Jeremy Wallace @jerometenk Twitter profile

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Jeremy Wallace

2 years

Excited to share that my book, Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China, is now available. 1/7

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Here’s my China Twitter backup plan.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

*Book announcement* My new book--Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts--is available for pre-order. A few numbers came to define Chinese politics, until they did not count what mattered and what they counted didn't measure up. Short thread.

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Jeremy Wallace

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CV update

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@SevaUT How will we know the elites if the impunity goes away?

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Jeremy Wallace

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Since it’s Friday, I’m gonna go full lukewarm: China will muddle through this economic moment. Central govt balance sheet will absorb some bad debt, new acronyms will appear, people will still eat baozi, complain about neighbors, and pray for high test scores.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

3 years

As a political scientist who writes about political legitimacy, authoritarianism, and climate change, I was excited that APSR published an article on precisely those topics. That piece incited a furor on this very website. I wrote about it here. /1

Political Science, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change

A political science article claimed that if democracy fails to adequately respond to the climate crisis, then 'political legitimacy may require adopting a more authoritarian approach.' A furor ensued...

bearistotle.substack.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

The energy transition will be hard, and decarbonization maybe harder, but it's not as depressing as that Vaclav Smil piece in the NYT suggested. Short (maybe?) thread.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Functioning at all in this world is hard. Doing so holding opposing ideas in one's head is even harder. But necessary. A short thread on the *catastrophic* *success* of China's zero COVID policy

Op-Ed: The catastrophic success of China's zero-COVID policy

China's leaders are clinging to their disastrous zero-COVID policy, because it worked in 2020. The regime's authoritarian structure makes it very hard to change once a number is set.

www.latimes.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

1 year

If you're struck all of a sudden with a need to understand why youth unemployment stats are being hidden and more broadly why numbers matter so much in Chinese politics, may I be so bold as to recommend my book: Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts.

Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Excited to share that my book, Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China, is now available. 1/7

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Jeremy Wallace

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2 years

Ok everyone, it's back to the Crooked Timber comments section.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

6 years

@chrislhayes Check depositing from a phone

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

The Propublica/Vanity Fair lab leak piece is now THE go to example making obvious that more China expertise and experience is needed in the US.

James Palmer

@BeijingPalmer

2 years

this is a good comparative example of the kind of language used in the Wuhan safety training. note that - as is pretty routine - it is *being sent out by a department a long way from where the accident happened as part of a general safety push*

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Jeremy Wallace

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1 year

Economist do a cover about China without a dragon challenge Nope. Well, maybe next time.

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Jeremy Wallace

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3 years

If you’re a Nobel Prize winning economist and your chapter on “regulating externalities” cites Steven Pinker but not Elinor Ostrom, I just …

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

3 years

@JamesSurowiecki @EricLevitz At what point in time do these organizations deserve the "so-called" epithet? As in, "so-called environmental groups"?

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

US: rules-based international order. rules-based international order. rules-based international order. rules-based international order. Also US: can I get an exception?

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@LiShuo_GP

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It's the end of CBAM if this happens. via @bpolitics

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Why isn’t IRA the Decrease Inflation Program? CHIPS and DIP people. I’m not sorry.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

China's COVID-19 statistics are problematic. But they aren't the real problem. Smart governments saw enough of the virus, the numbers, and the actions China took to protect their people. The US failed to do so. My op-ed with @jessicacweiss

Op-Ed: China’s coronavirus statistics aren’t the real problem

China's reporting obfuscations are blamed for the lack of U.S. preparedness. But other governments recognized the situation in China months ago and took action.

www.latimes.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

The Rise and Fall of GDP Supremacy in People's Daily

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

3 years

@gnrosenberg March 2020 lasted 14 months. People had to do what they needed to survive.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

This just happened. Thanks to all for the amazingly kind words about my new book. @yuenyuenang @KennedyCSIS @MerthaAndrew @YashengHuang

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

5 years

I wrote a thing: Should we trust China's Coronavirus numbers? A thread:

Analysis | China is reporting big successes in the coronavirus fight. Should we trust the numbers?

Here's why you should be skeptical.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

always a tiny bit embarrassed when i quote something from the first page of a book.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

1 year

China is not a shark.

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@kenmoriyasu

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Matt Pottinger on China: “We saw a baby shark and thought that we could transform it into a dolphin. We kept feeding the shark and the shark got bigger and bigger. And now we're dealing with a formidable, great white." @NikkeiAsia より

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Jeremy Wallace

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I wrote a thing. A twist in political economy analysis of China’s interlocking systems of land, finance, and real estate.

The Carbon Triangle | Jeremy Wallace

The relationship between China’s real estate bubble and global emissions.

www.phenomenalworld.org

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

8 years

Roses are red Violets are blue It's not like these people wear badges that say, 'I'm a Russian Intelligence Officer.' Who knew?

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

1 year

I'm talking my book here, but I do love it when reports say things like "[India and China] continue to account for most of the rise in global demand: China will account for 54% while India for 9%." Yes, these two things are comparable. Completely. No notes.

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Jeremy Wallace

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@BeijingPalmer Alien civilizations 40 light-years away racing towards earth confused about why these companies keep letting documentary crews in to watch their embarrassing antics.

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Jeremy Wallace

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@alexbward I would hope she stays as far away from that scene as possible.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

8 years

Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble...

NPR Politics

@nprpolitics

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Bills Across The Country Could Increase Penalties For Protesters

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Jeremy Wallace

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The Vibe Is Wrong My review of the excellent but also exasperating The Price Is Wrong.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Can we talk about this? 1. Some data have definitely disappeared altogether. For instance, good luck finding a recent 全国地市县财政统计资料 (if you do, buy it and digitize it immediately). 2. But as big if not bigger is bureaucrats privatizing these data and selling them.

Shanghai Macro Strategist

@ShanghaiMacro

2 years

A stunning chart by FT!

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

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@AlecStapp Still small compared to their solar and wind deployment. "The 2035 goal of an additional 147 gigawatts" vs. "108 additional GW of solar this year"

China Is on Track to Double Its Solar Panels From Last Year’s Record

The government expects to add 108 gigawatts of new capacity this year, CCTV reports

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

@jbouie Dems in disarray! Perhaps more apt is Politico can't imagine not writing dems in disarray stories....

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

My probably number one annoyance is the sense that this doesn't really matter to anyone alive today. There's no mention that air pollution kills millions every year. now. Millions.

David Wallace-Wells · Ten Million a Year: Dying to Breathe

Wherever you look, the earth is in flames. The residue is carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, black carbon,...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

Amazing visualization from the new Buzzfeed investigation shows the scale of the detention facilities in Xinjiang. Great work @alisonkilling @meghara

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

1 year

Can we please knock off with the “some places will benefit from climate change” talking points? Which places, exactly? The ones burning or those lucky enough to just breathe in the smoke?

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@McKennaKingTV

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AIR QUALITY ALERT | Smoke from Eastern Canada wildfires continues to stream through Central Ohio, decreasing air quality. Sensitive groups like people with asthma, COPD, the elderly, & children should limit time outdoors today. Expect smoky skies yet again. @nbc4i #ohwx

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

3 years

When the US builds it, it’s modernizing. When someone else gets it, it’s surveillance and repression.

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3 years

Wow. US-built massive multimillion $$ Database in #Afghanistan , to modernize the state, has reportedly fell in hands of #Taliban and could be used in establishing their surveillance state. AP investigation:

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

The US COVID death count is like a 737 crashing every eight hours, for seven months.

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4 years

"That's all I hear about now. Turn on TV, 'Covid, Covid, Covid Covid Covid.' A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don't talk about it. 'Covid Covid Covid Covid.' By the way, on November 4th, you won't hear about it anymore ... 'please don't go and vote, Covid!'" -- Trump

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Jeremy Wallace

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@DrSimEvans @NatBullard This one's my favorite.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

@Yaqiu tough week for bald billionaires

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Jeremy Wallace

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3 years

Thread. Xi's common prosperity drive could seem to put the communist back in the CCP, but Xi's speech shows how baked into capitalist thinking the party remains. I wrote a short explainer and a bit more behind the scenes.

Analysis | Xi Jinping wants ‘common prosperity’ in China. He might not be able to make it happen.

The recent release of Xi’s August speech on this topic now offers a closer look.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

5 months

@dylanmatt "Oh, just the crimes."

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

Curious about China's GDP data? Can we trust them? Why does everyone care so much about China's GDP numbers and targets? A short thread. 1/

Why China Aims Too High

The return of Beijing’s dubious economic growth targets.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Jeremy Wallace

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1 year

Wow! BYD sold more cars than Volkswagen in China this past quarter. 100% EVs. The transition is happening.

BYD Overtakes Volkswagen as China’s Best-Selling Car Brand

BYD Co. is China’s best-selling car brand for the first time, dethroning Volkswagen AG as it continues its meteoric rise.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

I have a censorship joke,

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Jeremy Wallace

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2 years

I'm very excited to share my new book, Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, with the world. Now just one month away.

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

2 years

I’ll miss seeing a good tweet with a typo, trying to like it, seeing it’s been deleted, then waiting for the poster to repost it without the typo and then like it. A real moment to meditate on the universe.

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Jeremy Wallace

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2 years

Smil sees targets yes or no. He's imposing a binary on a continuous world. Every bit of action -- every ton of carbon kept in the ground, every acre of forest preserved, every 0.1 degree of warming averted is massively important. That was the whole point of the 1.5 report.

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Jeremy Wallace

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2 years

It's real, and it's spectacular. 8/7

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Jeremy Wallace

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1 year

Short thread of China reading. 1. Common prosperity hype overlooks that Xi's mostly been a tax cutter, making China's fiscal situation increasingly dire. See @hancocktom for the latest. /1

China Needs More Tax Revenue, Risking Backlash From Middle Class

The wealthy would also object. Under the current system, only 10% of the population pays income tax.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeremy Wallace

@jerometenk

4 years

1. 95% is not 100% 2. Infection with the virus SARS-COV-2 is not getting the disease COVID-19. 3. Seven days is not 10-14 days. 4. One dose of a two dose vaccine course is ... not the full vaccine regiment.

Reuters

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California nurse tests positive over a week after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: ABC

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What’s this I spy in the new issue of @ForeignAffairs ? (See what I did there?) @JanePerlez goes deep on Downey @JohnDelury

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Jeremy Wallace

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3 years

@causalinf Very confusing how this URL keeps on ending up in my browser history. I have no recollection of ever using it…

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@BeijingPalmer my most hilarious purchase ever is the kindle version of "The Knowledge"

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

www.amazon.com

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Why didn’t anyone say that Andor was good? In a single episode there’s more authoritarian politics and practice than other whole series….

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The story misreads Chinese documents and gets confused about scientific details. We live in a world where China matters. Knowledge of China is needed to understand our world. Hire people with experience and expertise.

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@jerometenk

5 years

In the end, though, it's important to remember that China locked down Wuhan and most of Hubei's population early on 23 January when the confirmed case count of the province was only 259.

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Jeremy Wallace

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10 months

I tweet about it as a hypothetical

Liam Bright

@lastpositivist

10 months

Fellow academics: if you've ever failed someone in a PhD defence, how did you break the news to them so as not to be cruel?

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@profmusgrave This is why my rash promises usually just involve my caloric intake and not billions of dollars.

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@sam_d_1995 oh no, she's really just a disguise for the most widely liked politician in america?

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@darth All in on #WearWhiteToVote

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I’m thinking of going as the regulatory state for Halloween this year. Conservatives think it’s scary and liberals think it might be a ghost.

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Jeremy Wallace

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1 year

Me, just minding my own business on a normal Monday: Department email list: Did you lose a small sarcophagus?

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Jeremy Wallace

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2 years

China was red, Stats almost true, Reform was sweet, Now you’re laid off too. #SeekingTruth is out tomorrow! $9.99 kindle deal still going.

Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China

www.amazon.com

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Elbridge Colby

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I don't like the term "rules-based international order" on principle. But it is worth ditching on practical grounds. No one really can define what it means. And it doesn't resonate with the "Global South," especially when framed against China's messaging. It's solipsistic. 1/

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Jeremy Wallace

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Cuomo: A decrepit subway for New Yorkers. A helipad for Bezos.

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China is a our future hypermodern 21st century techno-dystopia Also China: the government agency did not respond to a fax for comment

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@zachdcarter

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Thread incoming on Habermas, COVID, expertise, and the future of legitimation ( of perhaps particular interest to @seanilling , @joshuakeating , @mattyglesias ) connected to this paper co-authored with @MichaelNeblo

A Plague on Politics? The COVID Crisis, Expertise, and the Future of Legitimation | American...

A Plague on Politics? The COVID Crisis, Expertise, and the Future of Legitimation - Volume 115 Issue 4

www.cambridge.org

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@jerometenk

2 years

But omicron had other ideas.

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This. "The very idea that authoritarian regimes (“autocracies”) may enjoy popular support is hard to fathom for democrats. Models of authoritarian regimes often entail tacit ideological assumptions, and many are driven by methodological fashions."

Perspectives on Politics

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"Unless they are “brainwashed” or “indoctrinated,” how can people conceivably support an #autocrat ?" #FORMAL #MODELS OF #AUTHORITARIAN #REGIMES : A #CRITIQUE By Adam Przeworski #OpenAccess

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A syllogism: 1. Writing goal of 500 words a day. 2. A picture is worth a thousand words. 3. If I add a picture to the manuscript, I don't have to write for two days.

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7 years

Times when students are interested in syllabi: Two months before semester starts. First day of class. Last day of class.

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3 years

If you have questions about the ruckus over submarines between France and the US, UK, Australia, here are some answers.

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Very excited to be giving this lecture

Jeremy Lee Wallace | The Political Economy of Greening China

Abstract: Without action from China, the world will not be able to contain the climate emergency. China produced nearly 30% of global carbon emissions in 2020, making Xi Jinping’s declaration that...

events.cornell.edu

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Jeremy Wallace

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But Wuhan has reported 0 cases for the past few days, which feels more like a propaganda effort (total victory in the People's War on the virus!) than an honest accounting of the situation. @caixin and @SixthTone have stories today showing uncounted cases.

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It's a catastrophe because fossil pollution is killing millions every year. It's a catastrophe because it's destroying ecosystems and making pandemics more likely. It's a catastrophe because it's destroying lives, erasing locations from the map, making towns uninhabitable.

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@CT_Bergstrom Proctorio level 2 comes with a drone that buzzes 2 feet above the student, records everything around him, and has tiny lasers.

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China is a country of 1.4 billion people—adorable babies, children struggling to learn to read, teenagers finding themselves, workers and unemployed people building solar panels and assembling phones and cutting hair, retirees—governed by the CCP. China is not a shark.

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@meghara @alisonkilling Incredible reporting.

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Those developments give us the chance to remake the world, better, cheaper, cleaner, quieter, and more in keeping with sustainable frameworks for generations to come. So, yes to realism. Yes to accuracy. But enough with impossibility and simplicity and the status quo.

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Is there a clean alternative exultation in Chinese to replace 加油？ We can't just be adding oil anymore....

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Jeremy Wallace

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The new @drvolts podcast on biofuels is SO important. Food for fuels needs to be minimized ASAP. Biodiesel is a disgrace, pushing the palm oil industry that’s deforesting the tropics. LAND matters.

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that sweet professor life.

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Weak Chinese economic data but not for the energy transition. 619,000 electric cars in July. Production is up over 110% y-o-y. Solar continues rapid growth. And for all the "China coal" stories that are being written this year, thermal power is still down 2.5% y-o-y.

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Jeremy Wallace

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In the very unlikely event that any @cornell undergrads interested in my new Politics of Climate Change course this fall see this, come to tomorrow's lecture. We'll get registration and sections sorted out afterwards.

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Love that I've been in this profession long enough to see multiple completely separate waves of hukou experiments in Zhengzhou.

Zhengzhou Becomes First Big City to Scrap ‘Hukou’ Restrictions

The city is ending household registration for non-locals in an attempt to attract potential real estate buyers and talents.

www.sixthtone.com

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Boom! China's solar boom is big, fast, and unstable My new column on Heatmap. Connecting threads yesterday from @NatBullard @gwbstr @KetanJ0

China’s Solar Boom Is Big, Fast, and Unstable

China is installing a jaw-dropping amount of solar panels, but growth in electricity generation from solar is barely increasing. Meanwhile prices are remarkably volatile. What gives?

heatmap.news

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@EricLevitz incredible that your employer pays other people to write bad pieces just for fodder for your column.

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*job* Cornell's East Asia Program is looking for a manager. This administrative position helps work with the director (that's me) to develop and implement a strategic vision. We're particularly interested in people with East Asia expertise/experience.

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We need more C. Lea Sheas out there. "Beijing threatens to seep into the nooks and crannies of the liberal international order like butter on an English muffin — clogging the arteries of freedom with the cholesterol of communism and corruption."

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@zachdcarter Keynes_laser_eyes.jpg

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TFW you know the PEOTUS is on Twitter during a delicate international situation.

Donald J. Trump

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The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!

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@ParkerMolloy I just wanted taco trucks on every corner.

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China's GDP number is now out. 3.9%, above expectations. Trust in the numbers was shaken by the delay last week. My earlier thoughts still hold.

Why China Aims Too High

The return of Beijing’s dubious economic growth targets.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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@Yimbyindenver Perhaps some additional space for parking would help?

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So, China's National Bureau of Statistics is going to drop new economic stats during the 20th Party Congress right as my new book on the politics of numbers in China comes out? Who do I send a fruit basket to over at NBS?

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