Bloomberg cited our paper, again. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Yes, because wealthy provinces also had greater capacity to set up more LGFVs to begin with, and the poorer provinces had to rely more on implicit gov't guarantees to borrow (journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…)

I see continued, though more subtle, influences of traditional cutlure, whatever that means. For instance, I bet the use of 丙丁 must be more frequent during years where "fire" was week, such as 民国一年&二年，which were 壬子 and 癸丑, where the dominant wuxing element was water

Global supply chains have become new economic weapons for great powers. In this article with @mevers90, we develop a structural theory of business-state relations and show how power transitions affect a state's ability to exercise economic statecraft 1/n tinyurl.com/3krhr3x2

Very much looking forward to reading it. Such "traditional" beliefs continue to affect both institutional and individual behaviors profoundly in contemporary China. Q: Why did X chose to go to Tiananmen Square at 8am on July 1st, 2021, when the recent norm has been 10?

亲爱的同事们， 我们怀着无比沉痛的心情宣布，我们失去了与癌症顽强搏斗两年的徐晓宏，密西根大学国际研究院的李侃如－罗睿驰中国研究中心副主任与社会系副教授。他于2023年12月12日在家人和朋友的陪伴下离世。

there's been such an outpouring of support and grief over the early passing of Professor Xiaohong Xu, a professor of sociology and Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. A memorial fund has been established to support international students in sociology and students

Thank you for remembering my work. A book is in the making. Please stay tuned. 😆

My friend and I once had a long conversation with Prof. Scott about the geography of religion and police stations in China. We then quickly wrote it up. It was the most fun thing I've ever done. Prof. Scott also listened to the first iteration of the paper. RIP Prof. Scott.

Thank you for having Alicia GarciaHerrero 艾西亞 and me today. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.

🚨 I'm overjoyed to report a new discovery, published in Science Magazine, answering the question of how people from different societies define “democracy.” W/ fantastic coauthors Scott Williamson & Eddy Yeung. doi.org/10.1126/scienc… 1/n

Indeed. The Chinese word for and concept of "institution" (制度) came from the ancient I-Ching, which came about from observing how the natural world works. (天地节而四时成，节以制度，不伤财，不害民)

Here's the 🧵! Int’l relations scholars have long been trying to make sense of an interesting observation: policies endorsed by int’l organizations like NATO or the Security Council receive greater global approval. Some call this "legitimacy." But what does this mean? 1/n

#datasets Our new dataset, Age-Stratified Population Estimation from the 2020 China Census by Township (ASPECT), offers age-specific population distribution at a 100-meter scale. Check out our paper in Scientific Data by Yang Ju, me and colleagues: nature.com/articles/s4159…

My new book, *Politicizing Business*, releases today Cambridge University Press! Central theme: in China’s political economy, the Party-state systematically enlists businesses to serve its political needs and those of its officials. The politicization of business is rooted in authoritarianism

我来给一个非国际政治解读：前有照，后有靠，便是庆州最好兆。 ☺️

From our in-house Southeast Asian politics expert!

Big paper from my tallest colleague !😁

The Call for Paper for the 2026 APSA Chinese Politics Mini-Conference is now out! Please submit your abstract by December 14 using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…