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Thrilled to be giving a talk next April HKIHSS 香港人文社會研究所 about my current work on global business and China's reform era

Made by the Revolution lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

“Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available online via Cambridge Core. doi.org/10.1017/978100…

Many congratulations again to Koji Hirata on the publication of his wonderful new monograph *Making Mao's Steelworks*! A recent book talk he gave can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=XQfOFE…

The core components of EVs made in China--batteries, battery management systems, electric motors, motor control units, vehicle control units--are mostly made by Chinese firms. (Likely even more so now since this table is from 2021)

Das Geheimnis von Magda und Keon: Vor neun Jahren schickt eine Leserin eine Kiste an die SZ. Darin findet sich eine außergewöhnliche Geschichte, die von Deutschland bis nach China reicht, in die dunkelsten Zeiten beider Länder. #BuchZwei sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artik…

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Check out my book at the University of California Press (is on Bluesky) booth at Association for Asian Studies in Columbus!

"So isser, der Ossi"-offenbar nicht.Also ist "er"der Anti-Ostler". Ein SPIEGEL-Versuch, mich zu porträtieren und zu ergründen. Autobiographie-Erzählungen würden anders ausfallen, aber es ist eben der Fremdblick, der einem selbst am meisten fremd ist.(Online gibt es andere Fotos.)

Just published! My book on the business history of Rolex is available now. Order it from any good bookstore or online at: Manchester University Press: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183255/ Amazon: amazon.com/making-status-…

The 40 best books published so far this year. economist.com/culture/2025/0…

Yangyang Cheng's excellent review of the much-discussed “House of Huawei” by Eva Dou is packed with sharp insights—and to my surprise and delight, cites the far less-discussed “Making Mao’s Steelworks” by yours truly🙂 chinafile.com/reporting-opin…

Two Russian ladies are chatting in Harbin, North China, sometime during the late 1930s. Behind them signs and advertisements in Chinese, Japanese and Russian are visible.

I really like this article. Insightful to indicate how the Sino-Soviet split, in some ways, was about the right to industrialize & achieve industrial supremacy within & beyond the communist world.