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Xu Xu

@xuxupolitics.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University xu-xu.net

Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Why do talented people compete so fiercely for government jobs in China? In our @cpsjournal.bsky.social paper with Bo Feng, Qiwei He, and Xin Jin, we identify state power as a key reason—with implications beyond China. doi.org/10.1177/0010... 🧵

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Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

China’s chatbots are censored by the state. In our @pnasnexus.org paper with @jenpans.bsky.social, we find substantially higher levels of political censorship in large language models (LLMs) originating from China than those developed outside China. doi.org/10.1093/pnas... 🧵

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Political censorship in large language models originating from China

Abstract. A growing body of research on large language models (LLMs) has identified various biases, primarily in contexts where biases reflect societal pat

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Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...

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Xu Xu @xuxupolitics.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

How has digital media transformed authoritarian propaganda? In our new @ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ paper with Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan & ‪@yiqingxu.bsky.social‬, we proposed a *decentralized propaganda* model and empirically demonstrate its existence on Douyin: doi.org/10.1111/ajps... 🧵

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