Xu Xu
@xuxupolitics.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University http://xu-xu.net
Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...
How has digital media transformed authoritarian propaganda? In our new @ajpseditor.bsky.social paper with Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we proposed a *decentralized propaganda* model and empirically demonstrate its existence on Douyin: doi.org/10.1111/ajps... 🧵
May 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
How has digital media transformed authoritarian propaganda? In our new @ajpseditor.bsky.social paper with Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we proposed a *decentralized propaganda* model and empirically demonstrate its existence on Douyin: doi.org/10.1111/ajps... 🧵