Percentage of non-Han officials in local Chinese government (vs % non-Han population) Including heads of Party (书记) and/or gov (省/市/县长) at province, prefecture, and county levels Interesting to see comparison between Party heads & gov heads in 内蒙古 宁夏 青海 新疆 西藏

Greg Distelhorst of CIRHR at UofT talks about the the political beliefs of Chinese officials / las creencias políticas de los funcionarios en China / 中国官员的政治信念 Rachel Wellhausen Xiaobo Lü | 吕晓波 (@xiaobolu.bsky.social) #CPatUT

🔓Using a large #protest event data set from #Weibo (CASM-China), Han Zhang, Yao Lu and Rui Bai investigate the Chinese government and #news #media's selection and description #bias in domestic protest events reporting. #China doi.org/10.1017/S03057…

Big paper from my tallest colleague !😁

How do people in a rising power view their country's global standing? My new paper in International Organization finds significant national overconfidence in China and shows that misperceptions can be corrected and triumphalism mitigated cup.org/49rBoKZ 崛起大国的过度自信及其校正

My deepest condolences to all who have lost their beloved ones. May you find strength, comfort, and support in this difficult time.

𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐀 𝐓𝐰𝐨-𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🔗Website: sociology.hku.hk/events/3507cd3…

Cyrus Samii’s reaction to our paper and his take on survey experiments: cyrussamii.com/?p=4168

New pub! My first solo-authored paper is online at Political Communication 📓 . This paper identifies a novel phenomenon, performative propaganda engagement, to understand the impact of digital propaganda on celebrity fans and broader authoritarian publics. More in🧵tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The best postdoc program in China studies!!!

Previously, our understanding of digital surveillance has been shaped by Xu Xu (2021, AJPS). Prof. Zhang employs original datasets of 51,000+ government procurement contracts and 130k+ protest events in China to push the "ball" of theory forward. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-art…

Indexing China’s Regime Politicization: A Content Analysis of the People’s Daily, 1949–2023 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

前高盛 CEO 布兰克费恩谈名校情结：名校的优势在于平均水平和下限更高，但真正的塔尖人才是不分出身的。哈佛的尖子生和普通公立大学的尖子生相比，后者往往有过之而无不及。因为在资源相对匮乏的环境下杀出重围的人，往往拥有更强的生命力和适应力。

From our FirstView: How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan by Trevor Incerti. doi.org/10.1017/S00030…

Meritocracy and Autocratic Power-Sharing: A Historical Perspective | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/74…