Yige Dong
@yige_dong
Followers
2K
Following
2K
Media
10
Statuses
476
Care/work, labor, political economy, methodology. Assist Prof @UBSociology and Global Gender & Sexuality Studies. Affiliated with @UBAsianStudies
Buffalo, NY
Joined March 2018
My research article on Zhengzhou Foxconn Workers, which the interview w/ @promiseli0 is based on, is OnlineFirst @CritSoc now. Based on fieldwork before Covid, it offers a systemic analysis of the labor management & social conditions that give rise to Foxconn's debacle today.
3
25
94
On June 10, 8:00–10:00 P.M. (EDT), THiS will hold a book talk, featuring @hirako13’s book, Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Zoom: https://t.co/eMSi2wSkJf
1
4
17
On Mar 13 at 8 PM (ET), THiS Workshop of Chinese Societies will host a session featuring Jack Jin Gary Lee’s (@NSSRNews) work, “Minor Articulations: Racialized Emotions and the ‘Malayan Sexual Perversion Cases’ in Late-Colonial Singapore, 1938.” Zoom: https://t.co/2zBe8h5oRo
1
7
10
The journal that I help edit, @CritSoc, has made all of the articles Michael Burawoy wrote for us over the past 20 years open access. Thank you for all you did for Critical Sociology, Michael — may we carry your torch! https://t.co/79UcUFoTUP
journals.sagepub.com
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
0
60
166
thanks to @KaiserKuo for the generous invitation to an elder millennial to reminisce about the 80s!
This week on the @SinicaPodcast, Villanova U economic historian @andybliu joins to talk about how, for Trump, the Japan of the 80s may be his template for China today — and how the latter has learned lessons from the former. Link below.
0
1
12
Had a great time chatting issues with Dr. Rozelle and Dr. @kristenelooney . My honor to participate in an NCUSCR event! As mentioned in the talk, I highly recommend Dr. Zoe Zhao's work on gender & the Chinese gaming industry!
journals.sagepub.com
This study delves into the gendered labor regime of platform game work in China, a burgeoning remote platform economy connecting customers with workers for ente...
How is China’s slowing economy reshaping job prospects for its most vulnerable workers? Scott Rozelle (@Stanford) and @yige_dong (@UBuffalo) join #PIPFellow @kristenelooney (@Georgetown) to discuss how employment prospects for workers on the margins—including migrant laborers,
0
0
1
Revised version of piece from last week -- tarrifs + Trump + XJP + Japan -- in the @guardian long reads today. A bit less theory, more British spelling 🇬🇧🇬🇧 https://t.co/A1itFXnJKu
theguardian.com
Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s political careers were shaped by their formative experiences in the 1980s – and, above all, their encounters with Japan
1
6
33
Looking forward to this!
Launch of the Care and Social Reproduction @LSEGenderTweet Study Group on 31st January. get yourself a ticket here
0
0
1
Please mark your calendar for Dec. 6, 8:00–10:00 p.m. ET, for @yingyao_wang822’s talk on her book “Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State” (Columbia University Press, 2024).
1
13
21
Chinese immigrants are offering their living rooms and garages as mini warehouses for Temu, TikTok Shop, Amazon sellers. I visited a Brooklyn apartment-turned-fulfillment center. Here is what it’s like https://t.co/EOpNYTkZtV via @restofworld
restofworld.org
To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
8
133
265
This Friday at 9 am EST, we'll host Jack Goldstone @jgoldsto to offer a demographic view on the competition among the U.S., China, Russia, and India in the 21st century. It is followed by an interdisciplinary panel by @hofunghung @ZhangTaisu etc. Join us: https://t.co/wrUf3rEIcy
0
12
24
LIVE NOW! China in Global Capitalism Join Kevin Lin, @EliDFriedman, and @AshleyAreeSmith as they discuss their new book, China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry Stream: https://t.co/1pqiqcJCPp
0
6
16
I feel extremely honoured and grateful to the "Sinology" WeChat account for introducing my forthcoming book to the Chinese audience. https://t.co/QgcH7jbDqP
5
18
107
On April 25 (Th) at 8:00pm EST, we will host a discussion with Prof. Xiaofei Kang about her new book, Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953. Join the webinar: https://t.co/WDu3HyYqG6
1
12
28
On Mar 20 at 8PM (ET), THiS WOCS will host its second Spring session featuring @bard_jester’s project, “‘Be Yourself’: Why Does a Working Holiday Visa Facilitate Chinese Youths in Developing a Sense of Self and ‘Protecting the Light of Our Soul’?” Join us:
concordia-ca.zoom.us
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
1
8
16
We are excited to announce the Spring schedule of THiS Workshop of Chinese Societies (WOCS). THiS WOCS offers a virtual platform for scholars who use qualitative/mixed methods to study Chinese societies to present and discuss their ongoing projects. Zoom:
concordia-ca.zoom.us
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
2
11
28
#NowAvailable | Ivan Franceschini (@FangYiren), Ling Li, and Mark Bo offer the first in-depth examination of the political economy of Southeast Asia’s scam industry, arguing that these operations should be seen as part of a new form of predatory capital. https://t.co/kMRf6YFfY5
tandfonline.com
In the past few years, the online scam industry has undergone seismic changes. After emerging in Taiwan and mainland China in the 1990s, in the 2010s scam operations began to relocate servers and o...
1
17
30