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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'm not sure about some of the Japan analysis in here. A thread:

Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I've wanted for a long time to write about how both the "China is a revisionist power" and "China is a defensive power" camps don't focus enough on the disconnect between China's self-perception and its behavior. Thanks to @thediplomat.com . thediplomat.com/2026/03/chin...

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Do Europeans realize how condenscending China's elites are about them? I'm watching a Fudan professor on state TV give a talk about EU-China relations and...oh boy is it bad 1/n

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I'm pleased to share this new article with co-author Zhu Zhang about why China's ruling institutions often operate with dual identities. We coin the term "institutional doubling." This one is for the real China governance nerds! @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The China Quarterly @chinaquarterly.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Analysing 1,761 editorials about the US published between 2003–2022 in People's Daily, @chriscarothers.bsky.social & Joshua B. Freedman investigate CCP messaging about the US in the contemporary era. doi.org/10.1017/S0305741024001528

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America the Failure? Critical Narratives of the United States in Chinese State Media | The China Quarterly | Cambridge Core

America the Failure? Critical Narratives of the United States in Chinese State Media

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent of adults and 2 percent of children had received a Covid-19 vaccine as of Oct. 14 www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/h...

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Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds

About 7 percent of adults have rolled up their sleeves for the new vaccines, according to new agency data.

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Me: prepare a 45-minute presentation. Academics: A two-hour presentation, got it. Senior academics: a completely unprepared presentation, got it.

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

New article out! I discuss how autocrats often exploit natural language barriers to say racist and xenophobic things at home while playing to an international audience... www.americanpurpose.com/articles/the...

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

"The number of people who get paid from the U.S. Treasury but work for private businesses and nonprofits is now more than three times the entire on-payroll federal civilian workforce." Wow. www.americanpurpose.com/articles/the...

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Why Polarization Won't Stop Washington's New Bipartisan Consensus on China By me and Taiyi Sun uscnpm.org/2023/10/05/w...

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Yay, John Oliver and Colbert are back! I'm basic but I accept it...

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Chris Carothers @chriscarothers.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

I’m excited to share my 🚨new article🚨 with Sun Taiyi, Bipartisanship on China in a Polarized America, out now in International Relations. We document the emergence of the “new China consensus” in DC – the idea that the US must compete with & counter China. Here is what we found… 🧵 tiny.cc/91nbvz

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