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Miriam Driessen @driessenmiriam.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I’m excited to share some professional news: my new book is coming out this February! It will be published open access with University of California Press. www.ucpress.edu/books/immuni... A big thank-you to all of you who made this project possible. @ucpress.bsky.social

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Yamahata Yōsuke is best known for his grizzly photos of Nagasaki, which offered many Americans their first look at the bodily toll of the a-bomb when they were published in Life in 1952 What I learned only today was that before he was on the ground in Nagasaki, he was in the sky over Chongqing 1/

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 06/03/2025

The new issue of GCP is out! How is Mandarin evolving in a changing world? Our contributors explore its transformation at China’s frontiers and beyond—where state control meets public innovation, and global encounters spark new hybrids. Download for free at globalchinapulse.net/global-china...

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Miriam Driessen @driessenmiriam.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The new issue of Global China Pulse is out 😊 Thank you to all the wonderful contributors and my co-editors @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and Hong Zhang. globalchinapulse.net/global-china...

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Tom Gardner @tomgardner18.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The three major cases against Meta in Kenya raise an important question: can big tech be sued in African countries, and thus others? My latest www.economist.com/middle-east-...

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Three big lawsuits against Meta in Kenya may have global implications

One was prompted by the murder of an Ethiopian professor

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Miriam Driessen @driessenmiriam.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Another proud supervisor moment--excellent essay by my former student, Ziyi Li, based on her MSc thesis project.

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Alice Su @aliceysu.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...

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Climbers (part one): A way out of China

Drum Tower · Episode

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 25/11/2024

With lots of new people joining Bluesky, we thought it would be a good idea to introduce the projects falling under the umbrella of the Global China Lab, a new non-profit we established this year with the aim of advancing open knowledge about China. 1/

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Global China Lab

Global China Lab is a non-profit organisation established by researchers and practitioners with the aim of advancing knowledge of contemporary China.

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Crystal Lee @handle.invalid · 13/11/2024

I watched this in one go at 3 am in the morning -- this is EASILY the best piece of media I've ever consumed about the craft of writing -- even more than Stephen King's "On Writing" or "How to write a lot" (both of which I really enjoyed).

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LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively

YouTube video by UChicago Social Sciences

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