5/ Oh, and did I forget to mention: this week the author won the Nobel Prize.

4/ Well, the book is forthcoming, and last week I ordered an exam copy (legit, because I will assign it to my seminar next year).

3/ Or it might be interesting to write a review of the book when it came out, if only to discuss how a China historian could never get away with similar claims about the historiography of Europe.

2/ I thought it was amusing that he cited the work of several colleagues to make an argument that seemed to be diametrically opposed to what they were arguing.

and an interview on why I think it is important: x.com/i/status/187...

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Comgratulations!