history.stanford.edu/news/alumni-... My alumni interview at the website of Stanford’s history department. スタンフォード大学歴史学科のウェブサイトに載った私の卒業生インタビュー。ご笑覧ください。

I am very happy to announce that I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 光栄なことに英国王立歴史学協会(Royal Historical Society)の会員(Fellow)に選出していただきました。

The details of my upcoming book talk at Stanford confirmed. I am really grateful to my advisor and the other organizers for inviting me from overseas, which I know is not easy these days. 11月にスタンフォード大学で講演します。久しぶりの米国です。 events.stanford.edu/event/making...

I am incredibly grateful to Professor Shellen Wu for their engaging review of "Making Mao’s Steelworks" in The China Quarterly. Yes, conducting the archival research for this book was challenging, beginning with an unforgettable trip to Anshan. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I am thrilled to share that my book, Making Mao’s Steelworks, has been awarded the 2025 Reid Prize (given for “the most significant book contributing to the understanding of Asia”) by the Asian Studies Association of Australia. asaa.asn.au/news/book-ab...

Yangyang Cheng’s excellent review of the much-discussed “House of Huawei” by Eva Dou is packed with sharp insights—and to my surprise and delight, cites the far less-discussed “Making Mao’s Steelworks” by yours truly🙂 昨年出版され話題沸騰の華為についての本の非常に興味深い書評。何故かワタクシの地味な本も引用されてます🙂

My book, Making Mao's Steelworks, will soon reach its six-month anniversary since publication. It has recently received its third and fourth reviews. I am deeply grateful to Professors Jiaxiang Liu and Kerry Brown for their thoughtful engagement. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... doi.org/10.1080/0306...

You ain't heard nothin' yet

Now that I am a published book author, I assume I am expected to insist that the authors cite my book in every single article/book manuscript I peer-review.

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

My book Multiracial Britishness: Global Networks in Hong Kong 1910-45 is out in paperback now 😁 It's now only £29.99 (and a further 20% off discount with the code HIST1525) at shorturl.at/15uJU . Really pleased that it received positive reviews on outlets eg H-Diplo, AHR & Journal of Social History!

I'll be giving a talk at Oxford on Thursday 1 May. Everyone is welcome! 5月1日木曜にオックスフォード大学で講演します。来てください！ 'Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism' Thursday 1 May 2025, 5pm global.history.ox.ac.uk/event/making...

If you are the person who canceled your booking at the Bank of England Archive this morning, you are my hero.

www.kieas.keio.ac.jp/information/... 2月21日に慶應義塾大学三田キャンパス（ハイブリッド）で現在進行中の研究についてお話しさせていただきます。ご興味のある方はどうぞ。

I will give my online talk, “Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang” (Urban China Lecture Series) on February 18 at 8:30PM EST (February 19 at 9:30AM Beijing Time).

A Cambridge student bought my book at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop and sent me this photo. I wrote the book mainly while I was a Cambridge postdoc. When I got tired of writing, I would go for a walk and sometimes drop into the CUP Bookshop to browse random academic books.

Joe Biden has just written a blurb for “Making Mao’s Steelworks.” The book shows that steel production—and the steel workers who produce it—were the backbone of Mao’ China. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

Thanks, Maura!

Happy White People's New Year, based on the calendar established by the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII🎊🎊

Of the more than 400 Soviet experts working in various government agencies and enterprises in China in 1954, only one was assigned to the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that Soviet person served as a Spanish teacher.

My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks,” is now available online via Cambridge Core. doi.org/10.1017/9781...

My book, “Making Mao’s Steelworks” is now available in online via Cambridge Core. doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Christmas comes early this year with “Gendered enterprise: Women & Australian business history”, 5 original research articles framed by a thoughtful introduction in the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review doi.org/10.1111/aehr... 📉📈🗃📗📜🍎 #history #Australia #AcademicSky #gendersky #polisky #sociology

I will be in the UK in April 2025, mostly based in Bristol. If you are interested in inviting me for a talk, please DM or email me.

Comrade Stalin (September 19, 1952): the UN is an American organization and that this UN must be destroyed, but while maintaining the appearance that we are not against the UN. This should be done under the guise of respect for the UN...

New book: Xiangli Ding's Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China reurl.cc/L5MV3K #envhist #China

Amazon (US) has already made my book available. Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.

On the official birthday of my book (US time), I will give an online book talk at HKU. Thank you so much, HKU, for making this happen. Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT. More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...

Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit to Angang (Anshan Iron and Steel Works), October 24, 1954.

With only a week until the publication date of my book, let me remind you that I recently published an open-access article that serves as a “prequel” to the book. The article focuses on 1909-1931—a period that is only lightly touched upon in the book. doi.org/10.1080/0007...

I was lucky enough to hear some material from this in a workshop a bit ago. It's gonna be a real good one!

Many congratulations to @khirata.bsky.social! And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...

I am thrilled that this much-antipated book is finally going to be out in the wild soon. Congrats, @khirata.bsky.social! 🎉

Been looking forward to this one for years now! This is gonna be a must-read.

Finally!!🎉

Looking forward to reading this.

Also you can register for a webinar with Koji Hirata’s book here: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...

12月5日にようやく私の本が出ます。読まなくてもいいので買ってください。

My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon. www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...

What better way to inaugurate Enterprise and Society's brand new Bluesky account than with Sharon Murphy's superb 2024 @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Presidential Address, presented here Open Access. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Xin’s book is already a classic if you want to know about the field of history writing in China

British Association for Chinese Studies annual conference call for papers: bacsuk.org.uk/bacs-confere... Conference is 3-5 Sept 2025 at the University of Leicester

New to Bluesky, so I thought I'd reintroduce my work! My first monograph, World History and National Identity in China, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. It explores #IntellectualHistory, #Historiography, #Nationalism, and the development of the #WorldHistory discipline in China.

Finding a new home for another ♻️'d #history thread from THAT PLACE... (original stuff from here on - promise...) Introducing Communist China’s first English-language daily, the Shanghai News #china

Sometimes retribution for evil deeds comes in the form of getting nommed on by a tiger.

Seems like Tokyo has more and more immigrants from China. I hope they will settle there permanently and bring their parents there--I can do oral history interviews there.

It's my great pleasure to be presenting my latest work on gender, laundry and the constitutional revolution in England at Academia Sinica on Monday 25 November. If you are in Taipei and free, please do come along!!! Further info➡️ www1.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/Bulletin/...

Me vs. November 2024

My first chapter in an edited collection has been published with Bloomsbury! So thankful to have my physical copy of “Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan’s Empire” with my chapter on the Puppet Emperor Palace. www.bloomsbury.com/us/contestin... @borderthinking.bsky.social