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Jane Hayward

@drjanehayward.bsky.social
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Lecturer in China and Global Affairs, Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Researching China’s agrarian question and related urban transformations.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Farage is having a tough time, losing popularity”: the hacks had a blast using Nigel as their frontman for decades of terrifying panics, then realised they had accidentally created a scenario where he might be in charge of media regulation. Now, they’re revoking his legitimacy by Noticing Things.
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hurrah! Something for the weekend...
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
How will we change this country for our grandchildren?
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Signed!
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Just watched this, it was very good! #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4 @garyseconomics.bsky.social
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Highly recommend this podcast analysing Burnham's speech last week. Great insights into the central contradictions and potential pitfalls of 'Manchesterism' as Burnham is currently presenting it. With @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/07/03/e...
culturepowerpolitics.org
Emergency Podcast: The Rhetoric of Burnhamism
We discuss Andy Burnham’s speech launching his formal bid for the Labour leadership. For info, errata and to give us support (Please give us support!):
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Bec Crew @beccrew.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Harvard is no longer the top university in the Nature Index - China's Zhejiang University is. And with Tsinghua University hot on its heels, Harvard's second place is not looking secure, either. #NatureIndexResearchLeaders. www.nature.com/nature-index...
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Harvard loses first place in Nature Index
For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Enjoyed this discussion on the Xi-Trump summit
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In Beijing
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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
"Aligning as they do with official Chinese government positions, Prashad and Chak’s argumentation draws more on the logic of nationalism than left traditions of debate on the national question."
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Previously paywalled podcast with #1DimeRadio just made public www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZ1...
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The Chinese Economy (Ft. Jane Hayward)
YouTube video by 1Dime Radio
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy. I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all. Out in October with Random House.
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is sure to be a good read!
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This is excellent. David Brophy skilfully takes apart Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak's Monthly Review article on Xinjiang. tempestmag.org/2026/04/dism...
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Dismissing China’s repression in Xinjiang
Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak recently defended China’s policy toward ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang. David Brophy exposes the weakness of their case.
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
As a longtime Alan Partridge fan, I love this
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Denmark has voted. Now comes the test. Taxing the super rich is within reach, but only if it survives coalition negotiations. After decades of rising inequality, fairness cannot be negotiated away. #TaxTheSuperRich
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Not listened to this yet but it’s sure to be a good one
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Important point. Also, the way criticism of Chinese policies by scholars can be picked up and used to bolster American / European / “Western” identity politics, as in “clearly we have the moral high ground” (when “we” have nothing of the kind) is an issue many China scholars constantly grapple with
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Well said
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Delighted to see more Labour MPs embrace the need to tax the super rich. But there is so much more to do. For an ambitious and stable economy take a look at our 10 policies - starting with a wealth tax and taxing wealth like work patrioticmillionaires.uk/latest-news/...
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Ten Tax reforms and closed loopholes to raise £50 billion — Patriotic Millionaires UK
Read our ten tax reforms - in partnership with Tax Justice UK
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 20/03/2026
We saw Trump’s Iran bombs being loaded in the UK 👇 youtube.com/shorts/DqotF...
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How Trump uses Britain to bomb Iran
YouTube video by Declassified UK
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Just the same. What happened? Our leaders were not very good or nice people; they decided that the moment meant they were the best, most justified, most correct people who had ever lived and as a special treat for being so awesome, they could now do whatever the fuck they wanted, forever.
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@owillis.bsky.social
1989, im 11 years old and watching the fall of the berlin wall on tv with my mom. as we sit there watching tom brokaw narrate, im thinking, "wow the 1990s are coming. and in ten years THE YEAR 2000. its amazing to live in the jet pack future."
and yet here we fucking are.
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I dislike living in this kind of interesting times.
I would rather live in the part where the arc of the moral universe is bending toward justice. I hope we can get on with that again soon.
21:05 • 10 Mar 2026 • Everybody can reply
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William Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you're looking for an academic Chinese Politics job, apply to this one: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT568/a...
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Assistant Professor - China & Global Development at University of Cambridge
An academic position as a Assistant Professor - China & Global Development is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Here is the long-awaited emergency podcast from me and @profafinlayson.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton by-election. You can find this in any app by searching for Culture, Power, Politics. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/03/03/g...
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Greens Win Gorton
We discuss the implication of the Green Party's historic win in last week's Gorton and Denton by-election. We cover the meaning of Manchester, making Britain normal and the ordinary charisma of new Gr...
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🗳️ BREAKING | Greens surge to 2nd (YouGov) ➡️ Ref: 23% (-1) 🟢 Grn: 21% (+4) 🔵 Con: 16% (-2) 🔴 Lab: 16% (-2) 🟠 Lib: 14% (=) Poll: @YouGov, 1-2 Mar (+/- vs 23 Feb)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran. Iraq lessons must be learned. Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe. Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
One thing is clear. Keir Starmer is singularly incapable of standing up to Donald Trump.
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Jake Werner @jwdwerner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
and strengthen “our” reactionaries in the name of battering theirs. Only an egalitarian and internationalist politics can bring either peace or justice. The foreign policy world of Biden and congressional leadership is simply incompatible with such a project.
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Jake Werner @jwdwerner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Reactionaries use violence to dominate others but they also revel in it. Liberal imperialists don’t take the same pleasure in violence but they do embrace war, as we’re seeing today. War is a structural necessity to maintain global hierarchy. In the end, they collaborate with…
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Honestly, I do think that it’s good on the whole that the UK is more aggressive in its interviewing technique than their American counterparts, but this interview was fairly ridiculous and I think anyone watching it would struggle to think it was a good faith attempt to get to know Polanski.
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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The most unpopular prime minister since records began stands resolutely behind the unprovoked attack on Iran by the two countries that are actively carrying out a genocide in the Middle East. But please, do elaborate more about "extremism on the Left", Mr Human Rights lawyer KC.
Sir Keir supports whatever illegal shit the US tells him to
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! 🐎🎆🐎🎆
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Britain is getting poorer, and angrier. We have become a precariat nation. By @meadwaj.bsky.social
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Britain is getting poorer, and angrier
We have become a precariat nation
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Jane Hayward @drjanehayward.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So happy to see this!
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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Guardian: The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery due to a sweeping fishing ban. One biologist said it was the most positive freshwater conservation story seen anywhere in the world in 20 years. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Millionaires of the world, unite! Brian Eno writes: Nobody needs trillionaires
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Millionaires of the world, unite!
Nobody needs trillionaires
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Our member Phil White had a great chat with @politicsjoe.bsky.social, discussing Davos, democracy and taxing the super-rich. Catch the full interview here: youtu.pulse.ly/trlourlsit
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Rian Thum @rianthum.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The book is out! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Several copies of the book Islamic China
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week’s conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else. #WEF26 #Davos #TaxTheSuperRich theguardian.pulse.ly/pg9cy42k7g
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"The statement, signed by high-profile figures including Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo and musician Brian Eno, warns that the extremely wealthy are having a negative effect on the world."
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires demand higher taxes for the super-rich
“The super-rich are being given complete free rein,” the letter says, arguing that often unelected figures have “accelerated the breakdown of the planet”
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"The problem is is that wealth is magnetic — it attracts other wealth." - PMUK's Brian Eno #TaxTheSuperRich
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Some prices matter much more than others for livelihoods, production and distribution. They are systemically significant and key in the fight for affordability and against inflation. So proud to win the Nelson & Freeman Prize for our paper! Thank you ICC! 🥳 academic.oup.com/icc/article/...
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Tobita Chow @tobitac.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I went a little viral on the Bad Site with nearly 20k replies and QTs mostly from the right—some fascist luminaries and many randos. The reactions are all boring but I got interested in why so many of them felt the need to respond. It’s as if “she could have been any one of us” is triggering
Libs of TikTok

Not me. I would never try to run over law enforcement officers. Interesting admission though...

Tobita Chow @tobitac 
She could have been any one of us.

lan Miles Cheong @ianmiles 

No, I don't think so. Most people are not stupid or suicidal enough to drive into police officers.

Tobita Chow @tobitac 
She could have been any one of us.

Dinesh D'Souza @DineshDSou... 

Do you habitually drive your car into law enforcement personnel?

Tobita Chow @tobitac 
She could have been any one of us.

Katie Miller @KatieMiller 
Replying to @tobitac
No, sane Americans aren't protesting ICE and
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
A Christmas Day tale in 3 parts. 1) Steve Reed - Housing Minister - launches a Xmas Day attack. 2) It's the Labour Governments usual shit. 3) join.greenparty.org.uk Merry Xmas! www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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Exclusive: Cabinet Minister Brands Zack Polanski A 'Con Artist' In Outspoken Attack
Steve Reed also suggested the Green Party leader is immoral.
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Full interview on YouTube at 7pm: Full episode with @meadwaj on YouTube at 7pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZG...
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Why The Media Is Looking At Economics All Wrong | James Meadway | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Why Rory Stewart might need to self reflect...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
When the electorate perceives both major parties as frauds who have far more in common with each other than with the public, is that… wrong
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