thanks Sinica Podcast for the shoutout to my Made in China Journal essay!
and this: Niall Ferguson literally said 'what the U.S. is trying to do to China right now with advanced semiconductor export restrictions is what the Trisolarans were trying to do to Earth'.
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Have you watched #Netflix 's 'The Three-Body Problem' yet? @kaiserkuo reviews & discusses the pop culture phenomena w/ The Spectator's Cindy Yu and Hyphen magazine's Chris Fan.

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Having enjoyed reading almost all the articles discussed in it, and still immersed in various versions of #threebodyproblem , this is my favorite podcast episode ever! Kudos to Kaiser Kuo, Christopher Pan, and Cindy Yu podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sin…

Charles Laughlin It was really extraordinary, wasn’t it? Kudos to Kaiser Kuo for creating such a special hour with the perfectly chosen pair of Cindy Yu & Chris Fan 范致忠 —& good use of insights from Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ & others.

Did Netflix ruin The Three-Body Problem? A conversation with Cindy Yu and Chris Fan 范致忠 (Christopher Fan) on the Sinica Podcast. Transcript is free this week on Substack.
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In which Cindy Yu bemoans being done dirty yet again by the GoT showrunners, Kaiser Kuo opens the proverbial can of allegory-worms, and I confess my love for Panda Express. This was a lot of fun!

Upcoming events: UCLA April 22 uclahistorybrownbag.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/spr… but before that events in Taipei where I'm heading now April 10: sinica.edu.tw/en/Calendar_Co… April 11 & 12 three images below have details...

'What’s become clearer since 2006 is that no matter how these allegories are twisted around, they all point to the same thing: Our Lord, capital.' lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-re…

Fascinating take on the Three-Body Problem as an allegory of the evolving US-China rivalry.
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The specious comparisons to the Cultural Revolution were inevitable after the dramatic and well-executed opening setpiece in Netflix's '3 Body Problem.' What did people fail to understand when drawing those parallels? My essay for the week. Link in replies below.

Co-sign! Paul Nadal

#AbortionIsHealthcare ! Chef's kiss that this is done to the tune of a Little Mermaid song.

My pre-ordered copy of Chris Fan’s highly-anticipated book, Asian American Fiction after 1965, arrived in the mail today!

Congratulations, Chris Fan 范致忠, on the publication of this field-changing book! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Columbia Univ Press

finished a major revision today, so here's a quick thread on discussion of Netflix's 3 body on douban & zhihu? douban review isn't bad - average score of 6.9 (even tho the top reviews on first page are 1-stars), kinda in line with the general ideological orientation of the

Speaking tomorrow on 'Post-2008 Asian American Cinema and the Economic Power of Capital' at Texas A&M!

marxists know it well.....

Stay safe, 🇹🇼 friends and fam... ❤️

Now available! ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965: TRANSNATIONAL FANTASIES OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY, by Christopher T. Fan (Chris Fan 范致忠)! Use CUP20 and save 20%. rb.gy/187j38 Columbia Univ Press

2024 Post45 Essay Prizes at a Glance!

Cool colors = Mary Esteve Emerging Scholar Prize
Warm colors = Contingent Scholars Prize

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Can't wait for this! Congrats, Catie Lilly and Mark!