Manfred Elfstrom

Happening today from 4 PM ET, join us for "Mobilizing the Mountains: Popular Protest in North China and Appalachia" in Uris Hall with @Manfred_E and moderated by WEAI Prof Yao Lu! More info here: weai.columbia.edu/events/mobiliz…

@KaiserKuo So sorry to hear this news. What a loss. I hope you find a way to preserve all the original content you have posted over the years.

Some very sad news from The China Project. For me, this was more than a job: it was a calling. But don't worry. I still hear the calling. thechinaproject.com/2023/11/06/som…

My latest: Two prominent Chinese activists were tried for subversion Friday in Guangzhou in a closed-door proceeding, while supporters and activists criticized Chinese authorities for putting on a "sham trial" and calling for their immediate release. voanews.com/a/metoo-journa…

TOLEDO IS STANDING UP!!! #StandUpUAW

🔓Using a large #protest event data set from #Weibo (CASM-China), Han Zhang, Yao Lu and Rui Bai investigate the Chinese government and #news #media's selection and description #bias in domestic protest events reporting. #China doi.org/10.1017/S03057…

See also the statement from Critical China Scholars criticalchinascholars.org/interventions/

Great piece by Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom regarding the recent NY TImes article fpif.org/we-oppose-mcca…

@guo_xuguang @GviliGal Congrats!!

Pleased to announce that Tansen Sen, @GviliGal, & I have received an NEH grant for our 3-year collaborative research project: "China and India in an Age of Decolonization: An Analysis of the Nehru Papers, 1947-1964." Thanks to everyone who offered their support and feedback.

@davidspatel Congrats! Excited to read this.

Thank you to the APSA MENA Politics section for awarding my book their Best Book prize. I am thrilled and honored!

@dtiffroberts @MansfieldCenter @umontana Congrats!

I am delighted to announce my new role as Director of China Affairs at @MansfieldCenter @umontana - I'm looking forward to building a great China program here in the Rocky Mountain region. Stay tuned for more great speakers we are lining up for next year. mailchi.mp/mso/2020-mansf…

When @APSAtweets holds its annual meeting in LA, workers at JW Marriot Los Angeles LA Live may be picketing the venue. UNITE HERE Local 11 is asking the conference to relocate. Sign this petition to push APSA to do just that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@ChaseMFoster @SOAS Congratulations!

Now that most of the bureaucratic hurdles have been cleared, I wanted to announce that I’ll be moving to London at the end of the month to begin a new job as Lecturer of Public Policy & Management at @SOAS.

@hsuyumin @PaulSchuler10 @brett_l_carter @Yujeong1107 Congrats! Looking forward to reading the final version!

I also thank the conference discussants who ever commented on this project; they are @PaulSchuler10, @Manfred_E, @brett_l_carter, and @Yujeong1107. Their insightful feedback and constructive comments greatly contributed to the improvement of this study.

Thrilled to find that my new article "Appeasing Workers without Great Loss: Autocracy and Progressive Labor Legislation" is coming out in Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol 🧵

Clarification: that’s not to say coups aren’t a concern in China and there aren’t elite Party constituencies that must be satisfied or whatever. Just that they seem less key to understanding things than broader state-society relations.

Realizing how much China is an authoritarian outlier today. Theories that I have always felt only offer modest leverage on the Chinese case—theories about coup-proofing, “selectorates”, etc.—seem immensely useful for understanding Russia right now.

Rising corporate profits were the largest contributor to Europe’s inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than the spiking costs of imported energy. bit.ly/441jfya

@ChrisCarothers Also, maybe this reflects a belief—right or wrong—that most citizens are broadly onboard with tough policies in Xinjiang.

I think key is what China thinks/fears might resonate with their average citizens. Accusations of genocide seem outlandish without context. But Xi is a dictator? Yeah...they kinda see it already

People might be confused why China tamps down US accusations that Xi is a dictator but amplifies the US accusation of Xinjiang genocide. 1/2

@NickJBrumfield Thanks! Much, much obliged!

@Manfred_E geocode.localfocus.nl for the geocoding earthpoint.us/exceltokml.aspx for Excel to KML

Just discovered free online batch geocoding tools and am just itching to make weird esoteric maps of things no one else wants to make

@NickJBrumfield What tools are you using?

Like these maps of the birthplaces of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Did you know none of the signers from North Carolina were actually from North Carolina? Settler colonialism, baby!