Stephen R. Platt
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裴士锋. Historian of China. Imperial Twilight (Knopf, 2018). Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Knopf, 2012). Professor @UMassAmherst
Northampton, MA
Joined May 2011
RT @TheTLS: 'In the more liberal early 2000s some of these critics found huge audiences in China, but their range and reach have been sharp….
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“You might be interested in politics”, the retired scholar Wu Di tells Ian Johnson, an American journalist, “but I am not. I am just a historian.” Wu Di’s
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RT @iandenisjohnson: This just out: @stephenrplatt in @TheTLS on Sparks:."Johnson is doing here what he does best: patient long-form journa….
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RT @JChengWSJ: “Now that you have come all this way,” he asked, “what secret elixir for long life can you provide me?”.@stephenrplatt .http….
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A classic travel narrative from China, newly translated.
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RT @War_Room_Eds: It's time for another episode in our On Writing series & this time @stephenrplatt joins Michael Neiberg in the studio to….
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RT @NCUSCR: Congratulations to NCUSCR #PIPfellow @stephenrplatt on making his @Jeopardy debut last week – though not as a contestant!. Lear….
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RT @VintageAnchor: Want the the history behind the headline? Check out "Imperial Twilight" by Stephen Platt—featured in this @nytimes piece….
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China’s surrender to Western powers after the first Opium War helps explain Beijing’s interest for a global trading order that works more on its terms, historians say.
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RT @limlouisa: Extraordinary glimpses into how hard it is to report from China: kidnapped assistants, files moving around your laptop, bein….
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This is a fantastic program. It really helped shape my career and introduced me to some of my favorite people in the China field.
Mid-career China scholars: less than two weeks to apply for the sixth round of our Public Intellectuals Program, generously funded by @CarnegieCorp. Learn more and apply here: #PIPfellow
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RT @TheTLS: Deeds and ghosts | @GavJacobson considers the swashbuckling, self-regarding attitudes of Britain to China in the nineteenth cen….
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Gavin Jacobson considers the swashbuckling, self-regarding attitudes of Britain to China in the nineteenth century
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RT @JEPomfret: The Communist Party grinch that stole Christmas. The sign says “boycott Christmas. Chinese don’t celebrate foreign holidays.….
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Happy to be on this list along with a whole slew of writers on China I admire.
Last month, The Times published a five-part series about China’s rising power and reach. Some readers wrote to ask for suggestions of books they could read to dive even deeper into the topic. Here’s a list to get you started.
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RT @ChuBailiang: Your this-must-be-China-in-2018 story for today. After villagers in Shandong start venerating and lighting incense around….
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RT @JulianGewirtz: I recently went to the official “Great Transformation” exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of reform & opening at C….
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RT @JeremiahJenne: November 29th is the birthday of Frederick Townsend Ward, born 1831 in Salem, Massachusetts. He was an American sailor,….
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Thanks to the FT for listing Imperial Twilight as one of the best history books of 2018!
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Tony Barber selects his must-read titles
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RT @JulianGewirtz: This enormous statue of Hu Yaobang—the reformist General Secretary whose death helped trigger the student movement in 19….
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