Can #DemocraticValues take hold in a seemingly intractable and ever-deepening authoritarian state? I’m hoping my new book on #China – #EverydayDemocracy – gives some clues https://t.co/x2iNthWv96 At its heart, the book aims to answer this question: In a society where virtually 1/

Thank you, @DoreGMD and colleagues @JohnsHopkins for the invitation to talk about “Everyday Democracy” (@ColumbiaUP), and to your students for the great questions and discussion!

The Department of Sociology at National Taiwan University invites applications for a full-time faculty position at all ranks beginning from August 1, 2026. Area of specialization is open. Priority will be given to candidates who are able to teach courses in quantitative methods.

I’m truly honored to have this chance to speak at @ntu_sociology about Everyday Democracy! If you’re in Taipei, please join us this Thursday. #democracy @ColumbiaUP

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

The Minnesota Supreme Court went to high school, and everyone got an education - The Minnesota Star Tribune

My Son Is Not an Epidemic: A Father Responds to RFK Jr.'s Dangerous Autism Rhetoric - Variety

Please do join me in this conversation @CGMPitt next week - lots of changes afoot in the world, with many implications for China and global civil society!

Thanks to @DelDemUCan , Jordan McSwiney, and @dakilakim for the great conversation about #EverydayDemocracy. Hope to reconnect with all of you soon.

Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.

There is a Chinese saying, “Calling a deer a horse.” It was used by a chief minister, Zhao Gao, in the Qin dynasty as a loyalty test. One day, he brought a deer to the court and he called it a horse to see who would disagree with him. Those who disagreed, he deemed them as

This is demonic. It’s the purest distillation of evil.

🚨Workshop! "China in the Global South" Join us at @HKUniversity for (very timely) research+policy discussions organized by @AsiaGInstitute, @kiel_china, and @CeMEAS_unigoe. Submissions on all related topics welcome. Travel + lodging covered. Info:

A lot of people are portraying USAID as some sort of bastion of looney DEI excesses. Let’s take a look at what the sudden arresting of their operation is doing to global health. Please read the thread (my thread, not Ryan James’):

For recent PhDs in contemporary Chinese studies looking for a post-doc, this looks like an incredible opportunity at both Peking U. and Princeton. I've got no ties to either place, just wanted to pass this along. Jobs (and post-docs) are hard to come by! https://t.co/mp1ZOib2gb

This is now open-access in @democ_journal. In the article, we ask how self-censorship spreads among ordinary citizens. We argue that social influence – friendly reminders from friends, family and peers – plays a pivotal role in decisions to self-censor. https://t.co/YJEcnubL0n

my "Global Civil Society and China" (Cambridge University Press 2024). Many thanks, in advance, for the invitation and honor to contribute to the UCLA Asia Pacific Center's Global Chinese Philanthropy Lecture seminar series! 3/3

and having discernible impact, but an equally interesting story is China's more recent ambitions to 'go out' and provide aid to other countries. To learn more and swap thoughts, join me online on Feb. 18 (or 19th, depending on where you are). I'll be sharing insights from 2/

Wondering what Trump's hashtag#freeze on US foreign aid means for hashtag#China's role in the (development) world? I didn't plan on that being my starting point, but it might be where this upcoming webinar ends up. Global civil society has been 'in' China for decades 1/

Thanks, @PhelimKine and @politico for the chance to share some thoughts in "1 Book, 3 Questions" about my book #EverydayDemocracy (@ColumbiaUP). Trying to shrink a book into less than 300 words was tough but kinda fun, too!

The actual book is available at https://t.co/x2iNthX2YE Enter Code: CUP20 for a 20% discount. 3/3