Fan Yang 楊帆
@fanfanyang.bsky.social
Professor, Media and Communication Studies, UMBC
Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024).
Researching media, infrastructure, robots, drones, and AI in Shenzhen and Hangzhou
Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024).
Researching media, infrastructure, robots, drones, and AI in Shenzhen and Hangzhou
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Fan Yang 楊帆
@fanfanyang.bsky.social
· Mar 18
New in praxis on positions politics, Fan Yang, Back to the Future: A Walk through Huaqiangbei in 2025
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Fan Yang, Back to the Future: A Walk through Huaqiangbei in 2025 - positions politics
As someone who grew up in Shenzhen in the 1980s-1990s and has lived in the US since 2000, I’ve come to see returning to the Special Economic Zone today as a journey “back to the future.” During my las...
positionspolitics.org
Very curious to hear readers’ thoughts on this new style I’m experimenting with!
My first take on the "low-altitude economy" in Shenzhen!
What happens when airspace becomes an economic frontier? In Shenzhen, a booming low-altitude economy is turning the skies into a new arena for innovation and profit, writes @fanfanyang.bsky.social. Discover how drones are remapping the city’s horizons and reconfiguring tech, capital, and urban life.
City in the Sky: Drones, Shenzhen, and the ‘Low-Altitude Economy’
Imagine this scenario: you ordered takeout during lunch rush hour, but the delivery bros were overbooked, so a drone dropped from the sky to deliver your meal; on your commute, while ground traffic wa...
madeinchinajournal.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My first take on the "low-altitude economy" in Shenzhen!
Honored to engage in this conversation with Louisa! Many thanks to @madeinchinajournal.com!
In this conversation with Louisa Schein, Fan Yang discusses her book 'Disorienting Politics', which explores the entangled media landscapes of China and the US. Through case studies of viral images, ads, and art, she unpacks how race, capital, and geopolitics collide in the Chimerican imaginary.
Disorienting Politics: A Conversation with Fan Yang
Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements (University of Michigan Press, 2024) mines twenty-first-century media artefacts to make visible the economic, cultural, political...
globalchinapulse.net
August 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Honored to engage in this conversation with Louisa! Many thanks to @madeinchinajournal.com!
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In 'Crafting a Tibetan Terroir', Brendan Galipeau explores how wine is reshaping landscapes and livelihoods in the Sino-Tibetan border region known as Shangri-La. From missionary vines to luxury tourism, it is a story of modernity, identity, and global capitalism. A conversation with Dechen Pemba.
Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: A Conversation with Brendan Galipeau | Made in China Journal
In Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La (University of Washington Press, 2025), Brendan Galipeau takes readers to the Sino-Tibetan border region rebranded as ‘Shangri-La’ by the Chines...
madeinchinajournal.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In 'Crafting a Tibetan Terroir', Brendan Galipeau explores how wine is reshaping landscapes and livelihoods in the Sino-Tibetan border region known as Shangri-La. From missionary vines to luxury tourism, it is a story of modernity, identity, and global capitalism. A conversation with Dechen Pemba.
Asian Studies at UMBC seeking adjunct: www.linkedin.com/posts/fanyan...
LinkedIn | Fan Yang
UMBC's Asian Studies Program is seeking an adjunct instructor (Ph.D. in hand by June 1) for two elective courses: 1) Modern East Asia (Thursdays 4:30-7:00) and 2) Political Leadership of Asia (Mon...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Asian Studies at UMBC seeking adjunct: www.linkedin.com/posts/fanyan...
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@business: Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China’s artificial intelligence hub of Hangzhou, the home of AI sensation DeepSeek
Main link in OG tweet
https://trib.al/ZSz7nHU
trib.al
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
@business: Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China’s artificial intelligence hub of Hangzhou, the home of AI sensation DeepSeek
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Tenure-track vacancy University of Cambridge: Assistant Professor in the History of Late Imperial Chinese Art (ca. 1200-ca. 1800). A rare and wonderful opportunity in our History of Art Department (From Prof Sterckx):
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
March 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tenure-track vacancy University of Cambridge: Assistant Professor in the History of Late Imperial Chinese Art (ca. 1200-ca. 1800). A rare and wonderful opportunity in our History of Art Department (From Prof Sterckx):
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
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Yicai: "Three Chinese cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, have been listed among the world's 10 largest financial centers, in order, New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Seoul."
www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong Are Among World's Top 10 Global Financial Centers, Report Shows
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March 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Yicai: "Three Chinese cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, have been listed among the world's 10 largest financial centers, in order, New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Seoul."
www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
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My new @thechinaweek.com newsletter is out:
• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
As Tesla dies, BYD soars and XPeng flies
High tech cars, consumption stimulus, Taiwan's China threats, Russia and Iran, etc.
www.thechinaweek.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My new @thechinaweek.com newsletter is out:
• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
Very curious to hear readers’ thoughts on this new style I’m experimenting with!
New in praxis on positions politics, Fan Yang, Back to the Future: A Walk through Huaqiangbei in 2025
positionspolitics.org/fan-yang-bac...
positionspolitics.org/fan-yang-bac...
Fan Yang, Back to the Future: A Walk through Huaqiangbei in 2025 - positions politics
As someone who grew up in Shenzhen in the 1980s-1990s and has lived in the US since 2000, I’ve come to see returning to the Special Economic Zone today as a journey “back to the future.” During my las...
positionspolitics.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Very curious to hear readers’ thoughts on this new style I’m experimenting with!
Reposted by Fan Yang 楊帆
Thrilled this issue of Global China Pulse on China's Linguistic Frontiers is out! Delighted to see my piece on Mandarin hegemony within this wonderfully global set of essays (w/ several on Chinese languages in Africa). Read it here! @globalchinamap.bsky.social
globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
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Global China Pulse 2, 2024
How is Mandarin evolving in a rapidly changing world? This issue explores the language’s transformation at China’s frontiers and beyond, where state control clashes with public innovation, and global ...
globalchinapulse.net
March 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thrilled this issue of Global China Pulse on China's Linguistic Frontiers is out! Delighted to see my piece on Mandarin hegemony within this wonderfully global set of essays (w/ several on Chinese languages in Africa). Read it here! @globalchinamap.bsky.social
globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
Grateful for all the good work by @uofmpress.bsky.social!
March 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Grateful for all the good work by @uofmpress.bsky.social!
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Charlie Yi Zhang, author of "Dreadful Desires," stopped by the Duke University Press booth at @asianstudies.org
Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
March 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Charlie Yi Zhang, author of "Dreadful Desires," stopped by the Duke University Press booth at @asianstudies.org
Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
Reposted by Fan Yang 楊帆
Check out this podcast episode from Positions, featuring "Disorienting Politics" author @fanfanyang.bsky.social! Learn more about Chimerican media in the twenty-first century and start listening here: csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
Positions S2 E1, "Chimerica: Disorienting Politics" - Lateral
Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s Globalization and Culture Working Group Co-Host Kathalene Razzano discuss Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements (Un...
csalateral.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Check out this podcast episode from Positions, featuring "Disorienting Politics" author @fanfanyang.bsky.social! Learn more about Chimerican media in the twenty-first century and start listening here: csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
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@ubleiden.bsky.social Chinese Queer Collection at Leiden University Library will be officially launched. An amazing resource for research and teaching. If you are interested in joining the inaugural workshop and learning more, see the post below!
A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics
will be organized at Leiden University, 24-25 July 2025, to discuss issues pertaining to the queer experience in the Chinese-speaking world.
Expressions of Interest should be emailed by 17 March 2025. See edu.nl/hjc4f for details.
will be organized at Leiden University, 24-25 July 2025, to discuss issues pertaining to the queer experience in the Chinese-speaking world.
Expressions of Interest should be emailed by 17 March 2025. See edu.nl/hjc4f for details.
Asian Library
Announcement: The Chinese Queer Collection: A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics at Leiden University, 24-25 July 2025
Leiden University Libraries is home to a newly established...
edu.nl
February 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@ubleiden.bsky.social Chinese Queer Collection at Leiden University Library will be officially launched. An amazing resource for research and teaching. If you are interested in joining the inaugural workshop and learning more, see the post below!
Sharing a Cultural Studies podcast about my book! csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
Positions S2 E1, "Chimerica: Disorienting Politics" - Lateral
Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s Globalization and Culture Working Group Co-Host Kathalene Razzano discuss Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements (Un...
csalateral.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sharing a Cultural Studies podcast about my book! csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
Excited to discuss this wonderful book with Michelle!
February 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Excited to discuss this wonderful book with Michelle!