chenchenzh

chenchenzh, 1 month ago to random

“无尽的远方，无数的人们，都与我有关”

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chenchenzh, 1 month ago to random

much inspired by this "encampment journal" from a Chinese student in Middle Eastern studies in NY. she used to keep questioning her positionality & qualifications: what do I know? How can I write about Palestine?
but encampment changed this... "I act. I think. I write. these are my qualifications".
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Bf2AmeOmOGaLVRXVNFGLdg

chenchenzh, 6 months ago to random

I wrote about the world's bestselling Chinese sci-fi series and why it's a favourite reference among the authoritarian minded techno-nationalists, anti-feminists & opponents of social justice in China.
the books are super fun though. give it a read if you haven't already.
https://madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/the-three-body-problem-the-imperative-of-survival-and-the-misogyny-of-reactionary-rhetoric/?fbclid=IwAR1QkSOpsSj9J7vbGmUyYwpmlpeESsZv_VWO45l6eiRdxGJQpaQbWozK5KY

chenchenzh, 8 months ago to random

absolutely fascinating story on how China Tabacco, the state-owned monopoly, has systemically undermined smoking restrictions in China and an international anti-smoking treaty in the past two decades
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/how-china-became-addicted-its-tobacco-monopoly

chenchenzh, 9 months ago to random

in light of Global Times (an ultranationalist state media outlet) demanding the British museum return Chinese cultural relics, this piece might be relevant
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718523001501
briefly, 1. European museums need to be decolonized, which includes and does not end with a program for restitution
2. the anticolonial moment can be captured by nationalist projects that are essentially authoritarian, reactionary, and oppressive towards marginalized groups within the postcolonial state

chenchenzh, 9 months ago to random

this is a book I had the pleasure to read and endorse before the official release. offers a much needed account of citizens' surveillance imaginaries incl. social credit, which as the author shows are entangled with narratives of national humiliation, moral shortcomings & colonial difference (lagging behind)
due to be published in October. do check it out when it's out!

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003403876/living-digital-surveillance-china-ariane-ollier-malaterre

chenchenzh, 11 months ago to random

happy to share this little "explainer" piece on hukou and suzhi as two keywords to understand the regimes and discourses of citizenship and (internal) migration in China. included in this spectacular handbook on governmentality edited by William Walters and Martina Tazzioli.

official link (I know. I don't have access either):
https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781839108662/book-part-9781839108662-29.xml?fbclid=IwAR3XG-0aOXtdy2TXSLjTlQXYsv9fO1ojFrbVeRgckOzeaqr9wft6XZy789M

full text available here:
https://chenchenzhangnet.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/zhang-2023-chapter.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0v7Qh2OEOBN8MkE1VA8j0nhHWFiALcuIeGXelU-vUv6MCljfxncsVOtrs

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chenchenzh, 1 year ago to twitter

thinking of #douban, where users operate permanently in the expectation that the website might be banned tomorrow. those of us remaining on the bird site could use some douban spirit.

in general folks in China use social media while knowing that their accounts could get suspended any day for political or apolitical content. every time you lose an acct with thousands of connections, you start all over again.

#Twitter #ChinaTwitter