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Maggie Lewis

@margaretklewis.bsky.social
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Professor at Seton Hall Law working on China, Taiwan, criminal justice, and human rights. Can otherwise be found hanging with my boys (including Brodie 🐾).

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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Why are foreign law firms leaving China or drastically shrinking their presence there? Lawyers and scholars @donaldcclarke.bsky.social, @margaretklewis.bsky.social, Katherine Wilhelm, Mark Cohen, and Rachel Stern explain for @chinafile.bsky.social:
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Behind the Exodus of U.S. Law Firms from China
In early December, U.S. law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced plans to close its office in Beijing. In 1981, Paul Weiss became one of the earliest foreign law firms to open an of...
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Dr. Frances Colón @fcoloninfl.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Today, the Biden administration submitted a bold 2035 emissions reduction target to the UN that builds on 4 years of clean energy and pollution reducing achievements. This sets a goal that communities, business, and local govs can build on. We are all in. www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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STATEMENT: CAP’s Frances Colón Praises New Target for Emissions Cuts
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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Here's my report on this morning's events in the legislature--it's expected that the KMT will push through changes to the Recall Act now, but I also think this will fuel future protest
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Next month, I’ll be in the UK doing launch events for Vigil: The Struggle for Hong Kong brixtonink.co.uk/books/vigil/ (details on those 22-27 Jan events at @brixtonink.bsky.social website); I’ll also do events on Orwell in London, Leeds, Cambridge & Oxford + two events in Berlin, details on those TK
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Vigil -
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, one of the world’s leading China specialists, draws on his many visits to the city, and knowledge of the history of repression and resistance, to help us understand the deep roots...
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Pasha Hsieh @pashahsieh.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
2025 ILA-@asilorg.bsky.social Asia-Pacific Research Forum, Abstract Submission Deadline: January 20, 2025, see www.ila-asil-taiwan.org
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Anthony J. Spires @ajspires.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Join me in Paris? I'm excited (and a little intimidated) to be taking Tocqueville back to France for the European launch of my new book, Everyday Democracy cup.columbia.edu/book/everyda... I'll be speaking @ EHESS on Wed., Dec. 18, 1-3pm. Thanks to Isabelle Thireau and Sebastian Veg 1/
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Everyday Democracy | Columbia University Press
Bottom-up voluntary associations, it is commonly thought, are among the fundamental building blocks of democracy, preparing people for engaged citizenship. A... | CUP
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A pioneer and a legend Stay tuned for Jerry’s memoirs in 2025 🙌
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Julia Child vibe to close out the weekend
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ChinaFile @chinafile.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hello to Bluesky. By way of introduction, we're going to post some of the best things we've published over the next few weeks under the tag #FromtheChinaFiles, starting with this: documentary film we produced in 2017:
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Down From the Mountains
At 14 years old, Wang Ying doesn’t want to be a mother. She scowls darkly as her younger brother and sister squabble in the corner while she does the housework. But she grudgingly cleans up after them...
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Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
On security, trade, climate, human rights, and education, what is the legacy of the Biden administration on US-China relations? And what can we anticipate on these issues under the Trump administration? Video of last night’s wide-ranging discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=928V...
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Neysun Mahboubi @neysunm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Looking forward to this discussion with @margaretklewis.bsky.social, @marygao1969.bsky.social, Angel Hsu, Mark Wu of @fairbankcenter.bsky.social, and David Rank on Thursday evening! Register at the QR code below to join us live or watch on YouTube at youtube.com/@Penn-US-China
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Lev Nachman @lnachman32.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Big news! My book "Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation" is officially available for pre-order through University of Washington Press! Here's a brief summary of the book, contested politics, and why Taiwan matters for political science:
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A unanimous jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. That the Taiwan government touts its new ‘citizen judge’ jury-esque system but criticizes TaiwanPlus for reporting what a US jury decided adds another layer to this enraging investigation.
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Joyu Wang @joyuwang.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🌴Aloha from Honolulu! Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has touched down in the U.S. this morning, kicking off his seven-day Pacific tour. Follow along with @wsj.com—we’re the only U.S. outlet traveling with him. MORE: on.wsj.com/3Oyg7n9
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Taiwan’s President Begins Hawaii Stopover Despite China’s Protests
Lai Ching-te is facing the challenge of strengthening ties with the U.S. during a time of transition in Washington.
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#Taiwan’s constitutional court has played a critical role in protecting individual rights and checking government overreach. Chang Wen-chen (張文貞) is an amazing scholar and compassionate person. She is an excellent choice for president of the Judicial Yuan.
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thank you, Apple Watch handwashing timer, for the many affirmations while I scrubbed a pile of sweet potatoes 🍠
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Recruiting talent is easier when people do not feel safe where they are currently working. Yes, we need legal protections including criminal penalties as a backstop, but 💯 to this letter by Stanford faculty arguing against reinstating the China Initiative: www.aasforum.org/2024/10/08/a...
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Asian American Scholar Forum Stands with 165+ Stanford Faculty in Opposing the Reinstatement of DOJ’s China Initiative, Urging Congress to Protect Asian American Scholars - Asian American Scholar Foru...
Oct 8, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dawn Crawford, media@aasforum.org, 720-231-1930 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) today issued a strong statement of support for the ...
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Today's @politico.com China Watcher: Trump team China policy tensions! Taiwan plays nice with Trump on defense! Trump's new China tariff threat may nix counternarcotics cooperation! Chinese govt spies vs Falun Gong! Subscribe and never miss an issue! www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
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How Trump’s team may clash on China
Decoding transatlantic relations with Beijing. By PHELIM KINE Send tips here | Tweet @PhelimKine | Bluesky @phelimkine.bsky.social | Subscribe for free | View in your browser Hi, China Watchers. &n…
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Good morning from #NewJersey It’s a beautiful day to bake pies 🥧
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Iza Ding @izading.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My essay “Goodbye, Gibbon” for The Ideas Letter theideasletter.org from the Open Society Foundation. In which I offer non-answers to the question “Is America in decline from a Chinese perspective?”
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Goodbye, Gibbon - The Ideas Letter
Western historiography generally understands history as a line and is preoccupied with the rise and fall of empires. In China however the line of history is an ever-repeating circle, with…
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
In addition to following @hongkongfp.com for the latest, @tom-kellogg.bsky.social and his Georgetown colleagues have a trove of legal deep dives into the decimation of civil and political rights in #HongKong www.law.georgetown.edu/law-asia/pub...
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Publications
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) is hiring an Operations Director. Wonderful organization made up of fantastic people. www.aasforum.org/2024/11/13/j...
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Job Opening: Asian American Scholar Forum Operations Director - Asian American Scholar Forum
AASF seeks an Operations Director to join and help grow the organization, overseeing day-to-day operations and special events.
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Listened to while driving to the pediatric dentist/orthodontist for the 4th time in 2 days (all fine now). 💯 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Consumed by Caregiving
Podcast Episode · Women at Work · 11/25/2024 · 41m
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