📢🚨👉 AAG Unruly Natures 2026!! Thursday 3/19, 7:30-10pm @ Standard Deviant Brewing
Jessica DiCarlo
@jessicadicarlo.bsky.social
Geographer | University of Utah Co-Founder @scwobservatory.bsky.social Editor @globalchinamap.bsky.social PIP Fellow @ncuscr.bsky.social *political ecology, Global China, development, geopolitics* www.jessicadicarlo.phd Opinions here are my own.
@sethschindler.bsky.social and @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social sat down with weilagong.bsky.social to discuss her book: "Implementing a Low-Carbon Future: Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities," which asks: who actually makes low-carbon policy work on the ground? newbooksnetwork.com/implementing...
Weila Gong (@weilagong.bsky.social)
Visiting Scholar at UC Davis and Nonresident Scholar with the 21st Century China Center (UC San Diego) | Author of Implementing a Low Future (OUP 2025)
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New article out in JCCA on China as an environmental leader, which emerged from the Navigating Global China event thanks to @sppga.ubc.ca, @globalaffairs.canada.ca & @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social. A treat to think with this brilliant group!
🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Harlan et al. call for new approaches to engaging China’s aspiration to become a global environmental leader, while asserting clear expectations and responsibilities. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
New paper out in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social China Aspires to be an Environmental Leader: How Should the Rest of the World Engage? It emerged from the Navigating Global China event @sppga.ubc.ca, Global Affairs Canada, & @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social
📢 CAPE Award Deadlines capeaag.wordpress.com 12/20: Outstanding Book 1/15: Nominations for Outstanding Article & Distinguished Career Award 2/1: Student Paper Award & FitzSimmons Early Career Award 2/15: Scholar-Activist Award & Field Study Award @geographers.bsky.social
CAPE
Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers
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Check out Ellen Li's great profile of the Saysetta SEZ near Vientiane, Laos! It built on my visit (@profjulietlu.bsky.social) w Tyler Harlan & Nicholas Bosoni. Thanks to @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @globalchinamap.bsky.social for support! @ellenlhl.bsky.social thepeoplesmap.net/project/vien...
Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone - The People's Map of Global China
The Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone (SDZ) is China’s only national-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zone in Laos. Established through a ‘land-for-funding’ arrangement, it was develop...
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🚲 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🚲 'The world from a bicycle: Cycling as kinesthetic methodology' by Mia Bennett, Jessica DiCarlo, and Sarah Elwood journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social
The world from a bicycle: Cycling as kinesthetic methodology - Mia Bennett, Jessica DiCarlo, Sarah Elwood, 2025
We theorize the epistemological orientations and methodological possibilities of cycling as a sociotechnical, kinesthetic, and emplaced practice relevant across...
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Neither fully accepted nor entirely apart, the descendants of foreigners in China embody the tensions of identity in a globalised yet nationalistic age. Chengzhi Zhang traces their struggles for belonging and what this reveals about the boundaries of Chineseness.
Flowing without Roots: The Identity Crisis of Foreigners’ Descendants in Mainland China | Made in China Journal
In 2009, a woman named Lou Jing, born to a Chinese mother and an African American father, went on a TV show in China and declared herself a proud and patriotic Chinese person (Leung 2015). Her remarks...
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Check out our latest podcast episode with @jacktaggart.bsky.social on "The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development" 🌍 newbooksnetwork.com/the-end-of-a...
The end of aid? US, China, and the future of development - New Books Network
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Tune into this *important* discussion on the first survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world. September 3rd online and in person. globalaffairs.org/events/china...
China and the World: How Citizens View Their Country's Global Future
Join us as we discuss the results of the first-ever survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.
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Trivium is hiring a Beijing-based junior analyst to focus on industrial policy, supply chains, and decarbonization. I could not recommend this brilliant team of people more highly. Apply! www.linkedin.com/posts/cory-c...
Trivium China | JD and Application Instructions | Cory Combs
Trivium China is hiring! My team is looking for an analyst or junior analyst keen to dive into the rapidly evolving nexus of industrial policy, supply chains, and decarbonization. The role will be #C...
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Over the past 2 decades, China has become Laos’s top investor, main creditor, and 2nd-largest trade partner. In a new report, @profjulietlu.bsky.social and I unpack Chinese investment across four land-intensive sectors: agriculture & plantations, mining, infrastructure & SEZs. tinyurl.com/kw5vteem
Shaina Potts, Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire - @dukepress.bsky.social, September 2024 www.dukeupress.edu/judicial-ter... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Second Cold War Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/judicial-ter...
Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries www.break-down.org/post/a-green... @campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
A Green Cold War
In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed
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The next Global China Pulse CfP is out! A Gendered Lens on Global China @globalchinamap.bsky.social globalchinapulse.net/calls-for-pa...
Calls for Papers - Global China Pulse
Calls for Papers Here you can find the call for papers for the journal issues we are currently working on. The initial pitches should be no longer than 300 words and explain the key argument of your p...
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Pleased to see Infrastructural Times on the bookshelf, especially w/chapters by @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social @xazaaradjame.bsky.social, and Schindler & Kanai exploring temporalities connected to the BRI and Chinese-led global infrastructure development. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/infrastructu...
Infrastructural Times
Infrastructural Times - Temporality and the Making of Global Urban Worlds; This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through a robust examination of the relations between tempor...
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We’re thrilled to be exhibiting again at the Beijing International Book Fair! 📚 It’s an honour to share our books with our valued readers and partners in China. #BIBF #BIBF2025
🧵1/What is Global China? @meredeboom.bsky.social & I argue it’s not one thing, but a plural, evolving imaginary. We trace 6 paths—Other, Integration, Bridge, Status, Threat, Alternative—showing how China’s global role is imagined, claimed & contested as meanings collide & open possibilities.
Six paths of Global China: A genealogy of a contested geographical imaginary - Jessica DiCarlo, Meredith DeBoom, 2025
‘Global China’ has emerged as a shorthand for China's relationship to the global, but its axiomatic uses disguise considerable complexity. This article tro...
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New Online 1st Article “Six paths of Global China: A genealogy of a contested geographical imaginary” by Jessica DiCarlo and Meredith DeBoom doi.org/10.1177/2043...
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'Global China' is suddenly everywhere, from think tank reports to political speeches to academic texts. But what political work does the term 'Global China' itself do? @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and I identify six 'paths' of Global China: Other, Integration, Status, Bridge, Threat, & Alternative.
New Online 1st Article “Six paths of Global China: A genealogy of a contested geographical imaginary” by Jessica DiCarlo and Meredith DeBoom doi.org/10.1177/2043...
Petition Against Visa Restrictions on Chinese Students medium.com/@lawasia/pet...
Petition Against Visa Restrictions on Chinese Students
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What did you do during the Trump times? If the US steps back from the brink and doesn't become a police state, its citizens will all have to answer that question. Want to have an answer? Begin by reading this essay by @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social t.co/p3siYH9YOY
What did you do during the Trump Times?
Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler explore how foreign policy professionals should respond to Trump.
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It's not really deportation if people are sent to countries where they never lived. It's a human trafficking ring. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return
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@kyleichan.bsky.social on the "Chinese century": While Trump touts tariffs and weakens America’s innovation engines, China surges ahead—dominating manufacturing, investing in tech, and forging a model that’s reshaping global power. The US risks irrelevance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.
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How are the U.S. and China navigating deep uncertainty? Registration is open to join Alison Friedman (Carolina Performing Arts), Andrew Polk (Trivium China), and @jessicacweiss.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins SAIS) live in NYC. TIME: 4:45 PM, May 20 SIGN UP by May 16 www.ncuscr.org/event/new-pa...
Forging a New Path Forward: Navigating the Future of U.S.-China Relations
Join us in-person or virtually to discuss the state of the U.S.-China relationship from cultural, economic and trade, and political perspectives.
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@iliasalami.bsky.social on our essay for @tninstitute.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomo... Geopolitical competition is no longer a fight over territory, but rather a struggle for control of global networks. How can the global South & social movements navigate this new geopolitical terrain?
We are living through a Second Cold War—one that’s not just about nations competing but about how that competition affects you. From the apps you use to the energy that powers your home, geopolitical ...
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So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations? On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵
Are we in a second Cold War? @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @steverolf.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social argue that the current conflict focuses on controlling global economic networks rather than ideology or territory. www.tni.org/en/article/t...
The new frontline | Transnational Institute
Current geopolitical competition has deepened into a Second Cold War between US and China, but this is no longer a fight over territory but rather control of global networks – with increased state-led...
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Tracker where international student visas have been revoked. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
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