What a loss, but his timeless work will continue to inspire the next generation of China scholars. 5/5

I haven't known Joe for very long, but bonded with him over discussions of party history and the methodological challenge of 'studying China from afar' - some of his great insights are included in this compilation edited by Andy Mertha at SAIS: scgrc.sais.jhu.edu/wp-content/u... 4/5

His latest 2022 book Forging Leninism may seem like a weird pivot back to history, but as he argues the (violent) early years of the CCP's founding is instrumental for understanding recurring organizational dynamics in party history www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... 3/5

I actually just assigned a chapter on neoconservatism from his 2001 book China Since Tiananmen this semester for my undergrads, which of course included some amazing foresight into elite intellectual trends today. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... 2/5

"this may change in the future: younger cohorts in our database tended to be more diverse with regard to gender, educational background, and geography.""

the Cuomintang has lost the mandate of heaven

man throws ball, other man swings bat, bat hits ball, ball flies very far

thanks! I guess a US-focused piece would likely be too centered on the Michigan & Harvard mafias lol

is there a piece out there that outlines the role of academics in US-China relations? I've been wanting to assign something like this to my students

@lnachman32.bsky.social Lev’s new book hot off the press uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

The unintended consequence, as ex-minister Lin mentioned in the op-ed in the first post, is that the PRC unwittingly lent fuel to the populist anti-China backlash post 2016 in TW, and as a result ended with no productive results for its grand plans for reunification in the past decade. 6/6

I think it's unlikely things would have turned out that differently given the partisan dynamics in TW, but this moment in 2016 was an important moment of foreshadowing: the PRC's personalistic cooptation of KMT politicians, as well as the complete stonewalling of the DPP 5/6

a timely discussion given the recent recall campaigns directed against KMT legislators, which is going to somewhat damage the KMT's credibility in cross-strait relations. The other question is whether there was a 'lost opportunity' for the Tsai admin in terms of cross-strait policy 4/6