Thanks to my colleague Emily Matson for capturing these action shots of me guest lecturing in her class at Georgetown this week! I presented on Maoism and the Black Panthers, featuring groundbreaking scholarship from Keisha Brown, Ruodi Duan, Yunxiang Gao and others.

Newly Updated Infographic: China's Leaders of Party and State Our latest updates include appointments after the 14th Two Sessions, removal of Qin Gang and Li Shangfu, and the changing responsibilities of some politburo members. Download pdf here: jagevanscom.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/post...

A big thank you to Dominic Chiu from Eurasia Group for coming to talk to my GW class about Xi Jinping! Excellent insights about the personal and structural reasons for Xi’s ascent and centralization of power, and an engaging class discussion on Chinese politics