This month is the official pub date of The Labor of Reinvention. This is a book about China's state-led and tech entrepreneurship driven transformation since the late 2000s and how it has shaped new labor practices and experiences in rural, urban & transnational China. A thread👇

RT @ChinaBeigeBook: "President Xi questioned the need for local govts across #China to crowd into the same emerging industries, a rare bit….

RT @KaiserKuo: Read the essay here:

RT @SStevenWang: Time for some justice and accountability.

RT @KaiserKuo: A new @SinicaPodcast recorded in Shaxi, in Southwest China's Yunnan province, with the always brilliant economic historian….

RT @arpitrage: Interesting paper out as editor's choice in the latest QJE

RT @ktduong88: I wrote an idiosyncratic snapshot of the state of political theory. Basically, I don't think the study of decolonization gro….

RT @EdwardLemon3: It's real! . Out on Thursday:

RT @miyata_kenichi: Honored to have our article, "Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and Americ….

RT @kyleichan: “About 80% of Peking University graduates each year elect to continue their education. But rather than earning a master’s to….

RT @AmitavAcharya: Now available and reviewed at

RT @GhassanMoazzin: Very happy to see the introduction to the special issue in @BH__journal I co-edited with @JohnDWongHK and Jin-A Kang t….

RT @EvanFeigenbaum: 1:🧵on America's misperception of Asian challenges and aspirations. In this deep dive into America's role in Asia, I pul….

RT @AparnaAgarwal91: I am pleased to share my article 'The Visibility and Invisiblity of Caste(d) Waste Management Infrastructures in Delhi….

RT @XinFan9: pleased to report both of my monographs are now on sales––. Re: "World History and National Identity in China," paperback is o….

RT @kyleichan: Could this mark a turning point in US industrial policy?. The US government will become the largest shareholder in rare eart….

RT @triofrancos: 🚨 My next book, EXTRACTION: THE FRONTIERS OF GREEN CAPITALISM is out 9/23 with @wwnorton . Today and tomorrow, you can pr….

RT @grundrza: Exciting arrival @LalehKhalili

RT @kyleichan: There’s a major shift underway in how Chinese consumers view Chinese brands. Foreign luxury cars and other foreign brands u….

RT @kyleichan: “The success of BYD and several other upstart Chinese car brands should be a warning for U.S. auto manufacturing and our ind….

RT @IliasAlami: Holiday read!