Elizabeth Knup

[Scott Kennedy @KennedyCSIS]

Chinese soft power, care of Unitree’s dancing robots.

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

‘Seasoned China hand’ to lead National Committee on US-China Relations
Sarah Beran, a former deputy chief of mission at US embassy in Beijing, will succeed non-profit group’s long-time president, Stephen Orlins
https://t.co/PGp8T2MCoD via @scmpnews

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by 60 past and present college and university presidents https://t.co/lCFoXj0Bv6

[Neysun Mahboubi @NeysunM]

A couple of more professional scenes from a tremendously productive and stimulating few days discussing and re-imagining China policy at @AsiaSocietyFR and @CERI_SciencesPo

[Asia Society France @AsiaSocietyFR]

A packed house at @Columbia Global Paris to discuss #China, ahead of President #Xi Jinping's visit to France in May. We hosted an exceptional panel for the occasion- to align with our mission to better understand the dynamics in Asia and their impact on France,Europe, & the world

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

Don't miss @CarnegieEndow #ChinaLocalGlobal work to explore how China shows up and adapts to local context acros the Global South.

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

1: The latest fantastic new study in our seven-region @CarnegieEndow #ChinaLocalGlobal initiative. Celio Hiratuka, a Brazilian economist at @unicampoficial, explores how Brazil's localization requirements shaped the behavior of Chinese firms, such as BYD. https://t.co/DRsXzKyMdW

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

3 ways Xi and Biden can drive the agenda for greater equality https://t.co/zStv682bUa via @scmpnews

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

Extraordinary!

[Neysun Mahboubi @NeysunM]

Well, I haven’t slept in 24 hours, but I finally finished my outline of XJP’s speech yesterday!

(j/k, but whomever actually did this is Legend)

[Julian Ku 古舉倫 @julianku]

Grim. “Only 2,481 American citizens went to China for studies in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to data released in October by the US-based Institute for Intl Education. This represented a 78.7 % drop from the previous year, marking a 10-year low.” https://t.co/E3mxUysZQy

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

Ford is pleased to support the next generation of China scholars in Europe and to broaden the global conversation about China's global engagement.

[raffaele marchetti @rafmarchetti]

Roundtable: New Voices on the Future
of Europe-China Relations, 31 May 5:30pm Luiss-Parenzo https://t.co/afuhJHUN1o @UniLUISS @Penn @UniLeiden @FordFoundation @NeysunM @SilviaMenegazzi @suea_thornton @AsiaLeiden @ryanl_hass @ElinaSinkkonen @RudyakMarina @RQTurcsanyi Free access

[Anna Ashton @annatashton]

I live in a home with guns. I've pretty much always lived in a home with guns. My most treasured Christmas present at 10 was a gun. At my high school, kids went hunting before class and left their guns in their trucks. I understand what you mean when you say it isn't the guns. /1

[david_mcnair @David_McNair]

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[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

The paper issued by Renda suggested that China should also withdraw from a wide range of international standards frameworks, including medical ones, like how to define high blood pressure, in order to create indicators with Chinese characteristics.

[Jordan Schneider @jordanschneider]

1/ CCP-watching today is a hollowed out field, with only a handful of analysts in the west with deep expertise. This gap is dangerous, and could lead to grave policy missteps.

Richard Baum's memoir gets at the root of the problem and hints at paths forward.
A BOOK REVIEW THREAD

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

As masks come down and cases go up, it’s worth revisiting how deadly Covid is at this moment in the pandemic. 1/thread

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

1: A fabulous new study in our seven-region @CarnegieEndow #ChinaLocalGlobal initiative. @folasoule from @BlavatnikSchool dives deep into how Beninese officials negotiated local norms and business practices with China to become a West African business hub. https://t.co/fAtHL6KDHH

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

This is what vaccine apartheid looks like.

[Quincy Institute @QuincyInst]

D.C. politicians and the media constantly inflate the threat that China poses to the American people, fueling violence and prejudice against Asian Americans at home.

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

There can be no global recovery without informal workers.
More than 2 billion workers make up the informal economyhttps://www.theguardian.com/the-future-of-work--forging-an-inclusive-economy/ng-interactive/2021/nov/16/more-than-2-billion-workers-make-up-the-informal-economy

[Elizabeth Knup @ElizabethKnup]

The Stubborn Persistence of Vaccine Inequity https://t.co/K2OoVQE8HS via @ForeignAffairs