (always a pleasure) to talk about my new book on resistance and repression in Asia and many other subjects, from our past collaborations to the challenges of writing about Xi Jinping www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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China Connections - From China to Southeast Asia: Jeffrey Wasserstrom in Conversation w/ Evans Osnos

YouTube video by US-China Education Trust

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