Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia came out in June from Columbia Global Reports https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-milk-tea-alliancehttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mnahw4kqp222Event today at Irvine on China and writing and publishing with visiting from Shanghai author Jacob Dreyer https://mailchi.mp/eb69c4eff3a9/pop-up-event-today-publishing-inon-china?e=79bd368feb01 Jun 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnahw4kqp222https://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mn6pqrqjvc2qNewsletter of @thewirechina.bsky.social with link to a Q&A with me (glad to see the photo in the center used in as China's June 4th anniversary approaches--a reminder that there was joy in the square before there were tanks in the streets in 1989) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-democracy-thewirechina-4dhae/?trackingId=J%2Bi2rnXzRFmwBHtO209eUA%3D%3D31 May 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6pqrqjvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mmfv7uy7uc26Online event on Thailand & democracy coming up featuring Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal among others www.prio.org/events/9295 cc @xunlingau.bsky.social @mekongreview.com @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social https://www.prio.org/events/929522 May 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfv7uy7uc26https://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlqjog2a3s2vExtraordinary op ed by Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal https://www.thaienquirer.com/70052/opinion-i-shall-not-live-in-fear-practicing-the-future-now/13 May 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqjog2a3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlqvvc2szs2gNetiwit Chotiphatphaisal of Sam Yan Press with a powerful commentary on facing challenges, long odds struggles, and perserverence https://www.thaienquirer.com/70052/opinion-i-shall-not-live-in-fear-practicing-the-future-now/?amp cc @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqvvc2szs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlrgbae4oc2sOn May 27, I'll be joining Anka Lee and other insightful people to assess US-China relations in the wake of the summit about to take place, details here, a webinar organized by PCIP, 2pm California time https://www.pacificcouncil.org/activities/whats-next-us%E2%80%93china-relations13 May 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrgbae4oc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlqvvc2szs2gNetiwit Chotiphatphaisal of Sam Yan Press with a powerful commentary on facing challenges, long odds struggles, and perserverence https://www.thaienquirer.com/70052/opinion-i-shall-not-live-in-fear-practicing-the-future-now/?amp cc @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqvvc2szs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlqjog2a3s2vExtraordinary op ed by Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal https://www.thaienquirer.com/70052/opinion-i-shall-not-live-in-fear-practicing-the-future-now/13 May 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqjog2a3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlnqqyicfc2aVery disappointing news out of Thailand https://en.thairath.co.th/news/politic/293231612 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnqqyicfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlm4pv4u6s2iRuling on Thailand’s conscription law due in the next 24 hours https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3247194/court-to-rule-on-conscription-law-challenge-on-may-12 (see also https://www.soas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/SOAS%20International%20Human%20Rights%20Clinic%20Press%20Release.pdf )11 May 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm4pv4u6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mlc6adqlvs2xI can't remember when an issue of @nybooks.com had a TOC that grabbed me the way the latest does: 3 authors who are totally different but all ones I enjoy reading & always learn from: Lynn Hunt, Adam Hochschild, & w/ a stunningly good NYRB debut @louisalim.bsky.social https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/05/28/scarred-in-hong-kong-city-like-water-dorothy-tse/07 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6adqlvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3mla76pmhws2f👇 @xunlingau.bsky.social @hvistendahl.bsky.social @jodemocracy.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla76pmhws2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3ml5gnnkmes2aSasha Razor on How to Be a Dissident by @galbeckerman.bsky.social https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-be-dissident-gal-beckerman-resistance-tiananmen-gulag/ "What anchors Beckerman’s book, and ultimately what stays with the reader, is its emotional honesty." Fascinating discussion of gender & dissent, & naturally glad to see the Milk Tea Alliance part 👇06 May 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5gnnkmes2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwassers.bsky.social/post/3ml5gnnkmes2aSasha Razor on How to Be a Dissident by @galbeckerman.bsky.social https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-be-dissident-gal-beckerman-resistance-tiananmen-gulag/ "What anchors Beckerman’s book, and ultimately what stays with the reader, is its emotional honesty." Fascinating discussion of gender & dissent, & naturally glad to see the Milk Tea Alliance part 👇06 May 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:7ogacl2jorofd6tnhjim4jbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5gnnkmes2a