Robert Pauls
@robertpauls.bsky.social
Political economy of China's socioeconomic transformation, monetary policy, industrial policy. Suzhou, China. www.robertpauls.net
1/9 I am very happy to share a new special issue of the Journal of Economic Policy Reform, which I co-edited with Merve Sancak and Andreas Nölke: “Industrial Policy beyond the Hegemons” which examines how non-hegemonic powers respond to geoeconomic competition.
During his short speech at the German Bundestag, Zhang Yabo began to choke back tears, Li Yuan writes. Zhang had served for nine years as a police officer in Xinjiang, enforcing China’s campaign to surveil, detain and indoctrinate that region’s Uyghur population. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
He Served China’s Police State of Xinjiang. He Says It Imprisoned Him, Too.
After nearly 10 years carrying out Chinese government repression in Xinjiang, a former police officer is now seeking asylum in Germany.
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Finally some Chinamaxxing content I can get behind
I smoked every Chinese cigarette so you don't have to (DO NOT DO IT)
YouTube video by Bodega Kat
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I'm pleased to share this new paper, "The myth of 'catch-up' development". The paper assesses trends in core-periphery inequality since 1960, and draws several main conclusions: 🧵https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2026.2659076
The myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023
The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...
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Our article on green industrial policies in China and South Korea was just published in @Journal of Economic Policy Reform! With @Robert Pauls and @Soeun Kim. Thanks to @Merve Sancak, @fulyaapaydin.bsky.social and @Andreas Nölke for organizing the special issue! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Industrial policy at the intersection of geopolitics and state–business relations. A comparative study of battery industries in China and South Korea
This article examines how industrial policy is shaped by the interplay of geopolitics and state– business relations. Moving beyond technocratic views that treat policy as a neutral tool to correct ...
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Industrial policy sometimes has "Governments picking winners." But it just as often has "Losers picking Governments" US AI companies losing to open-source Chinese AI companies are likely to go to US govt to create themselves a 'moat'
Massive reaction in China to my post on Xiaohongshu about the ‘cancellation’ of Joseph Rock. The botanist-explorer’s former residence and museum near Lijiang has been shut down and his name erased from travel articles hosted by Yunnan and Gansu authorities. xhslink.com/o/6lCMankPaqt
洛克被封杀了? - 小红书
3 亿人的生活经验，都在小红书
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Cannot recommend this enough for anyone interested in Taiwan
What is a Left Position on Taiwan? - positions politics
What is a left position on Taiwan? This question was posed to us – the three editors of praxis, Rebecca Karl, Aminda Smith, and Fabio Lanza – at a recent social event in New York. The query came from ...
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This must be the so-called “high-level opening” that policies keep talking about
China expands travel restrictions for AI talent
To retain AI specialists in the country, China is extending existing travel restrictions to employees of private companies. This could have the opposite effect.
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The "Lying Flat Foundation" call for submissions, prizes paid in USD. Incredible work
Österreichische Unis rufen zu einer Demonstration nächsten Mittwoch, 13:00 Uhr auf. Demonstriert wird gegen anvisierte hohe Budgetkürzungen, die die Qualität von Forschung und Lehre massiv beeinträchtigen würden. Bitte weitersagen und teilnehmen! www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...
Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf
Rektor Schütze: "Schaden für die Reputation enorm"
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Dass ein Land im demographischen Wandel so scharf darauf ist, Menschen abzuschieben, von denen sich ein großer Teil in die deutsche Mittelschicht integrieren möchte, ist auch nur mit Rassismus zu erklären
Es wäre gut, wenn die SPD jetzt klarer Position bezieht. Dies darf sich aber nicht auf Verteilungsfragen zwischen Lohnabhängigen beschränken. Das sozialdemokratische Programm muss es wieder sein, die Interessen des Kapitals gesamtgesellschaftlichen Zielen unterzuordnen. www.msn.com/de-ch/nachri...
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It's Chinese citizens who know best that "we need to work more and harder" is exactly the wrong conclusion for Merz to draw from his visit. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Merz‘ Lob für China geht in der Volksrepublik viral
„Wir sind einfach nicht mehr leistungsfähig genug“, sagt der Kanzler nach seiner Rückkehr aus China der CDU in Hessen. Das greifen die Staatsmedien in einem Land gern auf, das selbst Dutzende Millione...
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Learning from China's Special Zones? Bavaria is introducing "model regions" where state law may be temporarily suspended to trial bureaucratic reforms with the aim to facilitate broader adaptation. 由点到面。
Bürokratieabbau in Bayern: Das „Einfach-mal-machen-Gesetz“ der CSU
In bayerischen Regionen soll probeweise das Landesrecht ausgesetzt werden. „Einfach-mal-machen-Gesetz“, nennt das die CSU.
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
1/Beijing is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the U.S., an @apnews.com investigation has found. Buckle up for a twisting ride through China's corruption crackdown... apnews.com/article/whis...
A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech
Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.
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Those who voted against Russia, Iran, Belarus, etc., are no surprise, but China, India, Indonesia, among many others, abstained. Seemingly a morally challenging decision indeed, whether a war aggressor should return children to their parents whom it has kidnapped as an action of war.
If my timeline is any indication, US politics currently is fully occupied with the political theater of the Mamdani-Trump bromance, while the US sacrificing Ukraine to Trump‘s Nobel prize aspirations appears to be less of a concern.
‘Critics on Chinese social media questioned why the narrative glorifies the Qing, a foreign dynasty, while vilifying the Ming loyalists, who are often seen as defenders of Han Chinese sovereignty’.
“The Battle of Penghu”: Weaponizing History, Again, for Propaganda Films About Taiwan
China’s use of historical cinema to push reunification narratives is drawing criticism even within its own borders.
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"China is one of the two biggest economies in the world, he says. 'It would be nice to know what is really going on.'" on.ft.com/4o5wBCL
The growing problem with China’s unreliable numbers
Beijing’s GDP figures have drawn scrutiny for years but the questions have become more acute
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In case you missed it, Kerry Brown wrote a book that plagiarized Shelley Rigger’s classic book title. I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title. In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.
Yes, the new UI sucks, but the iOS26 Music app now provides pinyin to help you practice for karaoke night
I don’t think this stuff can ever recover from this burn from Krugman.
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming
"Everyone was perfectly silent, even the mosquitoes."
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