I am very happy to announce that I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
光栄なことに英国王立歴史学協会(Royal Historical Society)の会員(Fellow)に選出していただきました。

The details of my upcoming book talk at Stanford confirmed. I am really grateful to my advisor and the other organizers for inviting me from overseas, which I know is not easy these days.
11月にスタンフォード大学で講演します。久しぶりの米国です。

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I am incredibly grateful to Professor Shellen Wu for their engaging review of "Making Mao’s Steelworks" in The China Quarterly. Yes, conducting the archival research for this book was challenging, beginning with an unforgettable trip to Anshan.

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Yangyang Cheng’s excellent review of the much-discussed “House of Huawei” by Eva Dou is packed with sharp insights—and to my surprise and delight, cites the far less-discussed “Making Mao’s Steelworks” by yours truly🙂
昨年出版され話題沸騰の華為についての本の非常に興味深い書評。何故かワタクシの地味な本も引用されてます🙂

My book, Making Mao's Steelworks, will soon reach its six-month anniversary since publication. It has recently received its third and fourth reviews. I am deeply grateful to Professors Jiaxiang Liu and Kerry Brown for their thoughtful engagement.
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2月21日に慶應義塾大学三田キャンパス（ハイブリッド）で現在進行中の研究についてお話しさせていただきます。ご興味のある方はどうぞ。

I will give my online talk, “Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang” (Urban China Lecture Series) on February 18 at 8:30PM EST (February 19 at 9:30AM Beijing Time).

A Cambridge student bought my book at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop and sent me this photo. I wrote the book mainly while I was a Cambridge postdoc. When I got tired of writing, I would go for a walk and sometimes drop into the CUP Bookshop to browse random academic books.

Joe Biden has just written a blurb for “Making Mao’s Steelworks.”

The book shows that steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—were the backbone of Mao’ China.

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Happy White People's New Year, based on the calendar established by the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII🎊🎊

Of the more than 400 Soviet experts working in various government agencies and enterprises in China in 1954, only one was assigned to the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that Soviet person served as a Spanish teacher.

My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core.

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My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available in online via Cambridge Core.

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Comrade Stalin (September 19, 1952): the UN is an American organization and that this UN must be destroyed, but while maintaining the appearance that we are not against the UN. This should be done under the guise of respect for the UN...

Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit to Angang (Anshan Iron and Steel Works), October 24, 1954.

And now I have the joy of checking a 370-page proof😂

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And yes, after publishing my first book on Angang the company next year, I plan to write a book on the city of Anshan, some day.

Guess what I got in Pittsburgh!