@lnachman32.bsky.social Upon #reading your profile, I tagged two of your #books 'Contested Taiwan' and 'Taiwan' for future reading. Tia! #Booksky #Libby #Politics #Sociology #Taiwan

Sharing this super interesting article that examines the history of the slogan 自己的國家自己救 from its start as KMT propoganda slogan to a protest chant for the Sunflower Movement. It is also one of the first articles to engage with my new book! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

My first attempt to make sense of a truly historic general election. open.substack.com/pub/observin...

My basic Bad Bunny take is that Puerto Rico should have meaningful congressional representation and the right to vote for the US President 🐰

Solidarity to the incredible journalists at WaPo who lost their jobs today, many of whom have been trusted friends and colleagues for years.

I’m quoted in @nbcnews.com discussing the implications of Trump and Xi’s recent comments on Taiwan. www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/t...

I am thrilled to share our newest peer-reviewed work, "Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reform" with @poscwty1.bsky.social & Hannah June Kim, out now at China Quarterly! A🧵on Taiwanese public opinion & independent voters: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tl;dr: Independent voters were more likely to side with the KMT/TPP over support for the 2024 reforms and protests. But, independent voters have different feelings towards democratic practices than the KMT/TPP. The TPP, meanwhile show real undemocratic populist potential.

I am thrilled to share our newest peer-reviewed work, "Feeling Blue: Public Support for Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement and Legislative Reform" with @poscwty1.bsky.social & Hannah June Kim, out now at China Quarterly! A🧵on Taiwanese public opinion & independent voters: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Speaking with some very thoughtful folks at @taiwanfcc.bsky.social next Monday about what chaos awaits Taiwan this next year:

I'm going on tour in Tokyo! Starting next week I'll be doing a series of book talks for my new book "Contested Taiwan" at three universities in Tokyo! All are open to the public! 会場でお会いできるのを楽しみにしています !

I’m quoted with @williamyang120.bsky.social in @reuters.com discussing reactions to Venezuela from Taiwan. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

I understand the knee-jerk reaction to say that China doesn’t care about international precedent, but that is categorically untrue. See: PRC’s new narrative building over the Cairo Declaration, misinterpretation of UN resolution 2758, etc. Xi has not been doing it just for fun.

Remember when the PRC’s misuse of U.N resolution 2758 was one of the scariest ways a major power was setting international precedent to unilaterally take action against Taiwan? Simpler times.

I am horrified that the United States continues to set precedent for China to take unilateral action against Taiwan. It isn’t 疑美論, it is 怕美論.

Bon fil sur la manière dont les Taïwanais(es) réagissent de manière différentes à différentes menaces venues de la Chine.

Highly recommend Lev’s book (and this 🧵.)

Fantastic thread. Worth a read.

新年快樂🫶

The “I’m not 101” sign next to 101 is making my New Year’s Eve:

I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself

Today Taiwan faces record-setting military drills from the PRC. But, people in Taiwan will remain largely cool and unphased. Most won't even notice the threats. Why? In my new book, I write extensively about why some types of PRC threats mobilize civil society and others do not:

So much for winter break starting today thanks Xi 😒

Holy shit that was a massive earthquake in Taipei 希望大家沒事!!

Taiwan had a years worth of news in one day today. I hope everyone is okay 🫶

Taiwan had a years worth of news in one day today. I hope everyone is okay 🫶

Tomorrow!

台北的朋友！ 這禮拜六無聊的話 來聽我講 太陽花學運的八卦 👀

Honored that Wei-Ting Yen, Hannah June Kim and I’s survey research on Taiwan‘s declining view of America during Trump 2.0 was featured in Washington Post! Thank you kindly Katrina Northrop! www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

New event! 📆20th Dec 🕚7pm Taiwan Time @newbloommag.net host @lnachman32.bsky.social for book talk “Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation” in Taipei. Details: www.facebook.com/events/13872...

Come be my colleague! The Graduate Institute of National Development (國發所) at National Taiwan University is seeking applicants for a new tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position! www.nd.ntu.edu.tw/News_Content...

Josh Freedman, Wei-Ting Yen, David Sacks of CFR and I will have a debate on how useful sticking to the "status quo" is for US-China-Taiwan relations next Monday (8am ET; 9pm Taipei time). It is going to be spicy! Tune in! www.fpri.org/event/2025/t...

Join us Saturday, December 20th for a book talk with political scientist @lnachman32.bsky.social on his new book, “Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation”! www.facebook.com/events/13872...

Excited for this book talk with @lnachman32.bsky.social!

I’ll be giving a book talk at @newbloommag.net next Saturday December 20th! 不見不散！ facebook.com/events/s/boo...

I’ll be giving a book talk at @newbloommag.net next Saturday December 20th! 不見不散！ facebook.com/events/s/boo...

I’m quoted in the Wall Street Journal discussing US ambiguity towards Taiwan. Thank you kindly @joyuwang.bsky.social for reaching out! www.wsj.com/world/china/...

我接受@bbcchinese訪問, 討論賴清德的特別預算公告: www.bbc.com/zhongwen/art...

I’m quoted in NBC discussing the latest Trump-Xi phone call and what it means for Taiwan. www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/t...

Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back! Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3

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Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back! Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3

Shelley Rigger told @politico.com China Watcher in 2024: "How hard would it be to Google the title before you put it on a book? It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that [the publisher] knew they were overwriting and disappearing my work,” said Rigger. politi.co/3JG1FKU

There's something very telling about Brown's actions--we suddenly have an influx of China experts who want to get in on Taiwan since it's a sexy topic, but disregard the existing Taiwan experts, and want to bury those existing experts because they are competition

In case you missed it, Kerry Brown wrote a book that plagiarized Shelley Rigger’s classic book title. I, along with others who were asked to review Kerry’s manuscript, said verbatim to change the title. In the most tacky and unprofessional fashion, he stole her title anyway.

#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Can Taiwan survive partisanship? Evidence from two survey experiments - https://cup.org/4qoafhT - @lnachman32.bsky.social#OpenAccess #jjps

No news is good news 😮‍💨

#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Can Taiwan survive partisanship? Evidence from two survey experiments - https://cup.org/4qoafhT - @lnachman32.bsky.social#OpenAccess #jjps

I'm going on (book) tour! If you're in Washington or California these next couple of weeks, please come say hi!