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Peidong Sun

@peidongsun.bsky.social
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History Professor at Cornell University. ps786@cornell.edu history.cornell.edu/peidong-sun

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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Liz's sense of timing remains impeccable. She retires just as the country has accumulated enough history to provide a fitting backdrop. I'm planning to plant a few jokes into my five-minute tribute to my brilliant and intellectually fearless mentor at HYI.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Half a century after Mao's death, fascination with the communist leader is on the rise. Why? “When the Party has the absolute power to write or rewrite the history, and it creates the memory for the young generation.” My recent interview by NPR, www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Half a century after Mao's death, fascination with the communist leader is on the rise
Half a century after the death of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, fascination with the chairman is growing among young Chinese people.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Even the local wildlife is getting ready for our Oct. speakers: @mcfaulmike.bsky.social on 23 and Frank Dikötter on 27. It has already started the reading. No word yet on its critical assessment.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My book, Fashion and Politics in China’s Cultural Revolution, will be published by Bloomsbury this year. It explores how dress became a site of ideology, power, conformity, and resistance during one of the most politically charged periods in modern Chinese history. www.bloomsbury.com/us/fashion-a...
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
For people who read Portuguese, my interview just came out in Folha de S.Paulo, one of the Brazil’s highest-circulation newspapers. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2026/0....
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 01/05/2026
En Chine, des actes de « vengeance contre la société » rayés de l’actualité
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En Chine, des actes de « vengeance contre la société » rayés de l’actualité
Une attaque à la tractopelle contre un marché, dans un district rural de Pékin, fin mars, a été totalement censurée en Chine. Quatre semaines après l’événement, les habitants osent à peine s’exprimer et la police quadrille toujours la zone.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
If you read Dutch, my interview just came out in NRC (formerly NRC Handelsblad), a major Dutch daily. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Unboxing my newly published book, Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi. www.routledge.com/Unfiltered-R...
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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Sun Peidong has a new book out, with interviews of leading French historians/sociologists/anthropologists of China -- notably a lengthy interview of Marianne Bastid-Bruguière that is bound to be fascinating www.routledge.com/Unfiltered-R...
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Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi
Unfiltered Regard for China is a collection of six unique narratives of French academics who, through decades of fieldwork, research, and engagement—some beginning as early as 1964 and continuing to t...
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
My third book illuminates decades of a transnational “scholar–state nexus” within the context of the CCP rule in mainland China, shedding light on the nature of the CCP regime and the evolution of France’s policy of engagement with China.Pre-order now: www.routledge.com/Unfiltered-R...
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Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi
Unfiltered Regard for China is a collection of six unique narratives of French academics who, through decades of fieldwork, research, and engagement—some beginning as early as 1964 and continuing to t...
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Thanks for citing my first book, @zhaoruilu.bsky.social. FYI, the correct title is Who Will Marry My Daughter (Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press, 2012; 2013). It explores how Mao-era experiences shaped parents' views on their children’s post-1978 mate choices. Not Who Married My Daughter.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It would be very helpful to have a paperback edition. Do you know when it will be released? Thank you @bobdavis187.bsky.social @sosuburbia.bsky.social !
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Excellent source! I’ve added it to the readings for my course, Tyranny and Dignity: Chinese Women from the Cultural Revolution to the White Paper Protests, specifically for Topic 11: Battling Digital Communism – China’s #MeToo Movement.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Very well-researched article, @rachelcheung.bsky.social. Will include it in my syllabus for the course "History of U.S.-China Relations, 1949–2025" for the Spring 2026 semester.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Excited to speak at a virtual roundtable meeting entitled “China’s Pressure Cooker: Public Discontent, Societal Shifts, and Political Stability amid Economic Challenges” at the @cfr.org on Monday morning!
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Excited to share some ideas from my forthcoming book, under contract with @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social 's Department of Human Centered Design on May 2, 2025. Don't miss the Fashion Exhibition! Details here: events.cornell.edu/event/fashio...
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Fashion and Politics in Maoist China
This talk explores findings from a forthcoming English translation of a pioneering study on clothing in China during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). Challenging the stereotype of uniform “blue bo...
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Congrats! Thrilled to share that I submitted my manuscript, Unfiltered Regard: French Perspectives on China from Mao to Xi, to @routledgehistory.bsky.social on December 24, 2024!
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
@amfchina.bsky.social's book "Germany and China" raises a critical alarm. Yet, both policy-makers and business leaders have largely ignored it. Liz & Hart's new article on @foreignaffairs.com suggests a full economic toolkit to counter China’s dominance and bolster supply chain resilience.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Congrats @historymatt.bsky.social What a beautiful design! Can’t wait to see the cover for my upcoming "Fashion and Politics in China's Cultural Revolution," translated by the esteemed historian Antonia Finnane. Feeling so honored! Submission to @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social is set for Sept. 2025.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A ChinaFile Conversation with Daniel A. Bell, Geremie R. Barmé, Michael Szonyi, and David Moser, published in February 2024.
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Peidong Sun @peidongsun.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My first @foreignaffairs.com piece: The Roots of “Revenge Against Society” Attacks in China. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/roots-...
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The Roots of “Revenge Against Society” Attacks in China
Repressive rule is creating a climate of isolation and grievance.
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