New books 3/5
China's Age of Abundance
By Wang Feng

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Available at Amazon April 4, 2024: China's Age of Abundance a.co/d/3GK7An4

Thank you David David John Frank 🏳️‍🌈 for your kind promotion Yan Long

Internal review backs Business Insider reporting of Oxman plagiarism claims on.ft.com/48uI6wk

Dr. Guobin Yang talks about his book on the Wuhan Lockdown. I'll be a discussant. Mark your calendar.

For those who can get into China’s top colleges, do they still prefer to study in the United States?

Yingyi Ma argues that America has lost the heart of China’s top talent.
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Told a good China story, noted studying China from Taiwan is different from doing so on mainland China, and reconfirmed the one-China policy ahead of the Biden-XI meeting. Neysun Mahboubi Emily Baum Jeff Wasserstrom

New report: 'China Studies in an Uncertain Age' by Henry Luce Foundation-ACLS Program in China Studies faculty advisors Emily Baum & Yingyi Ma provides a deeper understanding of the experiences of China studies scholars through in-depth interviews with scholars: bit.ly/3tVb9db

The Madison-ACLS Program in China Studies is now accepting applications for Early Career Fellowships in China Studies (supported in part by NEH) and Travel Grants in China Studies: acls.org/chinastudies

Deadline for applications is November 16, 2023, 9:00 PM EST.

🧵: quickly deleted official cremation data indicates as many people may have died from Covid in a single province earlier this year as Beijing has said died in the mainland during the entire pandemic.
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Nearly Three Of Four Chinese Americans Have Experienced Racial Discrimination In Past Year – Survey/ this is not an OK outcome. Something has to be done. forbes.com/sites/russellf…

Congrats to UC Irvine sociologist Kristin Turney & team who've received a $510,000 U.S. National Science Foundation grant to provide the nation’s first systematic accounting of pandemic-related deaths in U.S. prisons. ...

Please join us March 17th for '20 Years of Venture Capital Investment in China: An Insider's View' with Kaichen (“KC”) Xu! UCI Social Sciences UCILaw Gregory Shaffer Jeff Wasserstrom Wang Feng UCI Paul Merage School of Business

Congratulations to my colleague Su Yang for this singular accomplishment and contribution!@ucisocsci UC Irvine Sociology

Recent books from the faculty UC Irvine Sociology! 👏👏 Yang Su Emily K. Carian

Please join us on Feb. 27 for 'Health Security and the Political Imperative: Lessons from the U.S. and China' with Christina S. Ho and criptep! UCILaw Wang Feng Gregory Shaffer UCI Social Sciences

Not the China you predict: China’s per capita GDP in 2021 was already at $12,556 (WB). McKinsey & Company has its own numbers, that by 2030 only 40% of China pop reach this level? A good consulting agency to trust!

A reflection of the road traveled. We have been there before. Can we do better this time? UNFPA PAA UCI Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy Stuart Gietel-Basten (@stuartgb.bsky.social) Philip N Cohen

Sociologist Wang Feng Wang Feng, a UM Population Studies Center alum mentored by Al Hermalin-- writes on the upsides and opportunities of population decline in China, and why we should embrace & adapt to global population decline. Yun Zhou endorses this 'must-read' The New York Times opinion piece ⬇️

More than size, it's the composition of China's population that needs attention, Mary Gallagher and Yun Zhou tell Michigan News. Here, Yun Zhou @UM_PC Michigan Sociology says the sex-ratio imbalance is a symptom and cause of entrenched gender inequality. More: news.umich.edu/after-announci…