Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Chinese Politics, bureaucracy, political economy.https://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lrxrxqf4422zIn December 2022, Chinese official propaganda on COVID policy made a sharp U-turn. How did these contradictory messages from the policy shift impact citizens’ perceptions? We find "soft" ones lost persuasiveness while "hard" ones more strongly deterred protests. @psrm.bsky.social19 Jun 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxrxqf4422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lfpmno63ds2bThere will never be a better deal that takes Chinese voices global, as foreign creators bring their audiences to their jurisdiction, on their terms, under their regulations, with an interest in Chinese content. Shutting down this is equivalent to forgoing every cultural leadership prospect of China.14 Jan 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpmno63ds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3ledusooozk2sWhat struck me the most in this Vivek saga is that how naturally aligned are tech mongols and the Democrats who supported legal immigration. The breakdown of their alliance on DEI has been very unfortunate for America.28 Dec 2024 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledusooozk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3ldzjoggkec2lJapanese newspapers today: Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi merge.24 Dec 2024 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzjoggkec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3ld4muxhhi22wI taught Dutch Disease in my political economy class. My Classical Chinese colleague heard about it and said it’s exactly what ancient Chinese philosopher Guan Zhong (700–645 BC) did: tricking a neighbor state into abandoning agriculture by stimulating non-agricultural demand.12 Dec 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4muxhhi22whttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lchc4ag53c2b“Ke Wang”(1990), or “Yearning” in English, is a household-name TV series in China with an eye-popping 90.78% ratings. My Grandma got streaming TV and picked it up. She explained she hadn’t watched it because she was busy working. She probably thought she’d never see it again if not for streaming.04 Dec 2024 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchc4ag53c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lcaf42etn22dBookstore’s frontend reflects a city’s mental state. Here is one I took from Shenzhen: what stand out are two versions of Camus’s The Stranger, reminding me that everyone in Shenzhen is an immigrant.01 Dec 2024 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaf42etn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbuamrabjc2uInteresting coincidence: the famous Baidu joke-themed BBS 弱智吧 called themselves 青龙山精神病院, after a mental hospital in Nanjing. Their jokes are being used to train AI now. While the most famous mental hospital in South China is 青山医院 in Hong Kong, so famous that even Guangxi people use 入青山 as slurs.26 Nov 2024 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuamrabjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbhmgdspvk2lTianya today and Bluesky share a lot of things in terms of atmosphere. A more recent example is Clubhouse in early 2021, before it was banned in China. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhmgdspvk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbhk5qrhvs2yMy normie middle-aged aunties WeChat group is utterly impressed by Trump’s anti-immigrant/anti-DEI/anti-war/tax-reducing policy lists. It’s ironic bc typical Chinese social media have been recycling US right-wing materials (illegals, crimes, wars) to disparage Biden/US for 4 years.21 Nov 2024 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhk5qrhvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbguyjlzlk26I simply cannot believe this is purely coincidence. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbguyjlzlk26https://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbbnvq4r6k2oBad omen for Chinese restaurant diversity in the U.S. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbnvq4r6k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbam4igy2l2zI wonder how much the return of foreign-educated Chinese impacts this shortfall of demand for foreign talents. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbam4igy2l2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhuhs.bsky.social/post/3lbaaud266c2vStart my first day of 30 years old on Bluesky! Already feel more civil and compassionate here.18 Nov 2024 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:grwfpxphh2m2sgsl7pk4647k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaaud266c2v