This JoD essay draws on our book, OUTSOURCING SURVEILLANCE: ONLINE OPINION MANAGEMENT IN CHINA. @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @chinagovernancelab.bsky.social Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Beijing knows digital surveillance of the world’s most populous nation is technologically demanding. So the Party has hired corporations to occupy the “public-opinion battlefield” and spot the trouble before it spreads. @onglynette.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

GLD Fellow Lynette Ong (University of Toronto) has recently published a Cambridge Element, Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Opinion Management in China. It is available to download for free until June 24; download it here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

🔔 New book alert - open access until June 24th Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Opinion Management in China, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Elements in Political Economy by @onglynette.bsky.social, Huihua Nie and Jesslene Lee Access here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Prof. Lynette Ong is sharing her co-authored Cambridge Element that examines how the Chinese state outsources digital surveillance to private firms, contributing to research on digital repression and state-business relations. Available for free download in the first two weeks: shorturl.at/lVpmw

New Cambridge Element, Outsourcing Surveillance by Lynette Ong, Huihua Nie and Jesslene Lee, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4uXJ8fx

In this policy brief just published at the International Journal, we looked at the implications of Trump's reelection for Canada-China [email protected] @matinastevis.bsky.social @withfilesfrom.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share a review by our graduate fellow, Ted Allen-Rawding, featuring "Waiting To Be Arrested at Night" (Penguin Press 2023) by Tahir Hamut Izgil. Read the full review here: shorturl.at/ySFsT cc: @onglynette.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

Our Lab Director, Professor @onglynette.bsky.social, appeared on CBC News Network to speak about the upcoming Trump-Xi summit and what to expect. Watch the interview here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/... @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

We held our 2026 graduate fellows conference, chaired by @onglynette.bsky.social, Director of the Lab, in late April. Conference featured research by two panels of graduate fellows chaired by Professors Victor Falkenheim and @lipscy.bsky.social. 1/3 @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @utoronto.ca

We are excited to hold our inaugural Graduate Fellow Conference on April 9th, 2026, at the Campbell Conference Facility -- featuring research of our 6 fellows, and two special guests: @josephtorigian.bsky.social & @evadou.bsky.social Register Here: shorturl.at/bRgxu @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

We are excited to hold our inaugural Graduate Fellow Conference on April 9th, 2026, at the Campbell Conference Facility -- featuring research of our 6 fellows, and two special guests: @josephtorigian.bsky.social & @evadou.bsky.social Register Here: shorturl.at/bRgxu @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

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Pleased to share a review written by our graduate fellow, Mary Hertz, featuring "On The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China” (Cambridge University Press, 2025) by @shitongqiao.bsky.social. Read the full review here: shorturl.at/JLVi9

Professor @onglynette.bsky.social will be joining a panel organized by @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social & @georgetowncal.bsky.social to examine how foreign interference & TNR are unfolding in Canada and what lessons policymakers should consider. Register here: www.asiapacific.ca/events/march...

Corrected URL link to abstract here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @chinagovernancelab.bsky.social

Coming soon! A sequel to Outsourcing Repression (and Everyday State Power in China). Abstract here: www.cambridge.org/core/element... @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

We are pleased to present a review written by our graduate fellow, Alireza Nouri, featuring a very timely book "Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics" by Alexander Cooley and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social Read full review here: shorturl.at/01m2J