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eileen chengyin chow@chowleen.bsky.social · 4d ago

"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)

There are long-form, science-driven and forward-looking policy-relevant analyses that explain what made Covid so difficult to confront, assess institutional failures (& successes), and dive in to intentional efforts to undermine pandemic response for short-term political gain. Airtime is a choice.

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's publication day for "Asymptomatic" via Johns Hopkins U Press. The book explores the paradox of asymptomatic transmission and rationale for proactive steps to confront future pandemics: bit.ly/asymptomatic...

The idea might boil Trump’s blood, but if he had heeded Barack Obama’s core advice to US presidents, “Don’t Do Stupid Shit”, he would be in a far better place today. My column, The Telegram, on how the Iran debacle could consume Trump’s presidency. economist.com/internationa... from The Economist

The Iran war is consuming the Trump presidency

Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding “stupid shit”

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Another great piece by MeredithChen in @scmpnews.bsky.social on a complicated topic — this long-form essay featuring extended quotes from Dennis Wilder, @kennedychina.bsky.social, and myself among others:

Fewer opportunities, less passion, no clue? How US’ China expertise is fading

Geopolitical friction and a lack of career paths are hollowing out the pipeline of US specialists who truly understand China.

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Pre-summit analysis from this observer [yours truly] seems to have held up some two months later... More at: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...

New essay in @thewirechina.bsky.social by our 3rd cohort fellow Josh Busby 👇

Josh Busby@busbyj2.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've got a new essay for The Wire China on the electric vehicles Xiaomi is making from a recent tour of their EV factory in Beijing. American automakers should be afraid. www.thewirechina.com/2026/07/12/a...

New essay by our 3rd cohort fellow @kendraschaefer.bsky.social in The Ideas Letter👇

The State as API

Schaefer explores how contemporary Chinese governance increasingly operates as an infrastructural layer embedded deep within the digital ecosystem. Through case studies ranging from COVID health codes...

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I contributed a quote about the chilling effect on U.S. students’ interest in traveling to China from the prospect of running afoul of increasing securitization in China. Longer thread elaborating on this theme over at the other place: x.com/neysunm/stat...

Fewer US students are studying in China

Fewer US students are studying in China, signalling potential shifts in future US-China relations and expertise. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Concluding my 2 months visit to China in this setting has been helpful for reflecting on what feels like a difficult moment not just for U.S.-China relations but also for China itself — the weight of history ever present, from the past 130 years since this university was founded.

“University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.”

University of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI plan

University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.

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Don’t worry, my fellow Americans! We’ll just have Trump make another call and reverse all four of those Belgian goals… ⚽️🇧🇪🥳

I really enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation with David Moser, centering on the value of on-the-ground experience for China studies, even in complex times. Many thanks to David and Jeremiah Jenne for having me on their podcast to discuss:

Neysun Mahboubi on the past, present, and future of US-China Academic Exchanges

Barbarians at the Gate · Episode

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The Roberts birthright citizenship majority opinion is a pleasant surprise: no mere grudging acceptance of a "feudal" relic but endorsement of a democratic ideal. The dissents utterly fail to grapple with the factual complexity of domicile and the impracticality of their view. Details on the blog.👇

Man, the author of the majority opinion in Slaughter is gonna be SO MAD when he reads what the author of the majority opinion in Cook had to say about agency independence from presidential control.

Really enjoyed speaking in the China Crossroads series in Shanghai the other day, my topic: “Training the Next Generation of China Experts in the U.S.”

Quite moving to stumble across this beautiful new essay in the @pawprinceton.bsky.social about my sister Mona’s passing a few years ago paw.princeton.edu/article/how-...

How a Missing Classmate Changed My Perspective as a Reunions Memorial Chair

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Some more scenes from the highly generative and inspiring conversations from the past few days, including remarks to our assembled group from the last two Singaporean ambassadors to the U.S., Ashok Mirpuri (2012-23) & Chan Heng Chee (1996–2012), and a well attended public event.

20+ fellows of our Transpacific & Asian Dialogue on China met in Singapore last week, hosted by the NUS East Asian Institute, presenting draft policy papers for feedback & discussion, joined by 20+ interlocutors from the impressive academic & policy community in Singapore. Next stop Seoul in January

Our new Transpacific & Asian Dialogue on China just completed its first in-person workshop in Singapore, hosted by the NUS East Asian Institute. Here is the video of Thursday's public event, a timely and wide ranging discussion featuring 5 of the 22 Fellows participating in this initiative:

Regional Perspectives on Relations with China: Security, Infrastructure, Governance, Values

YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

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Our new Transpacific & Asian Dialogue on China is about to hold its first in-person workshop, in Singapore. Tomorrow, you can join our public event, featuring 5 of the 22 Fellows participating in this initiative, live by registering at research.nus.edu.sg/eai/2020/09/... or vitually at:

Penn students have breached the Great Wall

Our 10 undergrad student fellows from @upenn.edu spent the past week engaging with student counterparts from @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social in academic & policy dialogues re the U.S.-China relationship, and also we got to recreate the photo from last month’s summit between our countries’ 2 leaders

Next week, our Transpacific & Asian Dialogue on China (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) will hold its first in-person workshop, hosted by the NUS East Asian Institute. If you are in town you can join us on campus for the public session, featuring 5 of the 22 Fellows participating in this initiative

I've been studying the Qing for 40 years and it just never occurred to me to place a bet at Polymarket on a rise in anti-Qing sentiment.

Brian Hioe@brianhioe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m like lol

If you’re in Shanghai in June…

We are delighted to welcome 3 new Contributors to our project community: Leah Anderson, executive director of the SNF Paideia Program; Mark Lambert, the former head of “China House” at the State Department; and Dan Schneiderman of Penn Washington. Read more here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

We took our undergraduate student fellows to NYC for a full day of meetings including with @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social at @nytimes.com, our alumni fellows @zoe-liu.bsky.social & @carlminzner.bsky.social at @cfr.org, and young diplomats at the Chinese Consulate. Next stop for this group: Beijing!

Great to see our alumni fellows @zoe-liu.bsky.social (2nd cohort) and @kyleichan.bsky.social (3rd cohort) highlighting the annual members meeting of @ncuscr.bsky.social the other day; hosted at the Penn Club of NY no less! Watch the recording here:

Trade Wars, Tech Rivalries, and the Long Game in U.S.-China Relations

YouTube video by National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

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We assembled our 4th cohort fellows on campus @perryworldhouse.bsky.social for 2 days of intensive discussions about their early stage policy papers at the start of their fellowship year. Many thanks to Sarah Beran for her keynote remarks, and all the great discussants who offered feedback!

Our third cohort fellow Ali Wyne featured on @kaiserkuo.bsky.social’s Sinica Podcast today, and thank you for his shoutout in the “paying it forward” segment to our program manager @mgmillerpenn.bsky.social!

"Constructive Strategic Stabil… - Sinica Podcast - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · Sinica Podcast · May 17 · 1h 6m

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