Dave Kang
@daveckang.bsky.social
Going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm!
(Also: USSF "National B" license, when "A" was as high as it went.)
https://www.daveckang.net/
(Also: USSF "National B" license, when "A" was as high as it went.)
https://www.daveckang.net/
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A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
I'm preparing to do a lecture tomorrow on why NK has survived...I found an article I wrote 31 years ago (Good grief I'm old), that I think stands up pretty well. "Rolling with the punches" was pretty accurate, I must say! www.jstor.org/stable/23254...
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'm preparing to do a lecture tomorrow on why NK has survived...I found an article I wrote 31 years ago (Good grief I'm old), that I think stands up pretty well. "Rolling with the punches" was pretty accurate, I must say! www.jstor.org/stable/23254...
Happy Chuseok everyone!
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy Chuseok everyone!
Charlie Brown is 75 years old today!!!!
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Charlie Brown is 75 years old today!!!!
Noelle Troutman and I published a piece on US-DPRK relations in the latest issue of Asian Survey. TLDR: we are pessimistic!
All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
Trump 2.0 and Asia: An Asian Survey Special Issue
This timely collection of articles brings together leading scholars to analyze the potential impact of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency on Asian countries.
www.ucpress.edu
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Noelle Troutman and I published a piece on US-DPRK relations in the latest issue of Asian Survey. TLDR: we are pessimistic!
All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
All the articles are free for a limited time. Act fast! Supplies are limited! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
Thanks for having us -- it was a great conversation about an important topic.
Great conversation today with @daveckang.bsky.social, @zenobiachan.bsky.social, and Jackie S H Wong on their article, “What Does China Want?”
Check out the recording if you missed it:
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
Check out the recording if you missed it:
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
What Does China Want?
Join as we discuss China's true goals and motivations.
quincyinst.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thanks for having us -- it was a great conversation about an important topic.
We're doubling down!
@zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves!
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...
@zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves!
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...
What China Doesn’t Want
Beijing’s core aims are clear—and limited.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We're doubling down!
@zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves!
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...
@zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie S.H. Wong and I argue that China is more status quo than revisionist, and more inwardly focused than externally oriented. Read this and decide for yourselves!
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-c...
Zenobia Chan, Jackie Wong, and myself on "What does China want?" with the Quincy Institute. Looking forward to it!
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
What Does China Want?
Join as we discuss China's true goals and motivations.
quincyinst.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Zenobia Chan, Jackie Wong, and myself on "What does China want?" with the Quincy Institute. Looking forward to it!
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
quincyinst.org/events/what-...
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Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
September 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.
Good article.
theloop.ecpr.eu/lost-in-tran...
theloop.ecpr.eu/lost-in-tran...
Lost in translation: why the West keeps misreading China
Western governments have armies of Mandarin speakers and AI translators, yet they keep misreading Beijing. What’s missing, as Stefan Messingschlager argues, is independent, context-rich expertise – pe...
theloop.ecpr.eu
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good article.
theloop.ecpr.eu/lost-in-tran...
theloop.ecpr.eu/lost-in-tran...
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How to drive away foreign investment in the U.S.:
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
South Korea Raises Concern After U.S. Immigration Raid At Hyundai EV Battery Plant In Georgia
U.S. immigration authorities detained around 450 people from a Hyundai EV battery plant in Georgia, including more than 300 South Korean nationals.
www.forbes.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How to drive away foreign investment in the U.S.:
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
New podcast from Sinica about "What Does China Want?" -- a great discussion that fleshes out our new paper challenging the DC consensus on a China threat. With @zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie Wong. @kaiserkuo.bsky.social Thanks for having us!
www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...
www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...
What Does China Want? The Authors of a New Paper Challenge the DC Consensus
This week on Sinica, I chat with Dave Kang (USC), Zenobia Chan (Georgetown), and Jackie Wong (American University in Sharjah, UAE) about their new paper in International Security titled "What Does Chi...
www.sinicapodcast.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New podcast from Sinica about "What Does China Want?" -- a great discussion that fleshes out our new paper challenging the DC consensus on a China threat. With @zenobiachan.bsky.social and Jackie Wong. @kaiserkuo.bsky.social Thanks for having us!
www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...
www.sinicapodcast.com/p/what-does-...
This is a link to the appendices from our recent IS article on "What Does China Want?" Some great data there for those interested!
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
August 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is a link to the appendices from our recent IS article on "What Does China Want?" Some great data there for those interested!
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Thank you! We are trying to help widen the discourse about China with careful empirics and clear theory.
Read this great new piece on China in International Security! direct.mit.edu/isec/article... @daveckang.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
What Does China Want?
Abstract. The conventional wisdom is that China is a rising hegemon eager to replace the United States, dominate international institutions, and re-create the liberal international order in its own im...
direct.mit.edu
August 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Thank you! We are trying to help widen the discourse about China with careful empirics and clear theory.
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While procrastinating on the insurance piece, I made the mistake of checking up on a few headlines I've seen recently about China's green tech manufacturing & exports.
Big mistake, huge etc.
Big mistake, huge etc.
August 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
While procrastinating on the insurance piece, I made the mistake of checking up on a few headlines I've seen recently about China's green tech manufacturing & exports.
Big mistake, huge etc.
Big mistake, huge etc.
Great research!
How do US political leaders and the media shape narratives concerning China, and how do citizens in young democracies perceive them? At a recent policy engagement conference, the Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab team presented research findings addressing these questions. stanford.io/4793N7A
Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab Probes Political Messaging and Public
At a recent conference, lab members presented data-driven, policy-relevant insights into rival-making in U.S.-China relations
aparc.fsi.stanford.edu
August 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great research!
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“What Does China Want?” by @daveckang.bsky.social, Jackie S. H. Wong, and @zenobiachan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social.
What Does China Want?
Abstract. The conventional wisdom is that China is a rising hegemon eager to replace the United States, dominate international institutions, and re-create the liberal international order in its own im...
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“What Does China Want?” by @daveckang.bsky.social, Jackie S. H. Wong, and @zenobiachan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1162/ISEC...
This article is ungated thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social.
We wrote this piece to provide a rich empirical view of China's goals, and also as a sort of "primer" about how to contextualize and think about where China is today, where it came from, and where it is going. Central to that is outlining how to understand Chinese rhetoric...
"By misunderstanding what China wants, the United States risks creating problems where none exist and isolating itself from East Asia in ways that are deleterious to U.S. long-term national interests." From @daveckang.bsky.social, @zenobiachan.bsky.social, and Jackie S. H. Wong.
"[T]he conventional wisdom has converged on a view that China has expansive goals to dominate not just Asia but the world; ultimately, it seeks to supplant the United States as the global hegemon. . . . We challenge this conventional wisdom."
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We wrote this piece to provide a rich empirical view of China's goals, and also as a sort of "primer" about how to contextualize and think about where China is today, where it came from, and where it is going. Central to that is outlining how to understand Chinese rhetoric...
Reposted by Dave Kang
laTiN amEriCA iS uNdErdeveLoPed beCaUsE it DOesN't hAVe sTrONg DEmocRaTic iNStiTUTioNs
Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
laTiN amEriCA iS uNdErdeveLoPed beCaUsE it DOesN't hAVe sTrONg DEmocRaTic iNStiTUTioNs
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Summer 2025 issue preview: ISIS, what does China want? China on arms control, military primacy in Asia, limited war in East Asia @daveckang.bsky.social @zenobiachan.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @dartmouthdickey.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Summer 2025 issue preview: ISIS, what does China want? China on arms control, military primacy in Asia, limited war in East Asia @daveckang.bsky.social @zenobiachan.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @dartmouthdickey.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
Coming soon! Sneak preview!!
August 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Coming soon! Sneak preview!!
Looking forward to this book coming out soon: we center the 20th century on Asian perspectives and examine how countries positioned themselves during key moments. Vol 2!! We may do a 3rd volume!!!
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Looking forward to this book coming out soon: we center the 20th century on Asian perspectives and examine how countries positioned themselves during key moments. Vol 2!! We may do a 3rd volume!!!
This is amazing from Tom. Great work.
I spent an irresponsible amount of time playing with Chat-GPT's Pro tools to generate maps of Southeast Asian languages and other things.
I learned that it's possible but time-consuming to generate accurate maps, and easy to make crappy but hilarious ones. Read more 👇
I learned that it's possible but time-consuming to generate accurate maps, and easy to make crappy but hilarious ones. Read more 👇
Gen AI Draws Terrible Maps of Southeast Asia
A lot of people have a lot of opinions on Gen AI, and I am one of those people. While AI stans remain breathlessly enthusiastic about large language models and their potential to transform the huma…
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August 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is amazing from Tom. Great work.