Jeff Wasserstrom

@jwassers

History prof UC Irvine, co-founder /on board & team/ adviser /retweets ≠ endorsements (drawing by Binay Sinha)

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    7 hours ago

    We're having a ! Enter now to get a copy of 's forthcoming ! Ends 12/8.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Tomorrow: a special book for any Daoist on your gift list (and if they are good Daoists, you don't have to worry about them buying it themselves, as non-action is their watchword) publishes: new translation of a classic by talented translator John Minford

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    Dec 2

    The most beautiful waterfowl most people had ever set eyes on, he had a peaked crown of plumage, fluffy violet breast and wings blocked in white, blue and orange like a cubist painting of a flame. This much was obvious: He wasn’t from Manhattan.

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    9 hours ago

    Fellow editors and photography lovers take note -- these are the best author photos I've seen:

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    16 hours ago

    The physical boundaries between Hong Kong and mainland China are being blurred. Is a spate of physical infrastructure part of a strategy by Beijing to erode HK's identity? takes a look for

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    Nov 26

    Come work with us! is hiring a Deputy Editor for our international section (You're stuck with me, but the other folks on the team are lovely and talented)

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  7. 11 hours ago

    If you are concerned w/ongoing squeezing of Hong Kong re rule of law & free speech, some accounts to follow (along w/obvious accounts like ) if you aren’t already following them (& they’re also good on other issues)—

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    16 hours ago

    Another day, another new (and more terrifying) blow to free speech "Not only must a person in Hong Kong not advocate independence themselves, but if you didn't oppose the right of others to advocate it, then your own political rights will be taken away"

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    21 hours ago

    Investors have long brushed off concerns about Beijing's rising influence in Hong Kong. But, shaken by expulsion of , fears are growing that Hong Kong's all-important rule of law is at risk. My latest big read

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    Dec 2

    There’s a NYReview of Books essay that wants to be written about the “intellectual architecture” of the Trump admin Asia strategy, reading the collected works of Pillsbury & Navarro on China, BR Myers on NKorea, not sure who on Japan.

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  11. 12 hours ago

    A first chance for Hong Kong residents to catch my always worth hearing colleague (director of / prof / contributing editor / prizewinning book author ) she’ll be speaking at the FCC on recent political trends in the U.S., details here

    Book now to hear discuss how 's apparent move to the right could have repercussions for American democracy far beyond his administration.
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  12. 12 hours ago

    Interesting thread here sharing themes explores in a big read in —eg on how the surprising moves to force to relocate (beginning with the denial of his work visa extension) are seen in local business circles, on Singapore-HK comparisons/contrasts

    (THREAD) Over the last few years I've had many conversations with business people in Hong Kong about how they see the growing pressure on the city's autonomy and freedoms. These chats inspired today's big read (1/)
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    13 hours ago

    Hard to know what's true and what's not since neither leadership has a close relationship with the truth

    Same meeting, different descriptions: a comparison of Beijing and Washington’s statements on the trade war truce
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    19 hours ago

    Word of the day: "quaquaversal" - lit. 'wherever-towards'; dipping or emanating in all directions from a central point. Originally a geological term; but a person, thought, event, artwork etc. may also be said to be "quaquaversal". A relishably precise term for a radiant quality.

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    18 hours ago

    At the Edge: Joshua Bird reviews China at its Limits, by Matthias Messmer and Hsin-Mei Chuang

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    Dec 2

    Here's the thing about the History Major--the number could be shrinking but that does not minimize the impact of history education (even a single class) across the curriculum. The world doesn't need more historians, it needs more non-historians with historical literacy.

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    Dec 2

    A whole generation of Hong Kong young politicians are being deprived of their rights to take part in ANY election because of their political differences. That’s why young people feel so hopeless.

    BREAKING: lawmaker barred by from running rural representative election
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    Dec 2

    In a strange inversion of history, China has agreed to clamp down on sales of opium to the West

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    Dec 2

    All of these poems appear in the collection Burning the Sun’s Braids, which was reviewed by Lowell Cook, and are published here exclusively with our thanks to Bhuchung D. Sonam, their translator and editor of the collection.

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    Dec 1

    excellent piece by Joan Scott on the plight of Central European University in the crosshairs of authoritarian and anti-semitic attacks from the Orban govt. includes letter to send to Gov Cuomo to clarify CEU's NYS status.

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