Manfred Elfstrom

Assistant Professor at @ubcokanagan. Researching China, social movements, labor, authoritarianism. He/him. @[email protected]

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@KaiserKuo So sorry to hear this news. What a loss. I hope you find a way to preserve all the original content you have posted over the years.

[William Yang @WilliamYang120]

My latest: Two prominent Chinese activists were tried for subversion Friday in Guangzhou in a closed-door proceeding, while supporters and activists criticized Chinese authorities for putting on a "sham trial" and calling for their immediate release. https://t.co/oui0gk3kDa

[Eric Heggie @EricHeggie]

TOLEDO IS STANDING UP!!! #StandUpUAW

[The China Quarterly @chinaquarterly]

🔓Using a large #protest event data set from #Weibo (CASM-China), Han Zhang, Yao Lu and Rui Bai investigate the Chinese government and #news #media's selection and description #bias in domestic protest events reporting.
#China

https://t.co/iXYWsBBFGe

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

See also the statement from Critical China Scholars https://t.co/BXYZT2qn9d

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

See also the statement from Critical China Scholars https://t.co/BXYZT2qn9d

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

Great piece by Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom regarding the recent NY TImes article https://t.co/l8OLE7uOT2

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@guo_xuguang @GviliGal Congrats!!

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@davidspatel Congrats! Excited to read this.

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@dtiffroberts @MansfieldCenter @umontana Congrats!

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

When @APSAtweets holds its annual meeting in LA, workers at JW Marriot Los Angeles LA Live may be picketing the venue. UNITE HERE Local 11 is asking the conference to relocate. Sign this petition to push APSA to do just that: https://t.co/RuJicODgcB

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@ChaseMFoster @SOAS Congratulations!

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@hsuyumin @PaulSchuler10 @brett_l_carter @Yujeong1107 Congrats! Looking forward to reading the final version!

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

Clarification: that’s not to say coups aren’t a concern in China and there aren’t elite Party constituencies that must be satisfied or whatever. Just that they seem less key to understanding things than broader state-society relations.

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

Realizing how much China is an authoritarian outlier today. Theories that I have always felt only offer modest leverage on the Chinese case—theories about coup-proofing, “selectorates”, etc.—seem immensely useful for understanding Russia right now.

[IMF @IMFNews]

Rising corporate profits were the largest contributor to Europe’s inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than the spiking costs of imported energy. https://t.co/iEf6Emu0Rp

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@ChrisCarothers Also, maybe this reflects a belief—right or wrong—that most citizens are broadly onboard with tough policies in Xinjiang.

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@NickJBrumfield Thanks! Much, much obliged!

[Manfred Elfstrom @Manfred_E]

@NickJBrumfield What tools are you using?