Tried to grade some midterms but got distracted because THE JAYS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES

Second leg of APSA2025. Presenting joint work on geopolitics and democratization in Taiwan Saturday 2pm, and then book roundtable Sunday 10am for @lnachman32.bsky.social and his new book “Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation.” Hope to see you there!

interesting retrospection on cross-strait relations lately. from Lin Chong-pin, ex deputy defense minister of the ROC: The Tsai admin's proposal to re-initiate cross strait talks early in her presidency was quasi rebuffed by Beijing, due to a combo of interpersonal relations behind the scenes. 1/6

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South Side!

Thanks for coming Jeff! I can't believe we forgot to take a group photo at dinner, but here is a nice shot of you with Ann:

though don't discount the possibility that all of this will be blamed on poor Lutnick

If I knew how to photoshop, I would do an overlay picture of Lin Biao with Elongated Muskrat

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New publication to wrap up the end of 2024: in this piece with Lynette Ong, we take a stab at answering whether stability maintenance system in China over the years have succeeded in its professed goal of preventive repression. Thanks in advance for reading! www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/...

something something past is present

"Bombard the Headquarters!" - Mao, 1966

Will be moderating an online panel "The American Election Results: The View from Taipei" at Harvard Fairbank Center with Steve Goldstein, Christina Lai (Sinica), and Andrew Nien-dzu Yang (CAPS) *today* Monday at 8pm EST / Tuesday 9 am Taipei time. Register: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-a...