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Assistant Professor, Chinese Politics and Policy - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member with research and teaching interests in comparative politics, international relations, and/or a substanti...

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Interested in a social science Ph.D.? Apply to be a full time Predoctoral Fellow at Yale doing research on China's domestic and foreign politics! Starts on July 1. Link: tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...

Very pleased to share this working paper with @rorytruex.bsky.social, where we examine attitudes towards China among over 500 Washington foreign policy and national security professionals through a survey and interviews. rorytruex.com/underpressure We report three major findings: 1/n

China dominates global manufacturing with 35% of production - three times larger than the US and exceeding the next nine countries combined. 1/ www.ft.com/content/9aca...

Will China’s manufacturing juggernaut run out of road?

Faced with weak demand at home and the threat of tariffs abroad, Beijing is under pressure to rethink its export-driven model

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🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit... A brief summary: 1/n

Defense ministers are relatively unimportant members of the high command but the investigation of Miao Hua is a huge deal for Xi and the PLA. Miao is in fact the *third* consecutive top political officer in the PLA to be purged, after Zhang Yang (who committed suicide rather than face trial) and

Dake Kang@dakekang.bsky.social · 2y ago

Breaking: China Defense Ministry announces suspension and investigation of high-ranking military official Miao Hua, says FT report on Defense Minister Dong Jun being suspended is “sheer fabrication” and that Dong is still Minister apnews.com/article/chin...

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉 The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run. 📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] See thread below:

Halloween update 🎃👻: NEW PAPER ALERT 👻🎃: want to learn about how recent findings in HPE are challenging our priors about the origins of state capacity? Here is my Annual Reviews on *Endogenous State Capacity*: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My books have arrived and they are beauties! Leftover Women - The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, 10th anniversary edition is out Nov. 30th. Pre-order now: www.bloomsbury.com/us/leftover-...

Polisky! With @danieladonno.bsky.social @parzetterberg.bsky.social, we are excited to share this new open access article in the American Political Science Review. Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 Are you a student underrepresented in PhD programs interested in doing a PhD in political science? Harvard’s Government Department is holding its fourth annual PS-Prep mentoring event next month, and you should apply!🚨 projects.iq.harvard.edu/ps-prep/home Please help us spread the word! 🙏

Thrilled to see my UChicago colleague Rochelle Terman's fantastic new book in print: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Excited that this project (JMP!) is now FirstView @APSR! doi.org/10.1017/S000... I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵