Local governments, as they adapt to the new economy, maintain a fragile symbiosis with platforms like Alibaba to advance their own political and economic objectives.

In this hybrid model, the pragmatic Leninist central state, to meet the "big tech challenge", both leverages and controls private tech giants to balance economic growth, social stability, and national security amid geopolitical tensions and a slowing economy.

#GCEG2025 will be presenting on two new research projects on Chinese biotech companies in Southeast Asia and AI platform and datafication in agriculture @ the Global Conference on Economic Geography in Worcester in the next few days. See u all there!

The inflation is starting to hit my local NH coffee roasters.....

Mood after a chaotic week .... 🕊️

I am so grateful to Angela Xiao Wu's beautifully written review of my book! As she wrote: "The Reinvention of Labor is an indispensable contribution to the global search for truly progressive, “pro-social” policy making"

looking forward to the conversation tmr morning on tiktok refugee and Grassroots Sino-American dialogue! 9 am.EST

Returning to my condo after 1 year abroad, only to find it severely damaged by the renter. She abused the heating system, left clogs in the drainage, flooded my floor many times, and left the condo uncleaned, and the sofa and closet door completely broken, with deep nail holes all over the apts.