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Jeff Wasserstrom
@jwassers
Most recent book: Vigil (https://t.co/POZZrafUjb); Day job: UCI history prof; publish as "Jeffrey," go by "Jeff"; retweets ≠ endorsements; he/his/ 他
Oct 13, 2022 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
Starting now ⁦at UCI, presenting ideas from her new book, is ⁦@maurashei⁩, a Qing focused session to be followed by one on the Mao era ImageImage Details on the event (hybrid so you can join via Zoom) humanities.uci.edu/events/china-s…
Oct 13, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
🧵1/4 A short historical thread on the two Beijing banners (playing off thread by @joshchin--how I learned of the protest). The references to COVID, to Xi, speed w/which they were taken down, spread on social media, etc., speak to this period, but some historical elements to note 2/4 Reference on 1 banner to three stoppages links up to sanba as a term for general strike that was used in Hong Kong in 2019 and long before that in Shanghai in 1919 & 1925; denouncing a dictatorial leader goes back to 1989, Democracy Wall, & the Republican era (1912-1949)
Oct 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Starting soon, with me taking part remotely from California...
Oct 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Starting soon college.lclark.edu/calendars/even… ImageImageImageImage Learning the fascinating story of the early stages of Isabel Crook’s life from Jane Hunter, someone I’ve heard about for years but didn’t know much about ImageImage
Mar 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
"The Good China Story?"--my latest for @TheTLS (paywalled) the-tls.co.uk/articles/land-…, focuses on @tepingchen's Land of Big Numbers, Ge Fei's Peach Blossom Paradise (Canaan Morse translation for @nyrbclassics), & David Der-wei Wang's Why Fiction Matters in Contemporary China Thread on TLS essay--reviewing can be a solitary pursuit, but for this think piece I sought & got a lot of valuable advice (though none of those name are responsible in any way for the views in it), thanks especially to Christopher Payne @DaveHaysom @TobyLichtig & @JuliaLovell16
Aug 10, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/2 This is a major development; it's worth noting that successive blows to Hong Kong civil society and local freedoms (this is the latest, earlier include cancelled elections) have been happening incredibly fast but spaced out over multiple news cycles, which means that... 2/2 ..for those on the spot (& those deeply concerned about Hong Kong following from afar), the speed & cumulative effect is deeply jarring, yet it doesn't grab global attention as much as it should as it's seen as separate stories rather than phases in a single ominous one