1/Nüchtern reiht der Historiker Frank Bösch aus Potsdam Fakten an Fakten und schreibt so eine andere Geschichte der Bundesrepublik bis 1989 – eine mit der vollmundig immer wieder geäußerten Absicht, Diktaturen weltweit zu ächten und zugleich damit nur die von ihr als

New book just published! My history of Japanese business, co-authored with Julia Yongue, was just released today. It is available on the site of Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/produ… The ebook version is available on Amazon and other platforms.

This will be my talk uni.lu: In the Storms of Global Transformation: Shipbuilding in Late State Socialism, Postsocialism and the Enlarged EU.

❗️Reminder:📅27.06. | 18:30: Morgen findet der Vortrag "Modernisierung des Rechtssystems in China" 🇨🇳 mit Prof. Dr. Maximilian_Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social CASSIS Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Prof. Dr. Eva Pils King's College London & Prof. Dr. Björn Ahl Universität zu Köln statt. 🤝Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit 👉tinyurl.com/msbkfuun

My global history of the watch industry is now available in paperback (with a new cover). For just 33 euros, discover the transformations of watchmaking from the early 19th century to the present day. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176257/

Interessanter Thread und neues Buch zur Werftindustrie in Ostdeutschland. Das interessiert mich als Mitautor von "In den Stürmen der Transformation" Suhrkamp Verlag besonders. Der Arbeitsplatzabbau in Polen kam später, war aber ähnlich groß. Hauptgrund: Die Konkurrenz aus Ostasien.

Wandering the streets of Shanghai’s old town (Nanshi), c.1935 by Alfred T Palmer

Very much looking forward to reading the book!

Facing a U.S.-China tech decoupling, Microsoft asked hundreds of engineers in China to relocate to countries including the U.S., Canada, and Australia. But do these Chinese AI engineers actually want to leave? 🧵 restofworld.org/2024/microsoft… via Rest of World

Nippon Steel has played a formative role in China’s steel industry, going back to 1978 when it agreed to build a new steel plant at a site near Shanghai called Baoshan. Baoshan combined with other steel factories over time to form Baowu, now the world’s largest steel producer.

1/Keine andere Wissenschaftsdisziplin zeigt sich so intensiv bemüht um die eigene Geschichte wie die Historiographie. Logisch, möchte fast meinen. Ich weiß nicht, ob das irgendwen außerhalb des Faches interessiert. Für die Selbstverständigung halten Historiker*innen das für enorm

I spoke with Peter Hessler about his new book, what had and hadn’t changed from his initial teaching experience in China in the 1990s, why he thinks the lab leak theory is wrong, and why he was eventually forced to leave China: thewirechina.com/2024/07/28/pet…

I am excited to share my new article, “Mining the informal empire: Sino-Japanese relations and ironmaking in Manchuria, 1909–1931.” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

People focus on US manufacturing jobs going overseas. But check out the huge shift in US auto manufacturing jobs from Michigan and Ohio to California and Alabama.

Early in the Cold War, North Korea was a regular exhibitor at the East German Leipzig Trade Fair. Among other things to entice fairgoers was a display of wild animal furs and fur products, including pelts of the now critically endangered Amur Leopard.

View from the top: the #Astrid’s door was open, so up we went! What a view from the rooftop. #artdecoshanghai

Can Western carmakers derisk in China? The unreality of geoeconomic realism. Latest Chartbook newsletter just dropped. Check it out and sign up for more here. Features work of Kyle Chan David Fickling adam wolfe open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/…

The Rise of Techno-Colonialism by Hermann Hauser, et al Project Syndicate prosyn.org/xB672JZ

This new book on the Soviet economy by Yakov Feygin is an important read, especially for China watchers, as Michael Pettis points out in one of the book's blurbs.

Is this the end of Germany's neoliberal model? Beatrix Keim: „Volkswagen muss seine massive Komplexität verringern“: table.media/china/intervie… via @