#NewPubAlert happy to share a new piece coauthored with Dr Chunyan Wu and Prof Stephanie Schnurr. In it, we revisit #TheGreatTranslationMovement focusing on how idealisation of Western democracy aligns anti-authoritarian dissent with global reactionary currents. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Expressing (distorted) dissent against the Party-state out of internalised racism on X - Altman Yuzhu Peng, Chunyan Wu, Stephanie Schnurr, 2026

This article critically examines a troubling development in grassroots resistance to authoritarianism, which we term ‘distorted dissent’. Using the Great Transl...

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#NewPubAlert a freshly baked piece, where we discuss how Chinese #sports fans talk about #ClarkReeseRivalry in #WNBA & how their racialised misogyny reflects Chinese interpretations of gender/racial hierarchies. #basketball #AngelaReese #CaitlinClark #Hupu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Manufacturing Racialised Misogyny in China’s Digital Manosphere - Altman Yuzhu Peng, Salma El Bourkadi, Chunyan Wu, 2026

This article examines the consumption of WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) games within China’s sports fandom through a dual gender-racial lens, us...

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#NewPubAlert Happy to share a new piece coauthored with Dr Nicole Talmacs @nicoletalmacs.bsky.social and Dr Yun Pan, discussing anti-feminist currents in China organised under the #jiaoqi banner and its dynamics with #TradwifeAesthetics and #ChineseNationalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Waging war on feminism through jiaoqi discourse: Chinese tradwife influencers on Douyin - Altman Yuzhu Peng, Yun Pan, Nicole Talmacs, 2025

Today, the ‘tradwife’ (traditional wife) aesthetic, often embodied by female influencers who celebrate returning to the domestic sphere, has gained popularity a...

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Thrilled to announce that Dr Jun Liu @jliu2024.bsky.social is visting the University of Warwick to give a guest talk discussing how digital technology has shaped, mediated, and expanded political mobilisation worldwide over the recent 30 years.

An excellent talk given by Prof @guobin-yang.bsky.social on #SocialMedia & #SocialRhythm yesterday at Warwick. The reward for organising this is an author-signed copy of #TheWuhanLockdown from across the Atlantic Ocean 🥳🥳🥳

#NewTalkAlert I'm thrilled to share that Prof @guobin-yang.bsky.social will be visiting Warwick AL to give a talk on #SocialMedia and #SocialRhythm. Talk will be hybrid. Please join us in person (room A0.23) or via MS Teams. Scan QR code for more. #LanguageCultureMatters

I accepted his request in good faith and lent him the only 10-quid note I had in my pocket. Now the coffee shop is about to close, and he never showed up. 20 minutes left to prove I’m not a fool – the last time I had money stolen, I was also just trying to help someone find their way…

Altman Peng@altmanpeng.bsky.social · last yr.

On my way to the coffee shop I frequent, a man approached me asking for help. He said he needed some money to refuel his tank so he could drive to his mom, and he promised to stop by the coffee shop to return me the money. He looked worried but was incredibly polite.

On my way to the coffee shop I frequent, a man approached me asking for help. He said he needed some money to refuel his tank so he could drive to his mom, and he promised to stop by the coffee shop to return me the money. He looked worried but was incredibly polite.

Thrilled to see this essay published. Thanks so much @chenchenzh.bsky.social @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social for your invitation and your insightful comments on an early version.

Made in China Journal@madeinchinajournal.com · last yr.

In this new essay, @altmanpeng.bsky.social examines the Great Translation Movement. While exposing CCP support for Russia’s war, the GTM often reproduces national character discourse—blaming 'the Chinese people' in a discourse that aligns with right-wing populism and fosters self-racialisation.

Happy to congratulate my very first PhD student at Warwick who successfully passed his viva yesterday. A freshly made Dr Li ☺️🎉🎉🎉

For real?

🌟 Celebrating a Phenomenal Year for Feminist Media Studies! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce that our 2024 usage figures are in, and they are our best yet!

So happy to quoted in The Guardian’s story about a Chinese feminist film. The kind of story I’d like to read, and published in the paper I love the most ☺️ www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

Feminist hit movie Her Story touted as China’s answer to Barbie

Directed by a woman with a cast of female leads, the film is the latest to be centred around female experiences and prove a box office success in China

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我家领导给拙著写了篇书评🥰 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/k2NG51OlkR...

#OpenAccess Research Article Altman Yuzhu Peng, Chunyan Wu & Yu Sun Curating activist journalism to defy China’s “mainstream” narrative on X (Twitter) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curating activist journalism to defy China’s “mainstream” narrative on X (Twitter)

This article foregrounds the great translation movement (GTM), initially mobilised on X (formerly Twitter) in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as an example of activist journalism count...

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#NewPubAlert Thrilled to share article for the first time on Bluesky. Co-authored with my wonderful friends, Dr Chuan Wu and Dr Yu Sun, assessing an activist-journalistic project defying China’s mainstream narrative of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and beyond. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curating activist journalism to defy China’s “mainstream” narrative on X (Twitter)

This article foregrounds the great translation movement (GTM), initially mobilised on X (formerly Twitter) in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as an example of activist journalism count...

tandfonline.com