Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org‬ & @jvp.bsky.social‬https://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mm7i625bus2s"My ​sense is that ‌over time, the market ​will ​open" -Any pro-market wishcaster talking about China in the past two centuries https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/nvidia-ceo-says-he-believes-china-market-will-open-over-time-185612332.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJPNyoIkzficlrI2KWIBS6KzYhns73gIB9dIPQcYEmfvvGB-GgRz796SviUmuCDpLUiNjqSwh-qsLbRaU-T7bUn4bz7nZRmnOd6WsVOBQvLyscB1G43NoGF-Y6wHwIkLn8DoGw3hvA4ckmdPVqGsMZCDY-7L3-tnSI1mrxsg-3JO19 May 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7i625bus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mm5nw5a75s2lI translated this incredible book by Gonglao 工劳, out this fall with @versobooks.bsky.social https://www.versobooks.com/products/3527-involution18 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5nw5a75s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlxwqzhgu22pMy article republished on Left Renewal. Trying to answer the question: "Why has the PRC failed to convince the Hong Kong and Taiwanese people to voluntarily join its political system?" It's not just that Xi is a bad guy! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwqzhgu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mltqask4622fThey really have no idea how we got into this fash mess and even less of an idea about how to get out [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltqask4622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mltk4gt2uk2rThe "Taiwan Question" nobody wants to talk about14 May 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltk4gt2uk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlrre4tqmk2h2018, my first time in China since Trump's election and a little nervous what people would say to me. Get into a cab at the train station, as soon as the driver learns I'm American he says: "I'm not sure who's a bigger asshole, Trump or Xi" Hating dictators together is the 🇺🇸🇨🇳 solidarity we need14 May 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrre4tqmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlrqeczrec2hEven though it's true many people in the US and China only think of Taiwan as a big chip factory, this is an extremely dehumanizing way to depict a country made up of 23 million people14 May 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrqeczrec2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlqwckg54k2hProud to be part of this community https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/american-jews-begin-to-chart-a-future-without-zionism-in-the-wake-of-the-gaza-genocide/13 May 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqwckg54k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlnye7oyas2dBYD is like all corporations, they can be forced to be less exploitative. Their bus factory in LA is unionized and reportedly a decent employer. But if left to their own devices they will end up doing this stuff over and over again https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/china-first-electric-car-plant-europe-allegations-worker-abuse12 May 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnye7oyas2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlntf2d5vk2dAs always, count on @yilingliu95.bsky.social for insightful accounts of the US and China's intersecting social pathologies - and the need to work together to right the system. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/us-china-ai-future.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.uIgq.lUW7cpP1AfcS&smid=nytcore-android-share12 May 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlntf2d5vk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlm5l2q4ts2yLocal governments have been pursuing a policy literally called "replacing humans with machines" (机器换人) for the past decade+ So yeah I'm pretty skeptical that this time will be different unless worker revolt forces it to be so https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/11/china-wants-more-robots-but-not-fewer-workers11 May 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm5l2q4ts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mllwak5mek2gCool to see the Hong Kong allusion in a book that's (mostly) not about Hong Kong, excited to check it out @haymarketbooks.org https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2732-revolutions-of-our-times11 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllwak5mek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mllvk36xi22yThis being the "pragmatic" delegation tells you all you need to know about how deeply rotten the US-China relationship is and has been for some time11 May 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvk36xi22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlk3ebafck2iEven SCMP knows this is going to make things more unequal https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3352918/chinas-ai-drive-seen-widening-wealth-gap-testing-common-prosperity-push11 May 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk3ebafck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mliwryunes2i“Can I afford the tax? Yes. Is it going to deter me? No. But I think it’s shameful,” he said. “I provide a lot of money to people who are blue-collar workers who work for me, servers in restaurants. If we’re not there, there are going to be less people being paid.” https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/aea8068c-1921-4150-b73b-da607644a97010 May 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliwryunes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlc67spaqc2aI encourage billionaires to continue sharing their candid assessments with the public https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/real-estate-titan-compares-tax-the-rich-slogan-to-racial-slurs-0090742407 May 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc67spaqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlc24sds4s2a"A court in Hangzhou, AI capital of China, ruled in late April that companies cannot fire their staff and replace them with artificial intelligence." Not quite, they ruled AI couldn't be the *reason* for firing someone. But firms are free, and encouraged, to use AI instead of hiring new people https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/07/deepseek-and-alibaba-rescue-chinas-office-landlords07 May 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc24sds4s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mlbvuuy63c2sGreat to see Taiwan's labor movement out there in solidarity with migrant workers https://t-pec.org/taiwans-may-day-rally-a-struggle-for-migrant-worker-rights-amid-growing-social-divisions/07 May 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbvuuy63c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3ml4mbvkfk22tBillions in private money going to universities to do AI at precisely the same time they are doing layoffs, cutting research, increasing class sizes, hiring more contingent workers. This is what happens when venture capitalists steer the university [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mbvkfk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3ml4ka234vk2m“four delivery workers collapsed and died from overwork within just three days (April 26-28).” https://yesterdayprotests.com/%e4%b8%ad%e5%85%b1%e5%a4%a7%e5%8a%9b%e5%ae%a3%e4%bc%a0%e8%ba%ba%e5%b9%b3%e6%9c%89%e7%bd%aa%e7%9a%84%e5%90%8c%e6%97%b6%e5%9b%9b%e5%90%8d%e5%a4%96%e5%8d%96%e5%91%98%e8%a2%ab%e6%b4%bb/05 May 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ka234vk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3ml4fnnfsbc22US-China race to colonize the earth's final parcels of common property in the service of socially destructive technology05 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4fnnfsbc22https://bsky.app/profile/elifriedman.bsky.social/post/3mkuokbsjac2jReally interesting profile of Li Laoshi. Not sure if it's right to think about him as an opposition in waiting since his politics are not that clear. But it's true he is at least one of the poles around which an oppositional political formation could cohere https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/23b78ff1-98eb-46cb-95a3-be9c0e48d72f02 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:w6mwiw3hyd2e4mf3cjj2gjsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuokbsjac2j