bspivey.bsky.social
Historian of modern China, postdoc at CIW @ Australian National University. Writing a book about Maoist environmentalism during the Cultural Revolution. Also ئۇيغۇر and Xinjiang. UC Irvine History PhD, editor at large at LAReviewofBooks. ZLarchives.com
👤 Joined on 02 February 2024
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@bspivey.bsky.socialIt's amazing how Tibet, which used to be a shibboleth of the New Left is now unmentionable unless it's to defend China's actions there.
Show PostNow see when people talk like this I’m led to believe that their issue isn’t so much the committing of genocide (of which both Israel and China are guilty) and rather the presence of Jews. Also, a poor historical understanding of modern China.
Show PostIsrael literally uses surveillance technology in the West Bank that was originally developed by the PRC for racially profiling Uyghurs (they explicitly advertise this as a feature)
Show PostNewsletter of @thewirechina.bsky.social with link to a Q&A with me (glad to see the photo in the center used in as China's June 4th anniversary approaches--a reminder that there was joy in the square before there were tanks in the streets in 1989) www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-...
Show Posthappy to see that the review essay written by @maqianyu.bsky.social and myself for LARB has been published. It discusses two important recent books about Chinese Muslims (Hui) by @rianthum.bsky.social and Hale Eroglu.Thanks go out to @bspivey.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yckc5bbd
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