PhD in Political Science @BU_tweets | gender, population, & political economy in post-one-child-policy China
Boston, Massachusetts
Joined January 2018
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My first blog post is live!
A PhD in social science has fundamentally reshaped how I think about AI – from ethics to human behavior to the unintended consequences of large-scale systems.
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My second blog post is live! In this post, I conduct a small experiment on LLMs, overtranslation, and culturally and philosophically dense Chinese terms.
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If you are at @APSAtweets please join us in 20 minutes on a panel to honor Joseph Fewsmith in Hynes 206
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Join us for the 2nd Annual Bringing the Sector Back In APSA Mini-Conference at the 2026 Annual Meeting of @APSAtweets in Boston! Check out our fantastic paper & roundtable panels from September 3-6. Come learn new research & join synergetic discussions! bit.ly/bsbi2026schedule
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2026 APSA Theme Panel: Feminist Methods, Political Science and the Current Moment buff.ly/g3oQc3w
This week, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation and became a doctor! 👩🎓 I'm deeply grateful to my committee — Taylor Boas, Rachel Brulé, Roselyn Hsueh, and Joseph Harris — for their unwavering support throughout this journey. @BU_PoliSci – at Boston, MA
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Thank you, Xu, for sharing our paper! It's been a wonderful experience working with you, Qiwei, and Xin. We hope the paper contributes to a broader understanding of how state power shapes the talent allocation btw private vs. public sector + across public agencies.
Why do talented people compete so fiercely for government jobs in China? In our @cps_journal paper with @FengBo10517365, @he_qiwei, and Xin Jin, we identify state power as a key reason—with implications beyond China. doi.org/10.1177/001041402614… 🧵
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Why do talented people compete so fiercely for government jobs in China? In our @cps_journal paper with @FengBo10517365, @he_qiwei, and Xin Jin, we identify state power as a key reason—with implications beyond China. doi.org/10.1177/001041402614… 🧵
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My first book, Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China’s Banking Explosion (Cornell University Press), is officially out today!
It explores the political foundations of China’s banking market development—and how that development both drove the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in the past three decades and incubated its deeply intertwined challenges: shadow banking, the housing bubble, and local government debt.
The China story isn’t sui generis—not once you see how contract-intensive markets expand in other autocracies. Authoritarian states produce authoritarian markets: markets with three coherent properties, the three “Rs”—rationed entry, reflective competition, and rigged regulation. I won’t give away details but post the epigraph to each chapter below :)
I hope you find the book readable, rigorous, and refreshing—a different set of three Rs, but ones I hope characterize the book as much as its argument.
Finally—here’s a promo code (40% off!): 09EXP40.
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p.s. So many teachers and friends to thank---see my acknowledgement :)
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New paper about intergovernmental lobbying in Authoritarianism with Meng Tang & Bo Feng! We show how Chinese county governments used Beijing Liaison Offices to lobby central ministries, secure discretionary transfers, and shape economic and political outcomes. Comments welcome!
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In an era where automation and "vibe coding" are reshaping how we build software, the Data Science Mentoring Circles program (DSMC) is reinforcing the vital role of the human element in data science. Thank you to the DSMC mentors who participated in this event!
Read the insights here: spr.ly/6013BBA9bc
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Excellent new APSR article on Chinese revolutionary Zou Rong's incorporation and transformation of the global discourse of race in the early twentieth century. Congratulations!
Excited to share my article in @apsrjournal on racial discourse in modern Chinese political thought. Now available in FirstView!
doi.org/10.1017/S00030554261…
Excited to present at #AAS2026 on our panel "From Bodies to Bureaucracies: Reproduction and Gendered State Power in Contemporary China" this Friday (11:00-12:30, VCC Room 209). A great lineup of papers, chair and discussant. Hope to see you there! cdmcd.co/3RLBxr
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I received helpful feedback and engagement at the Comparative Politics Colloquium of @UCBerkeley Political Science for what became my @PoPpublicsphere article, “Bringing the Sector Back In and the New Political Economy.” Check out the Open Access article. 3/ cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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My recent open-access article provides a new perspective to understand politics and propaganda in today's China. “Propaganda State 2.0” in China | The China Quarterly | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4aAVoKb
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New post dropped! Admittedly it’s been a while but we’re back. This time with a piece with Prof Martin Whyte, who can tell you all about his trailblazing sociology research in China from the 70s onwards, and whether China’s social volcano of inequality will erupt. Enjoy!
Will China’s Social Volcano erupt? — with Martin Whyte open.substack.com/pub/peking…
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My dearest mentor, Professor Joseph Fewsmith, unfortunately passed away this week. I wrote this little tribute with great pain. But no writing is enough to express my love and gratitude for Joe.
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If you're planning to attend #AAS2026 in Vancouver but need some help financing your trip, check out our conference funding opportunities. We are committed to facilitating the attendance of as many people as our resources allow!
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ALT A red Japan passport, travel documents, and a toy airplane on a laptop keyboard symbolizing travel for the AAS 2026 Annual Conference in Vancouver.