Dong Zhang

Associate Professor of Political Science @hkust；Ph.D @PoliSciatNU Postdoctoral Fellow @StanfordSAPARC

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

Came across some really interesting and thoughtful comments on my Element book on Douban. Feeling encouraged and grateful. 😊📘

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

A classic “textbook” on Japanese politics

[あさひな @aaiashn]

Japan Transformed: Political Change and Economic Restructuring

Frances Rosenbluth and Michael F. Thies
https://t.co/Jp7EmDPdpL

[Northwestern @NorthwesternU]

Mung Chiang has been named the 18th president of Northwestern University.

Chiang is a renowned researcher, educator, national science advisor and higher education leader. He is currently president of Purdue.

His appointment will begin on July 1. https://t.co/Ec6pBAlNYr

[Jesús Fernández-Villaverde @JesusFerna7026]

A fundamental lesson from my posts these last two weeks on modernization, industrial policy, and development is that development economics should be about understanding why South Korea got rich but Bolivia did not.

The current field has largely given up on that question. Sharply identified RCTs on small micro programs are a fine way to publish in the AER and get tenure at a fancy university, but a profession that knows everything about microfinance impact evaluations and almost nothing about industrialization has misallocated its own intellectual capital on a pretty heroic scale.

Four images of Seoul:

[Ho-fung Hung @hofunghung]

great cover! https://t.co/U8iYJ5JeFW

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

@AdamYLiu1 @PhillipLipscy @JosephWongUT @FukuyamaFrancis @LKYSch @NUSingapore congrats Prof. Banxian😄

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

“According to the new regulations, individuals who refuse to provide mobile phone or computer passwords to the police can be sentenced to up to one year in prison and fined HK $100,000.”

[ABC中文 @ABCChinese]

香港最新修订的《国家安全法》执行规则引发关注。根据新规，拒绝向警方提供手机或电脑密码的个人，最高可被判处一年监禁，并处以10万港元罚款。

详情：https://t.co/jlno3wERyn

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

A true scholar 👍

[Taisu Zhang @ZhangTaisu]

Truly wonderful news that some of Xiaohong Xu’s book manuscript will be published posthumously. The field owes the three editors who made this happen a tremendous debt. [The Great Separation | University of Michigan Press] https://t.co/hGDUXRJb0y

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

Good to know the rule of law works for small cases like this…

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

"He asserted that this was how things were done across the border, adding: “Hong Kong is just so rigid and methodical. I really feel this is unnecessary.”"

CityU professor convicted of offering HK$1,000 bribe to avoid tenancy payout
https://t.co/gnxgWcd80H via @scmpnews

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

Bloomberg：The New York Times reported that Iran operatives made an offer to discuss terms of ending the war

[CNN @CNN]

JUST IN: Iranian state media is confirming the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following a barrage of joint US-Israeli strikes. Follow live updates: https://t.co/tyKTwLjFFs

[JEAS @JEAS_journal]

How can authoritarian regimes effectively control information to maintain regime legitimacy in times of crisis? The answer: Media Framing. This article examines how China uses media to shape the narrative during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more below: https://t.co/QRv0KIGKUl

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

And Peter Howitt got his Ph.D. from NU.

[Northwestern @NorthwesternU]

The @NobelPrize: A banner achievement. 🏅

Prof. Joel Mokyr was joined by his PhD students in History and Economics at the Weber Arch, decorated in honor of his #NobelPrize in Economic Sciences. Congratulations, Prof. Mokyr! 💜

[Damien Ma @damienics]

Terribly sad news of the unexpected passing of Joe Fewsmith, a giant in the field of Chinese politics, a terrific professor, and just a really great guy. I was privileged to have studied under him.

He got a lot of things right on Chinese politics I think, and his "Rethinking Chinese Politics" is as relevant as ever, particularly on Leninist system's evergreen "succession" problem:

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

@kevinweiluo Thank you， Kevin！

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

Excited to see it finally published! 😊

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

New article on Fast Track by Sibo Liu, Shouzhi Xia, and @Dong_Zhang , “From Maoism to MAGA: Embracing Democracy with Authoritarian Imprints,” https://t.co/CZM9SgdEno

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

Why did some Chinese diaspora voices embrace Trump & even support overturning the 2020 election? Using ~1M tweets from 200 opinion leaders, Liu, Xia, & Zhang show that those with stronger authoritarian imprints were more likely to support Trump & reject the 2020 election outcome.

[Comparative Politics @Journal_CompPol]

New article on Fast Track by Sibo Liu, Shouzhi Xia, and @Dong_Zhang , “From Maoism to MAGA: Embracing Democracy with Authoritarian Imprints,” https://t.co/CZM9SgdEno

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

@XiaoboLu1 Congratulations！

[Dong Zhang @Dong_Zhang]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary