Haoran Zhang
@haoranzhang.bsky.social
history grad student at Yale Council on East Asian Studies | studying East Asia + transpacific capitalism (Taiwan, Japan, US, and China)
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What does it mean to come of age in a society where the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless?
Find out more in the latest issue of ‘Made in China Journal’: doi.org/10.22459/MIC...
Find out more in the latest issue of ‘Made in China Journal’: doi.org/10.22459/MIC...
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What does it mean to come of age in a society where the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless?
Find out more in the latest issue of ‘Made in China Journal’: doi.org/10.22459/MIC...
Find out more in the latest issue of ‘Made in China Journal’: doi.org/10.22459/MIC...
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Call for papers: "New Directions in Taiwan History" workshop to be held at University of Washington, Seattle, on February 26-27, 2026. Deadline to apply is October 10, 2025. Please share widely! For application instructions: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/works...
Workshop: New Directions in Taiwan History - Taiwan Studies Program
New Directions in Taiwan History – Taiwan at the Center and at the Margins February 26-27, 2026 University of Washington, Seattle Hosted by the UW Taiwan Studies Program This two-day workshop will bring together scholars working across the temporal range of Taiwan history to share and discuss works-in-progress and findings from their research projects. We
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August 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Call for papers: "New Directions in Taiwan History" workshop to be held at University of Washington, Seattle, on February 26-27, 2026. Deadline to apply is October 10, 2025. Please share widely! For application instructions: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/works...
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Open access publication! My book is now available open access for everyone to read and download free on the @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... A brief thread about the book /1
In the Global Vanguard by James Lin - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Open access publication! My book is now available open access for everyone to read and download free on the @ucpress.bsky.social website: www.ucpress.edu/books/in-the... A brief thread about the book /1
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Before the advent of swiping right on Tinder/探探 and 相亲角, China in the 1980s had trade union cadres sit in the factory's matchmaking offices and sift through young women's profiles to find a match for their single male workers. Many thanks to @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social for the edits!
In the early 1980s, love, marriage, and state power collided in China as the Party-State panicked over a new 'problem': too many single young people. Their fix? A national matchmaking campaign with mass dating events, personal matchmakers, and collective weddings, writes @zhaoruilu.bsky.social.
Navigating the Market for Love: The Chinese Party-State as Matchmaker in the Early Reform Era | Made in China Journal
The People’s Daily (人民日报) publishes important announcements on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It covers high-level politics, economic achievements, diplomatic breakthroughs, and other se...
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March 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Before the advent of swiping right on Tinder/探探 and 相亲角, China in the 1980s had trade union cadres sit in the factory's matchmaking offices and sift through young women's profiles to find a match for their single male workers. Many thanks to @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social for the edits!
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funny how certain self-styled leftist people think talking about oppression in China is always about enemy making
that the neocon use it for enemy making doesn't mean you have to
it could be about solidarity,
that the neocon use it for enemy making doesn't mean you have to
it could be about solidarity,
January 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
funny how certain self-styled leftist people think talking about oppression in China is always about enemy making
that the neocon use it for enemy making doesn't mean you have to
it could be about solidarity,
that the neocon use it for enemy making doesn't mean you have to
it could be about solidarity,
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On Tuesday, next week!
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
January 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On Tuesday, next week!
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
Fang Yu Hu (Cal Poly Pomona) and Tadashi Ishikawa (Central Florida) on their new books “Good Wife, Wise Mother” and “Geographies of Gender”, respectively, in conversation with Seiji Shirane (City College of New York).
Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-5838693
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We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
Academic Programs - Taiwan Studies Program
Taiwan Track in East Asia Studies The Jackson School graduate degree programs in East Asia are being reviewed to be updated into a new degree program: M.A. in East Asia Studies. This new M.A. degree is in the final approval stage and should be granted in the new year in which applicants will choose from various
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December 18, 2024 at 11:46 PM
We are proud to announce a new Taiwan Studies track of the East Asia MA degree at the University of Washington. This would be the first graduate program in Taiwan Studies in North America and the second in the world. Apply by Jan 31 for fall 2025 admission: jsis.washington.edu/taiwan/acade...
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For my river history (re)readings I recently completed The Conquest of Nature by David Blackburn, a widely cited 2006 #envhist book I first read in 2012.
It tells the history of German rivers and landscape engineering from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. 1/🧵
It tells the history of German rivers and landscape engineering from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. 1/🧵
December 7, 2024 at 11:59 AM
For my river history (re)readings I recently completed The Conquest of Nature by David Blackburn, a widely cited 2006 #envhist book I first read in 2012.
It tells the history of German rivers and landscape engineering from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. 1/🧵
It tells the history of German rivers and landscape engineering from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. 1/🧵
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Bluesky folks, sharing our website on primary sources on Taiwanese history. Consider including a few of these in your spring classes on colonialism, education, medicine, indigenous histories, and East Asian histories.
taiwanprimarysources.com
taiwanprimarysources.com
Primary Sources on Taiwan
Visit the post for more.
taiwanprimarysources.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Bluesky folks, sharing our website on primary sources on Taiwanese history. Consider including a few of these in your spring classes on colonialism, education, medicine, indigenous histories, and East Asian histories.
taiwanprimarysources.com
taiwanprimarysources.com
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My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon.
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Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China)
Amazon.com: Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China): 9781009382267: Hirata, Koji: Books
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November 26, 2024 at 11:57 PM
My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
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A Chinese podcast explores disturbing allegations against "Luo," a recent Stanford PhD graduate in political science. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UhSHwMPziz... 1/5
斯坦福罗博士风波：双方当事人对「性骚扰」的指控、回应与争议| 故事FM
双方当事人上节目自述
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November 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM
A Chinese podcast explores disturbing allegations against "Luo," a recent Stanford PhD graduate in political science. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UhSHwMPziz... 1/5