Dr Ruichen Zhang

Lecturer in Sociology, Renmin University of China, alumna @CamSociology @MECCambridge @PKU1898

[Ella McPherson @DrEllaMcPherson]

I’ve had so much fun thinking through these slow tech ideas with colleagues, friends and practitioners! Here’s some of our thoughts about how to design tech with solidarity, pluralism and pragmatism in mind. Would love to know what you think!

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

So happy to publish this really interesting piece of work with ICS! Lots of thanks to @DrEllaMcPherson and anonymous reviewers :D

[icsjournal @icsjournal]

#outnow How is contestation expressed on the Chinese internet? @ZRuichen explores 'socialist recoding' practices that negotiate the boundaries of censorship https://t.co/Wk6FryQy7J

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

A very small piece of work with a very simple argument about whether political memes are necessarily used for political implications in China. Hope you find it interesting as we do :) Thanks Dr Qin Gao for her editorial support!
https://t.co/SuDjaBczaE

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

@bbcchinese Curious how London would be like with 200mm rain per hour and more than 1,000mm rain in one day (FYI less than 100mm rain per day has caused more than 100 deaths in Germany last week). Hmmm sounds like London wouldn't have to worry about covid anymore lol

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

@DrCarolynP Very very very well deserved, Professor Pedwell🥳

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

@pingpongpastry @AcademicChatter I think it may depend on the specific thing you want to cite and the academic level? For me, I remember my Peking University supervisor clearly said no citing Baidu unless there were absolutely no alternatives

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

The western narrative about Xinjiang is by far the most ridiculous one even among their very own countless lies about China...In their sense I’m probably also ‘coerced’ to do my PhD? Now can somebody please do me a favour and coerce me to publish a top journal article thanks

[Daniel Dumbrill @DanielDumbrill]

A famous Uyghur YouTuber I've been following for a while visited a Xinjiang cotton farm 2 years ago.

https://t.co/Tng3U1GzY8

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

Solid argument! And much more sophisticated than I thought. Really well said!

[Daniel Dumbrill @DanielDumbrill]

@mlouis926 Full excerpt here https://t.co/473FCoWfEm

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

How to make a "BBC-style" Documentary about Wuhan? https://t.co/tp7GdjqO8Z via @YouTube

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

I'm so excited about this post! Got lots of help and support from the amazing editor @seaghkehoe! Hope more scholars will find these memes interesting and worth studying as I do!

[The Contemporary China Centre Blog @CCCblogUoW]

Here it is! Our first new blog of the year and we love it!

From A Propaganda Poster to A COVID Meme: Repackaging Chinese Posters in the Digital Age

Written by Ruichen Zhang (@ZRuichen)

https://t.co/x5AawQWtlg

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

I really hope this upsetting decision is not final...

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

Erasmus Brexit makes me feel really sad. I don't know how to describe how much my Erasmus exchange at @UniKent meant to me. In 2015 that was the only funded exchange opportunity for me. Studying in the UK has been my childhood dream, and Erasmus literally made my dream come true.

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

Erasmus means a ton to students across the continent in Asia. Lots of students in China like me cannot afford exchange studies in the UK. Erasmus gives them a chance to experience a different life and explore their cultural and academic interest.

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

This is so sad...Can't imagine what my life would have been like without my Erasmus exchange experience at the University of Kent in 2015-16...

[Roland Kappe @rolandkappe]

UK withdraws from Erasmus student exchange programme. An act of ignorance and isolationism. #Brexit #vandals

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

Got a lot of messages from friends and family out of concern. That just felt so familiar. It's exactly what happened nearly a year ago when Wuhan went into lockdown😂

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

Great video sharing the Chinese perspective! Munk Dialogues - Zhang Weiwei https://t.co/pTCtZVGlcv from @YouTube

[Dr Ruichen Zhang @ZRuichen]

awwwwwwww

[Andrew Jones @AJ_FI]

China: daring, multi-billion-dollar, 23-day Moon-and-back mission to collect lunar samples
Cosmic fox: MINE