Clyde Yicheng Wang
@clydewang.bsky.social
Political scientist, but more political than scientific. China, ideology, propaganda. Assistant professor at Washington and Lee University.
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My dearest mentor, Professor Joseph Fewsmith, unfortunately passed away this week. I wrote this little tribute with great pain. But no writing is enough to express my love and gratitude for Joe.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My dearest mentor, Professor Joseph Fewsmith, unfortunately passed away this week. I wrote this little tribute with great pain. But no writing is enough to express my love and gratitude for Joe.
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
The Democrat Party is a status quo party. That's their reality and that's their vision. We have a conservative party in the Democrats and a fascist party in the Republicans. That's American politics.
The future Hakeem Jefferies wanted was Cuomo. And that tells you everything you need to know about Hakeem.
The irony that his name means wise in Arabic.
اسم مش علي مسمى
The irony that his name means wise in Arabic.
اسم مش علي مسمى
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Democrat Party is a status quo party. That's their reality and that's their vision. We have a conservative party in the Democrats and a fascist party in the Republicans. That's American politics.
Will this Noah Smith protect the rights to criticize Charlie Kirk? If not don’t pretend to be a fan of free speech.
Resident Nazi sympathizer Noah Smith thinks Zohran Mamdani is going to criminalize criticism of Islam on the municipal level.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Will this Noah Smith protect the rights to criticize Charlie Kirk? If not don’t pretend to be a fan of free speech.
That’s… unsurprising.
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
That’s… unsurprising.
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts
The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
This is corruption.
Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.
I don't expect any fight back from the generals, even if they are ordered to kill their own citizens. Killing citizens may be against the military norm, but disobeying superior order is even more so. Also, civilian government's control over military, right?
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don't expect any fight back from the generals, even if they are ordered to kill their own citizens. Killing citizens may be against the military norm, but disobeying superior order is even more so. Also, civilian government's control over military, right?
Charlie Kirk's killing was the Reichstag fire and this is a call for Kristallnacht. This is an open and explicit call for the killing of dissidents and for establishing a military dictatorship. And there is no sign the military will disobey.
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Charlie Kirk's killing was the Reichstag fire and this is a call for Kristallnacht. This is an open and explicit call for the killing of dissidents and for establishing a military dictatorship. And there is no sign the military will disobey.
Charlie Kirk's killing was the Reichstag fire and this is a call for Kristallnacht. I know historical analogies are always inaccurate but still.
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Charlie Kirk's killing was the Reichstag fire and this is a call for Kristallnacht. I know historical analogies are always inaccurate but still.
Got my AAS panel accepted. I have a great panel on women and politics in China with scholars I like and admire. I've been hoping to have a book signed by my discussant. But I do not expect that I'll be able to travel to Vancouver next March due to the H1B visa policies of the American government.
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Got my AAS panel accepted. I have a great panel on women and politics in China with scholars I like and admire. I've been hoping to have a book signed by my discussant. But I do not expect that I'll be able to travel to Vancouver next March due to the H1B visa policies of the American government.
The Ravens are like last season's Bengals. Bad defense and terrible O-line.
September 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Ravens are like last season's Bengals. Bad defense and terrible O-line.
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Ohio is a state because of the massive theft of Indigenous land through violence and treaties so disgustingly corrupt that they will cause just and honest people to feel shame.
THE Ohio State University is self-censoring to satisfy racists and fascists who never will be satisfied.
Don’t give in.
THE Ohio State University is self-censoring to satisfy racists and fascists who never will be satisfied.
Don’t give in.
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ohio is a state because of the massive theft of Indigenous land through violence and treaties so disgustingly corrupt that they will cause just and honest people to feel shame.
THE Ohio State University is self-censoring to satisfy racists and fascists who never will be satisfied.
Don’t give in.
THE Ohio State University is self-censoring to satisfy racists and fascists who never will be satisfied.
Don’t give in.
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Mamdani is feared by Dem elites not because of the “socialism” label or the bullshit antisemitism charges.
He’s feared because he’s the first to overcome Dem elites’ opposition & win a primary without their permission.
His embodies their loss of power. www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-...
He’s feared because he’s the first to overcome Dem elites’ opposition & win a primary without their permission.
His embodies their loss of power. www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-...
Who’s Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani?
The mayoral candidate defeated the master plan for the first time ever — and that’s prompted an elite panic about who gets to control political outcomes.
www.levernews.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Mamdani is feared by Dem elites not because of the “socialism” label or the bullshit antisemitism charges.
He’s feared because he’s the first to overcome Dem elites’ opposition & win a primary without their permission.
His embodies their loss of power. www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-...
He’s feared because he’s the first to overcome Dem elites’ opposition & win a primary without their permission.
His embodies their loss of power. www.levernews.com/whos-afraid-...
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I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
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You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
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August 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
A new piece on the war in Gaza by my W&L colleague and Middle East expert Seth Cantey. He provides a calm but eloquent argument supported by solid facts. It is sad that so many people still refuse to recognize these facts and try to silence those who do.
fpif.org/why-the-gaza...
fpif.org/why-the-gaza...
Why the Gaza War Won’t End - FPIF
Because Israel’s strategic goal has been ethnic cleansing.
fpif.org
August 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A new piece on the war in Gaza by my W&L colleague and Middle East expert Seth Cantey. He provides a calm but eloquent argument supported by solid facts. It is sad that so many people still refuse to recognize these facts and try to silence those who do.
fpif.org/why-the-gaza...
fpif.org/why-the-gaza...
That’s a great question many are avoiding asking 😂
if a book's arguments can be found in the comment sections of Xiaohongshu/Zhihu, is it really worth being published?
July 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That’s a great question many are avoiding asking 😂
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👇 Thread below on the UK release date for my slim new book on long odds struggles for change in East and Southeast Asia from the mid-2010s through early 2020s (note: a traditional characters Chinese language translation in the works for publication in Taiwan by Acropolis)
🧵 On my short book on resistance and repression in East and Southeast Asia on the eve of its official 24 July UK release date (it came out in the U.S. June 10), below is the short review of it that just appeared on the New Statesman's website (link here www.newstatesman.com/culture/book... )
July 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
👇 Thread below on the UK release date for my slim new book on long odds struggles for change in East and Southeast Asia from the mid-2010s through early 2020s (note: a traditional characters Chinese language translation in the works for publication in Taiwan by Acropolis)
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trump authoritarianism fundamentally aims to take public money and use it for tech contracts , ethnostate projects and preventing trump from going to jail. Everything else. And I mean everything. Is secondary
Still doesn't quite make sense. An authoritarian government ceding the airwaves to the enemy ... !
Because ... the world can go to hell? But at the same time they know vey well that world out there has consequences.. like rare earths.. and whatnot.
Because ... the world can go to hell? But at the same time they know vey well that world out there has consequences.. like rare earths.. and whatnot.
July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
trump authoritarianism fundamentally aims to take public money and use it for tech contracts , ethnostate projects and preventing trump from going to jail. Everything else. And I mean everything. Is secondary
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I suggest that PUP consider telling the story of the region by providing Uyghur scholars a chance to tell theirs. Rahile Dawut’s studies of Uyghur folklore and culture tell the story of the region better than anyone. Why not start by publishing translations? madeinchinajournal.com/2023/11/13/r...
Rahile Dawut: A Lifetime Passion That Ended with a Life Sentence | Made in China Journal
It was a busy Thursday afternoon when I received a text message that a human rights group in the United States, the Duihua Foundation, had confirmed that Rahile Dawut had been given a life sentence by...
madeinchinajournal.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I suggest that PUP consider telling the story of the region by providing Uyghur scholars a chance to tell theirs. Rahile Dawut’s studies of Uyghur folklore and culture tell the story of the region better than anyone. Why not start by publishing translations? madeinchinajournal.com/2023/11/13/r...
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🧵: It’s worth unpacking how the lines that PUP draws almost verbatim from party-state propaganda— most notably about “telling the story” of Xinjiang, which echoes Xi’s call to “tell the China story well” — have very specific applications to task the denial of abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims
not looking good for Princeton University Press is it @princetonupress.bsky.social
the video can be found on Facebook
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the video can be found on Facebook
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June 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🧵: It’s worth unpacking how the lines that PUP draws almost verbatim from party-state propaganda— most notably about “telling the story” of Xinjiang, which echoes Xi’s call to “tell the China story well” — have very specific applications to task the denial of abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims
Elon: Have you said thank you once?
June 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Elon: Have you said thank you once?
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Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.
I cannot win this debate against the 20 opponents.
What take would you choose to argue on jubilee with total confidence that you’d crush 20 opponents?
May 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I cannot win this debate against the 20 opponents.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE