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Sara Newland

@saranewland.bsky.social
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Associate professor of government at Smith College; former Visiting Senior Fellow for US-China Subnational Relations at the Truman Center for National Policy. I write about China, Taiwan, and US city- and state-level engagement with both places.

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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 09/07/2026
|| NEW CALL FOR PAPERS || To mark 30 years since the Hong Kong handover, we welcome scholarly work and practitioners' recollections that revisit overlooked experiences, question established interpretations, or reflect on what lessons may be drawn from the city's history. Pitches due 30 September.
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Calls for Papers
Calls for Papers Here you can find the call for papers for the journal issues we are currently working on. The initial pitches should be no longer than 300 words and explain the key argument of your p...
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James Lin @jamestwotree.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I'll be giving a talk on my book in Seattle and online (hybrid) on May 15 at 3:30pm (Pacific). Please join in person or online! jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/2025/...
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MAY 15 - 'In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan' with James Lin, UW - Taiwan Studies Program
In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard elucidates the history and impact
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Tonight at 6:30! Please join me and @yangyangcheng.bsky.social at Smith College for a discussion of US-China relations today, as part of the @ncuscr.bsky.social's China Town Hall program.
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
For the Truman Center for National Policy, @jarosky.bsky.social and I spent the last year learning from officials, activists, academics, & the business community across four US cities about US-China relations at the city level. Read our white paper here: www.trumancenter.org/news-posts/t... (1/5)
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Truman Center Launches New Report: American Cities in a Changing US-China Relationship | Truman Center for National Policy
Press Statements by the Staff of Truman Center for National Policy
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Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations @penn-us-china.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
One week to go before the application deadline of this Friday, February 28! Please circulate this call widely to relevant potential applicants, to help us benefit from as strong and diverse an applicant pool as possible.
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ChinaPower @chinapower.csis.org · 24/02/2025
“The rush to completely decouple...from China is challenging for [U.S.] localities, because often there is no alternative to whatever they were depending on in their relationship with China,” explains @saranewland.bsky.social while speaking on U.S.-China subnational diplomacy. Listen: bit.ly/4gEXA4b
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U.S.-China Subnational Diplomacy | ChinaPower Project
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Kyle Jaros and Dr. Sara Newland join us to explore the evolution of U.S.-China subnational diplomacy. They begin by examining the history and current…
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
@jarosky.bsky.social and I enjoyed speaking with Bonny Lin on the @csis.org ChinaPower podcast to discuss our research on city- and state-level US-China relations. Listen here: www.csis.org/podcasts/chi...
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ChinaPower | CSIS Podcasts
Hosted by Bonny Lin, the ChinaPower Podcast dissects critical issues underpinning China’s emergence as a global power.
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you work for nonprofit focussed on China/Taiwan/Hong Kong in any way/shape/form and relying on USAID funding for your work, I'd love to hear from you. DMs open. Email pkine[at]politico.com
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Starting soon! Please join me and @jarosky.bsky.social, in conversation with Mary Gallagher and Patricia Kim, for a discussion (online & in person) of US-China subnational engagement. Thanks to @brookings.edu and the Truman Center for National Policy for organizing! www.brookings.edu/events/bridg...
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Bridges or battlegrounds? American cities in the US-China relationship
On December 12, Brookings will host a conversation on current and future city-level engagement with China.
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The State Department has downgraded its China travel advisory from Level 3 ("reconsider travel") to Level 2 ("exercise caution"), with potentially big implications for subnational US-China engagement. Thread:
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UCLA Emmett Institute @uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Come work w/ us (esp. our Faculty Co-Director @greenlawchina.bsky.social)! We are hiring a China-focused Environmental Law & Policy Fellow. Ideal for those interested in US-China climate cooperation, Chinese green development in the Global South & geopolitics. Details: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10027
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Emmett Institute Fellowship in Environmental Law and Policy 2025-2027 (China Focus)
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Wayne Soon @waynesoon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Pleased to share my new article on the history of health insurance in Taiwan through the lens of ethnicity, politics, and global health. (Open Access) 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Health Insurance, Medicine, and Society in Taiwan: Chinese Authoritarianism, Taiwanese Ethnicities, and Global Actuarial Science
This article explores the history of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang KMT) government’s expansion of health insurance in Taiwan from 1950 to the 2010s through the lens of ethnicity, politi...
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@jarosky.bsky.social and I have been following China-related executive orders by governors closely as part our work on subnational US-China relations. University employees in other states (e.g. Florida) have been discouraged from traveling to China, but I haven't seen it banned in an EO before.
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm looking forward to participating in this roundtable on US-Taiwan subnational diplomacy on December 2 as part of the Sigur Center's terrific Taiwan Roundtable series. Please join us if you're in DC! sigur.elliott.gwu.edu/2024/11/13/t...
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[12/02/24] Taiwan Roundtable: Local Partnerships, Global Impact: U.S.-Taiwan Subnational Diplomacy
At the Elliott School of International Affairs
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Sara Newland @saranewland.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hey there bluesky...trying to finally kick my Twitter habit. Thanks to the US-China Perception Monitor for the opportunity to share my thoughts on what Trump's reelection means for #Taiwan as part of this interesting collection of perspectives. uscnpm.org/2024/11/11/w...
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What Trump’s Return Means for U.S.-China Relations
Experts in the United States and China weigh in on what the election means for the bilateral relationship
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