Professor of Law at Duke. Author of The Authoritarian Commons, Chinese Small Property, and Finance against Law. After two decades studying law, I’m still captivated by these questions: What is law? Does law matter? Why? https://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mqp3f2ptdc2rFinally accepted for publication at The American Journal of Comparative Law. A lengthy review process, but one that genuinely improved the paper. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp3f2ptdc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mq7u6gsfqs2oMy new paper presents a different model of the platform-state relationship and explains how China eliminated online music piracy within just a few years. Oh, btw, there is no local judicial protectionism regarding music copyright litigation: copyright holders win! https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=704429809 Jul 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7u6gsfqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mlofzyr2i22t [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlofzyr2i22thttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mkkhzjd5fk2dThis NYT report marks the 10th review/interview about my book "The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China." I'm grateful that people are still paying attention to everyday life in China. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/asia/china-homeowners-associations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock28 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkhzjd5fk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mkj4ui5b3k2eThank you, Emily! I'm flattered:) [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj4ui5b3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mkj4m2ntuk2eProperty is the drive... [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkj4m2ntuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mgwx62kaqs2hThank you for the review! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwx62kaqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mdxjs4x4l22ehttps://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/11-books-to-read-the-best-reviews-of-january-189354f6?mod=WTRN_pos103 Feb 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxjs4x4l22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3mdxjp3ejps2eInteresting... "The point at which people thought they’d be depleted was often when their best ideas began to emerge. The so-called creative-cliff illusion leads us to abandon the search before it heats up." https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/how-great-ideas-happen-review-building-a-brainstorm-462f48a3?mod=WTRN_pos103 Feb 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxjp3ejps2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3m7kw2wojqc22"While the Chinese state endeavors to institute the Party’s leadership in all aspects of the society, it has failed in its urban neighborhoods where hundreds of millions of middle-class homeowners, who are backbone of the regime, live." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=148528909 Dec 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kw2wojqc22https://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3m7iapwtipk2p"In the case that the primary purpose was to support the local car manufacturing industry, the compensation took the form of subsidizing taxi drivers to replace their old cars with electronic vehicles (“EVs”) manufactured locally." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=517628608 Dec 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7iapwtipk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3m4avmebzr22lHard to believe this video interview—where I discuss real estate law and politics in China—has been viewed over 583,000 times in just two months. Two parents of my daughter’s school friends even sent me screenshots of it… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko25P88bWFY&t=324s28 Oct 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4avmebzr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3m3aizah5yk2tInteresting. A similar trend has been happening to their Chinese offices too... Seems that something more fundamental about the U.S. legal market is going on. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Oct 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aizah5yk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shitongqiao.bsky.social/post/3lwz5afughs2fhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/abs/authoritarian-commons-neighborhood-democratization-in-urban-china-shitong-qiao-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-2025-264-pp-10000-hbk-isbn-9781108840279/947F2FEC729CFAF5B2913148201EF4BC22 Aug 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:z2elazr736gnc5vmvzdnwga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwz5afughs2f