Jack Linzhou Xing

Science & technology studies, gig economy, technology & work, innovation policy in China; Postdoc @FairbankCenter, PhD @TechHSOC, Alumni @HKUniversity

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

[CFP] @4sWeb Oct 7-10 2026 Toronto – Panel #89

Theorizing STS from China & beyond: Disciplinary development, epistemic exploration & sociopolitical positioning

Global-China-focused historical & contemporary STS welcome

250-word abstract, due Apr 30

https://t.co/FzegNeCHJD

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Happy to be interviewed by William Langley of the @FinancialTimes regarding the recent policy change in Shenzhen that intends to roll out robotaxi further.

https://t.co/fZTEmK9e8m

[Fairbank Center, Harvard University @FairbankCenter]

We are pleased to present Visiting Scholar Presentations on Tuesday, March 31 @ 3:00pm

Tommy Tse (University of Amsterdam)
"China as data colonizer?
Rethinking cultural production, cultural mediation, and consumer agency on Kenyan and Chinese e-commerce platforms."

Bowen Sun (Shanghai Business School)
"Manuscript Handbooks of Vernacular Carpenters from Early Twentieth-Century South China"

More info: https://t.co/Fh29sjSkbv

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

I can produce 100 such papers in one week...

[Hadas Weiss @weiss_hadas]

i'm surprised this gap was even formed

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

For detailed information of the panel, see: https://t.co/nlRMNEQPSY

We welcome contributions from scholars working on historical or contemporary science and technology in Global China, broadly defined, and across disciplines!

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

[CFP] @4sWeb Oct 7-10 2026 Toronto – Panel #89

Theorizing STS from China & beyond: Disciplinary development, epistemic exploration & sociopolitical positioning

Global-China-focused historical & contemporary STS welcome

250-word abstract, due Apr 30

https://t.co/FzegNeCHJD

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Out now in Science, Technology, & Human Values! 🚀
Our new paper explores "Platform Mythology" —the collective stories that sustain the enchantment of digital technologies like ride-hailing, from driver rags-to-riches tales to investor unicorn fantasies.

https://t.co/t5cgyl9GvG

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Check our newly published paper in Big Data & Society! Using the health code case, we argue that Chinese street-level state actors see surveillance infrastructures not as surveillance tools but as tools for performing and evading accountability.

https://t.co/Nwo0baHQgz

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

See you at Harvard this Friday!

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Join us for the 3-session Harvard workshop: "Technology & Society in/through Global China"

9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Mar 13, 2026, CGIS South, Harvard University
🍽 Lunch provided

Topics: platforms, AI data work, digital labor, techno-economic governance.

https://t.co/ooSrKdKTTc

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

@tianyuf @msteinbrg That's a pity, but talk to you soon after you come back!

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Join us for the 3-session Harvard workshop: "Technology & Society in/through Global China"

9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Mar 13, 2026, CGIS South, Harvard University
🍽 Lunch provided

Topics: platforms, AI data work, digital labor, techno-economic governance.

https://t.co/ooSrKdKTTc

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Guests & presenters: Susan Greenhalgh, Ya-Wen Lei, Meg Rithmire, Moira Weigel, Julie Yujie Chen, Joshua Neves, @msteinbrg, @LinZhang9, Jack Linzhou Xing, and Yolanda Yuxing Zhang

[Yuhua Wang @YuhuaWang5]

Xiang Zhou (Harvard Sociology) and I are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows through the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. The theme for 2026–27 is the Social Foundations of State Power in China. Deadline: January 15, 2026. https://t.co/7KC23988UD

[Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔 @HistorianZhang]

36 dead 279 missing in the Tai Po fire, 29 in hospital 7 in critical condition...

Fire alarm never went off in any building because they're all manual alarms. I have a feeling auto alarms will be mandated now

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

One of the key factors that the book still invites us to reflect on is how the US institution and society can break away from this path dependence, which is extremely difficult amidst the heightened tech-business rivalry (increasingly framed as a political rivalry) with China.

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

Check out my newly published review of Cloud Policy by Jennifer Holt. A great read with a deep critique of digital infrastructure policies and institutions in the US, focusing on how path dependence and continuous privatization. https://t.co/X9abO077aU

[Chinese Journal of Communication @CJC_Journal]

📘Explore our newly published special issue: https://t.co/Uk8GKYnzvm

[YARIME Masaru @yarime]

Applicants are invited for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme @hkust_ppol in Science, Technology & Innovation Policy; Energy, Environmental & Sustainability Policy; Social & Urban Policy, with emerging technologies. Applications are open until Dec 1, 2025.
https://t.co/7H0GQqUjSm

[Jack Linzhou Xing @XingJLZ]

New co-authored paper out in @CJC_Journal. Yet another effort in operationalizing STS theoretical frameworks and using them to explain the development and dominance of digital platforms, highlighting context and contingency. https://t.co/NprYXXWUTW

[Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 @YashengHuang]

I do hope that the sensible people on the right can see the wisdom on gun controls. So far most of gun violence has been directed against average citizens, but now the violence is directed against political elites. Would you act on your self interests and protection?