It is with much excitement (and yet still a heavy heart) that I announce the forthcoming publication of my late colleague Xiaohong Xu’s final work, The Great Separation: The Chinese Cultural Revolution and the Political Origins of Ordoeconomism (University of Michigan Press, October 2026).

Earlier today, @uofmpress.bsky.social sent me the front cover design of Xiaohong Xu’s forthcoming book. It will come out in October 2026. Gorgeous art by Dahong Liu. Provocative foreword by Ho-fung Hung. Brilliant scholarship by Xiaohong Xu.