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lauraluehrmann.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science and Chair, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University (Dayton, OH). Modern Chinese politics and foreign policy, social movements, political ideologies. Ph.D., Ohio State University #FirstGen
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DoD terminates Minerva grants and State Dept eliminates Title VIII summer language institutes on the same day. Coming on the heels of COVID, there’s going to be gaping holes in international expertise in the US for a generation. /slow clap

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“The Trump administration has already demonstrated that it is willing to suddenly and without warning break from decades of bipartisan US policy on China,” says Bethany Allen, head of China investigations and analysis at @aspi-org.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Via AFP:

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UN report: China expands forced labor in Xinjiang, Tibet www.voanews.com/a/un-report-...

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"But as well as dropping the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence", the page has added a reference to Taiwan's cooperation with a Pentagon technology and semiconductor development project and says the U.S. will support Taiwan's membership in int'l orgs..." www.reuters.com/world/us-dro...

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PBS FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, the documentary examines how the Communist regime controls Tibet’s Buddhist population, and the battle over the succession of its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

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China’s ‘iPhone City’ eerily quiet as Foxconn moves production amid trade war www.scmp.com/economy/chin...

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apnews.com/article/tesl... #Tesla #Musk #China

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Update: As of Thursday, “Ne Zha 2” has grossed over 10 billion yuan ($1.3 billion), becoming China’s highest-grossing film and setting the biggest single-market box office record in history.

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Several Honduran opposition candidates vying for the country's November elections support resuming diplomatic relations with Taiwan. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6033468

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When it comes to assessing the risks of DeepSeek, are we asking the wrong questions? Governments, journalists, and coders need to know that it’s a much more sophisticated propaganda tool than we all thought.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

This could be really bad. A lot of rights stories in China only get covered thanks to RFA and VOA. Combined with the impact of funding cuts on NGOs and China's own moves to suppress the foreign media presence there, it could become much, much harder to track what's going on.

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China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14bn worth of US goods https://www.ft.com/content/5260a94a-df1e-4c4c-8fa9-afc80506b360

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Republican Senator Jerry Moran of farm-state Kansas sounds the alarm on dismantling #USAID. Impending global implications as well as domestic implications for U.S. farmers. kansasreflector.com/2025/02/07/k...

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WashU PoliSci is hosting its third annual summer research program for undergraduates! Applications are due March 7. If you know students who might be thinking of grad school and want to get hands-on research experience, encourage them to apply at: sites.wustl.edu/wusteps/

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February kicks off #BlackHistoryMonth, a time to honor and celebrate Black resilience, contribution and triumph. Black history is central to our nation’s story. This month and always we celebrate the diversity and creativity of Black Americans that is essential to the U.S.'s foundation.

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Number of Americans studying in Mandarin in Taiwan at Mandarin Training Centers in 2024-2025 academic year: 3,458. In 2023, it was 3,431. There were 800 Americans studying Mandarin in China as of June 2024. depart.moe.edu.tw/ed4500/News_...

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Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program- 1st and 2nd Year PhD Students Deadline: March 9, 2025 Applications for the 2025-2026 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program- Spring Cycle are now open! The spring application cycle will provide $2000 awards to support first and second year…

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Dozens of asylum seekers in Hong Kong who were approved for resettlement in the United States are now in limbo after Trump’s executive order suspended refugee admissions. sg.news.yahoo.com/us-bound-ref...

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As China’s economic presence has grown, it is not surprising that Trump’s interest in reclaiming the Panama Canal is a mere smokescreen for the larger geopolitical contest between the US and China in the western hemisphere, says US academic Chen Xiangming.

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INDOPACOM = the agenda.

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If anyone's wondering how things are on the other side of the world, China's yearly Spring Festival crackdown on online platforms seems to have a new provision targeting anyone "spreading anti-marriage or anti-childbearing ideas, extreme feminism, or playing up the gender divide." So that's fun.

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Taiwan’s parliament freezes parts of military budget despite Donald Trump risk https://www.ft.com/content/105ed24f-30e3-41ac-b5b1-0efeb4e3a625

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China’s economic miracle is ending, leaving President Xi Jinping with a challenge none of his predecessors faced: how to govern after the boom.

submitted 61 days ago • 14 comments

Get a library card—even if you don’t plan to use it. Your registration helps secure funding for libraries, keeping them open and thriving for the entire community. Every card counts!

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Here's my report on this morning's events in the legislature--it's expected that the KMT will push through changes to the Recall Act now, but I also think this will fuel future protest

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President-elect Trump has been handed a playbook for downsizing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at a time when China is investing heavily in climate research, and could see an opening to being the next global weather superpower.

submitted 76 days ago • 18 comments

On International Human Rights Day, the EU calls for the immediate and unconditional release of EU citizen #GuiMinhai, and for his right to consular access to be respected. www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/... 1/4

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Interesting data about exiled dictators...

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This year I spent months reporting in Colombia, Mexico, and California, following Chinese migrants hoping to seek asylum in the US. It's a route that's become known as 走线. We made a 4-part podcast series about their journey. The first episode is free this week: open.spotify.com/episode/0vTt...

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As we begin Thanksgiving week in the US, I remember my Thanksgiving at Nankai University, during my dissertation fieldwork. My friends hosted me in the student cafeteria, proudly explaining to others that the day was a special US holiday akin to Lunar New Year in the PRC. en.nankai.edu.cn

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The month before Chinese New Year is a high time for labor protests, because migrant workers demand overdue wages to support their families during the holiday. In late 2016, there were hundreds of daily events, and a protest wave like this is the last thing the government needs right now. 1/

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Thanks, @jacobware.bsky.social for the heads up! I'll be watching for this release, too! #FictionalIntelligence

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Powerful statement from journalist turned activist Gwyneth Ho on her FB, published after she was sentenced to 7 years in prison by a Hong Kong court today: "we rose above fear and emerged as a genuine civil society."

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Opposition fully liquidated. Hong Kong has become the world's most radical effort to combine free markets and political unfreedom. To the extent that they succeed, we will all suffer hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...

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45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and academics and writers sentenced today for up to a decade in prison. They'd been found guilty of "subverting state power" - all for organizing a primary election poll. Going live on @npr.org later to talk about the implications. hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...

submitted 101 days ago • 8 comments

A small but revealing measure of the mood among people with money and mobility in China: The emigration of middle-class Chinese under Xi (especially since Covid) has created a new market overseas for Chinese bookstores outside the country. apnews.com/article/chin...

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

It was great to see @jfallows.bsky.social in Dayton last week as part of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize celebrations!

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Deeply concerned about #China #legal activist #XuZhiyong. Not only is he wrongfully detained, he is also hunger-striking to protest #humanrights violations in prison. Such is #XiJinping’s rule. www.nchrd.org/2024/10/urge...

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A busy week for the Hong Kong courts coming up: • Tuesday: Sentencing for the 45 (out of 47) pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to subvert the state's power under the National Security Law • Wednesday: Jimmy Lai takes the stand for the first time www.yahoo.com/news/hong-ko...

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My research assistant, Shadow, is pleased to join this Blue team. He's looking to connect with others interested in #China, #ComparativePolitics, and #ContentiousPolitics. He's also interested in faculty #SharedGovernance, college #basketball and always welcomes #Dog pictures and contributions!

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“Columbus city leaders are condemning reports of armed neo-Nazis marching Saturday afternoon through the Short North, using racial slurs toward people of color and shouting about Jewish people and white power.” www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

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Chinese women born after 1990 have on average a higher education level than their husbands, a study found www.sixthtone.com/news/1016087

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Honestly, this is a moment when specialists in American politics may want to take some time to bone up on their Comparative subfield, particularly those who have worked on hybrid regimes/electoral authoritarianism elsewhere

submitted 109 days ago • 3 comments