Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️
@chenchenzhang.net
migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net/book
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️
@chenchenzhang.net
· May 11
Just published! My book, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China, is now available online for institutional users with subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online!
academic.oup.com/book/62722
The print version will come out next month.
academic.oup.com/book/62722
The print version will come out next month.
"Citizens deemed to have "harmed" China's national security or interests while overseas can also be barred from leaving China for up to three years"
big sigh. if you know you know. it's the people you think of from afar and the home that can't be returned to.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
big sigh. if you know you know. it's the people you think of from afar and the home that can't be returned to.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China tightens travel restrictions for citizens
Observers say the new rules will further tighten the Chinese government's control over its citizens.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Citizens deemed to have "harmed" China's national security or interests while overseas can also be barred from leaving China for up to three years"
big sigh. if you know you know. it's the people you think of from afar and the home that can't be returned to.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
big sigh. if you know you know. it's the people you think of from afar and the home that can't be returned to.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This happened in my hometown Caoxian...
global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5...
A Beijing woman went missing 26 years ago. Her parents passed away in the pain of not knowing where she was. She was recently found in Caoxian, Shandong, completely unrecognisable.
global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5...
A Beijing woman went missing 26 years ago. Her parents passed away in the pain of not knowing where she was. She was recently found in Caoxian, Shandong, completely unrecognisable.
北京女32岁被拐山东26年终回家 父母已过世 对比照曝光网民鼻酸
9月8日，疑被拐卖到山东菏泽曹县的“美华大姐”孙美华，在与家人失联26年后，在热心山东博主“初心”的帮助下，由亲哥哥接回北京。事件再次引发内地对
global.hk01.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:06 AM
This happened in my hometown Caoxian...
global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5...
A Beijing woman went missing 26 years ago. Her parents passed away in the pain of not knowing where she was. She was recently found in Caoxian, Shandong, completely unrecognisable.
global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5...
A Beijing woman went missing 26 years ago. Her parents passed away in the pain of not knowing where she was. She was recently found in Caoxian, Shandong, completely unrecognisable.
don't know if this is an AI thing but I'm seeing more and more manuscripts that go "I'm proposing the concept of Capitalized Initials". however important the concept is (usually it isn't) I don't think there's a need to capitalize the initials.
September 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
don't know if this is an AI thing but I'm seeing more and more manuscripts that go "I'm proposing the concept of Capitalized Initials". however important the concept is (usually it isn't) I don't think there's a need to capitalize the initials.
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Please read and share this open letter from staff at risk of compulsory redundancy in Modern Languages at the Uni of Birmingham.
It calls for the redundancies to be halted, for the equality impact assessment to be released, and for meaningful consideration of alternatives.
It calls for the redundancies to be halted, for the equality impact assessment to be released, and for meaningful consideration of alternatives.
“A national catastrophe” at home: open letter on redundancies
We write as Translation and Interpreting staff at risk of compulsory redundancy at the University of Birmingham, together with the Birmingham UCU Committee. In brief: a University whose Vice-Chance…
birminghamucu.org
September 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Please read and share this open letter from staff at risk of compulsory redundancy in Modern Languages at the Uni of Birmingham.
It calls for the redundancies to be halted, for the equality impact assessment to be released, and for meaningful consideration of alternatives.
It calls for the redundancies to be halted, for the equality impact assessment to be released, and for meaningful consideration of alternatives.
In 2011 Phoenix News made this 9/11 10th anniversary special "reexamining Chinese perceptions of the US", where they interviewed many ordinary citizens, students, scholars (incl my former teacher) etc. very interesting to look back (subtitled!)
【911十周年策划《再看中国人的美国观》】 youtu.be/RQwnW1nSaWk?...
【911十周年策划《再看中国人的美国观》】 youtu.be/RQwnW1nSaWk?...
凤凰网：911十周年策划《再看中国人的美国观》
YouTube video by 记者易速利
youtu.be
September 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In 2011 Phoenix News made this 9/11 10th anniversary special "reexamining Chinese perceptions of the US", where they interviewed many ordinary citizens, students, scholars (incl my former teacher) etc. very interesting to look back (subtitled!)
【911十周年策划《再看中国人的美国观》】 youtu.be/RQwnW1nSaWk?...
【911十周年策划《再看中国人的美国观》】 youtu.be/RQwnW1nSaWk?...
中國互聯網公司的權力遊戲：「AI 大躍進」、反蒸餾與表演家
一位資深產品經理，這樣形容大廠員工特質：神的神，精的精，病的病。
theinitium.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Fractal Borders: Locating the Boundaries of Urban China: Geopolitics: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fractal Borders: Locating the Boundaries of Urban China
Despite common scholarly understandings of rural-urban migrants in Chinese megacities as lacking the various benefits or protections of urban citizenship, the implied boundaries of urban China seem...
www.tandfonline.com
September 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Fractal Borders: Locating the Boundaries of Urban China: Geopolitics: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stop redundancies at the University of Birmingham - Sign the Petition! c.org/NJnLfDxGFN
Firma la petizione
Stop redundancies at the University of Birmingham
c.org
September 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Stop redundancies at the University of Birmingham - Sign the Petition! c.org/NJnLfDxGFN
emailed a journal today for update on a paper I submitted in June, was told that they made a decision already on 17 July! I never received an email and only found out now... that's really a first for me.
September 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
emailed a journal today for update on a paper I submitted in June, was told that they made a decision already on 17 July! I never received an email and only found out now... that's really a first for me.
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Full article: Beyond false dichotomies: Chinese investments and the reproduction of neoliberal authoritarian developmentalism in Turkey www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond false dichotomies: Chinese investments and the reproduction of neoliberal authoritarian developmentalism in Turkey
This article critically examines Chinese investments and investment finance in Turkey. Drawing upon a critical International Political Economy framework, and in distinction from conventional approa...
www.tandfonline.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Full article: Beyond false dichotomies: Chinese investments and the reproduction of neoliberal authoritarian developmentalism in Turkey www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
filmmaker Jia Zhangke's comment on duanju (vertical short drama) interesting to ponder
"been watching hongguo (duanju platform) recently. Whether a story is told in two hours or two minutes is a matter of format, not lineage.
"been watching hongguo (duanju platform) recently. Whether a story is told in two hours or two minutes is a matter of format, not lineage.
September 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
filmmaker Jia Zhangke's comment on duanju (vertical short drama) interesting to ponder
"been watching hongguo (duanju platform) recently. Whether a story is told in two hours or two minutes is a matter of format, not lineage.
"been watching hongguo (duanju platform) recently. Whether a story is told in two hours or two minutes is a matter of format, not lineage.
when entirely different worlds collide...
Sister Jiang (Jiang Zhuyun) was a highly revered revolutionary martyr made a household name by the novel Red Crag
TIL her son is a professor in computer science in the US; her grandson also did his PhD in the US, and then came back to China for executive
Sister Jiang (Jiang Zhuyun) was a highly revered revolutionary martyr made a household name by the novel Red Crag
TIL her son is a professor in computer science in the US; her grandson also did his PhD in the US, and then came back to China for executive
September 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
when entirely different worlds collide...
Sister Jiang (Jiang Zhuyun) was a highly revered revolutionary martyr made a household name by the novel Red Crag
TIL her son is a professor in computer science in the US; her grandson also did his PhD in the US, and then came back to China for executive
Sister Jiang (Jiang Zhuyun) was a highly revered revolutionary martyr made a household name by the novel Red Crag
TIL her son is a professor in computer science in the US; her grandson also did his PhD in the US, and then came back to China for executive
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“Normally, when there’s some disaster, people are very active, praying and support, and they send goods to the affected area. But this time they’re completely silenced.”
How the Nepal-Tibet disaster became the latest victim of China’s ‘Clean Internet’ campaign
The online campaign used to focus on tackling cybercrime and hacking but has since expanded to suppress information that differs from official narratives
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
“Normally, when there’s some disaster, people are very active, praying and support, and they send goods to the affected area. But this time they’re completely silenced.”
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random find. TIL some of the most iconic university campuses in China were all shaped by American architect Henry Murphy. he designed the campus of Yenching, now occupied by PKU. he also designed Uni of Shanghai, early buildings of Tsinghua & Fudan, Ginling colllege in Nanjing.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
random find. TIL some of the most iconic university campuses in China were all shaped by American architect Henry Murphy. he designed the campus of Yenching, now occupied by PKU. he also designed Uni of Shanghai, early buildings of Tsinghua & Fudan, Ginling colllege in Nanjing.
love love this dissertation by Sam Berlin. it's so readable as well and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in cultures of aspiration and precarity in everyday life & contemporary China.
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTh...
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTh...
Developmental Politics and Everyday Life
research-information.bris.ac.uk
September 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
love love this dissertation by Sam Berlin. it's so readable as well and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in cultures of aspiration and precarity in everyday life & contemporary China.
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTh...
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTh...
the low-paid, gendered labour force behind China's AI industry: young mothers in county-level towns who are now "abandoned" as the models have been trained
theinitium.com/20260831-mai...
theinitium.com/20260831-mai...
外包數據標注給中國中西部縣城女性的扶貧項目，隨着人工智能產業需求轉移落潮
對數據公司來講，被家庭責任留在本地的女性曾是一群理想的工人。但當 AI 變得更強，它沒有繼續停留在縣城。
theinitium.com
September 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
the low-paid, gendered labour force behind China's AI industry: young mothers in county-level towns who are now "abandoned" as the models have been trained
theinitium.com/20260831-mai...
theinitium.com/20260831-mai...
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Just published in @chinaquarterly.bsky.social: "Subversive Amplification: Online Dissent and the Limits of Information Control in China," on the two days of online contention that preceded the White Paper protests.
The article is available open access:
doi.org/10.1017/S030...
The article is available open access:
doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Subversive Amplification: Online Dissent and the Limits of Information Control in China | The China Quarterly | Cambridge Core
Subversive Amplification: Online Dissent and the Limits of Information Control in China
doi.org
September 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Just published in @chinaquarterly.bsky.social: "Subversive Amplification: Online Dissent and the Limits of Information Control in China," on the two days of online contention that preceded the White Paper protests.
The article is available open access:
doi.org/10.1017/S030...
The article is available open access:
doi.org/10.1017/S030...
何勇 He Yong【鐘鼓樓 Bell drum towers】Official Music Video
YouTube video by 滾石唱片 ROCK RECORDS
youtu.be
September 5, 2026 at 6:26 AM
massive, massive line at exit border control is the most stupid thing ever.
we just want to leave!!
we just want to leave!!
September 4, 2026 at 8:11 AM
massive, massive line at exit border control is the most stupid thing ever.
we just want to leave!!
we just want to leave!!
it's 39°C today and I'm chilling in an air conditioned hotel room right now. planning to go to a 4pm panel. but will I be brave enough to step out of the room.... #conferencedilemma
September 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
it's 39°C today and I'm chilling in an air conditioned hotel room right now. planning to go to a 4pm panel. but will I be brave enough to step out of the room.... #conferencedilemma
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“In the first half of 2026, China’s shift towards electric vehicles displaced the equivalent of the UK’s entire oil consumption over a six-month period.”
China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price falls
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
“In the first half of 2026, China’s shift towards electric vehicles displaced the equivalent of the UK’s entire oil consumption over a six-month period.”
highlight of my #EISAPEC2026 is discussing Easting the West with these wonderful people!
@europeanisa.bsky.social
@europeanisa.bsky.social
September 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
highlight of my #EISAPEC2026 is discussing Easting the West with these wonderful people!
@europeanisa.bsky.social
@europeanisa.bsky.social
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The future of Global China Studies depends very much on how we produce knowledge. Drawing on ethnography in China, Rwanda, and the UK, @xiananj.bsky.social develops 'un-whitening' as a practice for confronting the racial, geopolitical, and epistemic hierarchies shaping transnational knowledge.
Not White, Too White, ‘Un-Whitening’:On Becoming Postcolonial in Transnational Knowledge Production
This essay argues that the future of Global China Studies depends not only on what we study but also on how we produce knowledge. Drawing on feminist ethnography in Beijing, London, and Kigali, I deve...
globalchinapulse.net
September 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The future of Global China Studies depends very much on how we produce knowledge. Drawing on ethnography in China, Rwanda, and the UK, @xiananj.bsky.social develops 'un-whitening' as a practice for confronting the racial, geopolitical, and epistemic hierarchies shaping transnational knowledge.
love the colour match
September 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
love the colour match