@fanfanyang.bsky.social
Professor, Media and Communication Studies, UMBC Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024). Researching media, infrastructure, robots, drones, and AI in Shenzhen and Hangzhou
My first take on the "low-altitude economy" in Shenzhen!
12.08.2025 15:20 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Honored to engage in this conversation with Louisa! Many thanks to @madeinchinajournal.com!
07.08.2025 14:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In 'Crafting a Tibetan Terroir', Brendan Galipeau explores how wine is reshaping landscapes and livelihoods in the Sino-Tibetan border region known as Shangri-La. From missionary vines to luxury tourism, it is a story of modernity, identity, and global capitalism. A conversation with Dechen Pemba.
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Asian Studies at UMBC seeking adjunct: www.linkedin.com/posts/fanyan...
25.04.2025 14:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@business: Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China’s artificial intelligence hub of Hangzhou, the home of AI sensation DeepSeek
26.03.2025 06:48 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tenure-track vacancy University of Cambridge: Assistant Professor in the History of Late Imperial Chinese Art (ca. 1200-ca. 1800). A rare and wonderful opportunity in our History of Art Department (From Prof Sterckx):
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
Yicai: "Three Chinese cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, have been listed among the world's 10 largest financial centers, in order, New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Seoul."
www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
My new @thechinaweek.com newsletter is out:
• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
Very curious to hear readers’ thoughts on this new style I’m experimenting with!
18.03.2025 01:19 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thrilled this issue of Global China Pulse on China's Linguistic Frontiers is out! Delighted to see my piece on Mandarin hegemony within this wonderfully global set of essays (w/ several on Chinese languages in Africa). Read it here! @globalchinamap.bsky.social
globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
Grateful for all the good work by @uofmpress.bsky.social!
16.03.2025 03:27 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Man standing in booth surrounded by books is holding up a book with a black cover. He has dark hair and dark rimmed glasses. A sign for Duke University Press is in the background.
Charlie Yi Zhang, author of "Dreadful Desires," stopped by the Duke University Press booth at @asianstudies.org
Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
Check out this podcast episode from Positions, featuring "Disorienting Politics" author @fanfanyang.bsky.social! Learn more about Chimerican media in the twenty-first century and start listening here: csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
25.02.2025 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@ubleiden.bsky.social Chinese Queer Collection at Leiden University Library will be officially launched. An amazing resource for research and teaching. If you are interested in joining the inaugural workshop and learning more, see the post below!
25.02.2025 09:49 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Sharing a Cultural Studies podcast about my book! csalateral.org/podcasts/pos...
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Excited to discuss this wonderful book with Michelle!
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