Congratulations to @yingyi_ma on winning the 2021 Best Book Award from the @HigherEd_SIG for Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education. @ColumbiaUP cup.columbia.edu/book/ambitious

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On Geopolitics Podcast Episode 21: Protests In China

Professor Bill Hurst and Suzanne Raine examine the significance of the recent outbreak of protests in many cities in China, and the CCP's response..............

A UCSD professor was punished for working with Chinese scientists. Is it an ethics breach or discrimination? - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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A UCSD professor was punished for working with Chinese scientists. Is it an ethics breach or...

Xiang-Dong Fu says he was forced to resign after UCSD investigated his ties to Chinese researchers, part of a controversial initiative that some say unfairly scrutinized Chinese professors at...

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Covell Meyskens

@cfmeyskens

Dec 9

Ruixue Jia and Magaret Roberts, "How U.S.-China Tensions Have Hurt American Science" bigdatachina.csis.org/how-u-s-china-

This is an important story, includes Wray's most expansive comments that I've seen re: DOJ China Initiative. Also huge shout out to Prof Ann Lin for asking him the hard questions about effects on Chinese-Americans 1/3 nbcnews.com/politics/natio via

@nbcnews

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FBI director defends failed investigations of Chinese academics

Speaking at the University of Michigan, Wray also said Chinese Americans are "in the crosshairs of the Chinese government," which tries to recruit them.

A great thread on protecting international students’ speech on American college campuses.

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Karin Fischer

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Dec 1

There are concerns about how authoritarian governments, particularly China's, may suppress student speech, even when their students are studying on campuses abroad. There are examples of students running afoul of the Chinese government because of critical speech overseas... 4/

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As a social movement scholar, I think the current discussion on the multi-site protests in China has misplaced its focus on whether it would lead to regime change. It is not the point. Let's celebrate PEOPLE and their participation. My preliminary observations.

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What is noteworthy amidst the student protests in China now are voices and faces of many females, many students from art and humanity schools in the protest. They are the new leaders of the student protests now in China.

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Nov 15

vital to the academic enterprise? My hunch is: a lot, but hard to quantify. No matter how much $ China put into its higher education, it is very unlikely it will build a world class university with the top-notch humanity and social science programs.

Chinese universities occupy half of the top ten world best engineering programs. No surprise given China's huge investment in STEM and Chinese students' strong math and science pre-college education. The question is: to what extent do humanity and social science programs are

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William C. Kirby

@BillKirbyHBS

Nov 14

Chinese universities extend their lead in engineering rankings, while famous American institutions slip further down the list. Times change. usnews.com/education/best

I've provided some commentary here in this piece ‘They want American degrees’: China No 1 provider of overseas students to US sc.mp/61ma?utm_sourc via

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‘They want American degrees’: China No 1 provider of overseas students to US

Over 290,000 came to American institutions of higher education in 2021-2022 academic year, down 8.6 per cent compared with previous year.

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Nov 11

A tremendous win for Asian American scholars.

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Asian American Scholar Forum

@AASForumOrg

Nov 11

Sherry Chen's historic settlement is a tremendous win for Asian American scientists, researchers, and scholars across the country. We will continue to fight racial profiling, call for accountability. buff.ly/3fRVrJi

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Nov 10

Such a pleasure!! Thanks

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Getting ready to teach Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese College Students Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education by @yingyi_ma in my sociology of education class tomorrow. Very excited, and also looking up to how to pronounce "gaokao."

Please vote today!!!

This story reeks of McCarthyism. I've been following

@thechinaproj

(SupChina) for the better part of a decade and even published articles on their website (highly critical of Beijing, by the way), and

@goldkorn

and

@KaiserKuo

have always been nothing but professional. 1/2

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A former employee’s complaint prompts Republican calls to investigate The China Project, an American news company semafor.com/article/10/30/

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Derek Li and Rick Chang both benefited from China’s tech boom. When the atmosphere changed, each had to make a decision. A fantastic read by

@shenlulushen

@_KarenHao

that captures the challenges entrepreneurs are confronting in Xi's New Era wsj.com/articles/two-e via

@WSJ

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Two Men Rode a Decadelong Tech Wave in China—Only One Is Staying

Derek Li and Rick Chang both benefited from China’s tech boom. When the atmosphere changed, each had to make a decision.

This is fascinating: Just 22% of Germans see Russia as a major threat to their security vs 66% of Americans. The geography suggests these results should be reversed. On China, the divide is even bigger.

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Asian American Scholar Forum

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Oct 14

AASF recently released a report that shows a growing number of Chinese-descent scientists have left or are considering leaving the U.S. On 10/17, we discuss implications of this w/

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APA Justice and 9 others

1/12 Good summary by

of Beijing's economic policy dilemmas, but I disagree with the emphasis some of the people cited in the article place on the role of strengthening the social safety net to reduce excessively high precautionary savings.

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Xi Jinping’s last chance to revive the Chinese economy

Consumer spending could become the backbone of a new growth model but that would require Beijing to relinquish some political control

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Yes, yes, yes. In my view, cover letter should explain the fit between the candidate and the job. The fit is really vital.

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Ashley Albright, PhD

@aralbright93

Sep 30

do hiring committees actually read cover letters? actually asking for a friend

Glorious day

This article, led by Professors

@YuXie3

of Princeton,

@XihongLin

of Harvard, and Ju Li of MIT, summarizes a survey conducted by

@AASForumOrg

. arxiv.org/pdf/2209.10642 Read this concise article, if only to develop empathy for fellow human beings. The fear is palpable.⬇️

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@yingyi_ma

Sep 23

But if America starts to lose the appeal to international faculty, who is going to educate the increasing number of undergraduates?

Few American students go on to earn doctorates in STEM, largely because the job market is too good for them to have incentives to become STEM faculty. Hence, the STEM faculty is very international in almost all major American universities.

The countertrend is the rise of STEM among American domestic student population. The question is whether it can offset the decline of international students and faculty. More important, the rise of STEM among domestic students is largely at the undergrad level.

Huge thanks to

for such a data collection. More outflow of talent in STEM, and less inflow of doctoral students in STEM, the U.S is poised to have issues with the STEM talent pipeline, which used to be populated with Chinese international students.

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Maggie Lewis

@MargaretKLewis

Sep 22

.@shashamimi & @_KarenHao's latest in @WSJ on the US losing scientists & engineers of Chinese descent. Not only has @AASForumOrg done a huge service in collecting this data, its members are making tremendous contributions to research in the US. wsj.com/articles/u-s-c

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U.S.-China Perception Monitor

@uscnpm

Sep 22

Join us tonight (8 PM ET) for a webinar on the experience and status of Chinese int'l students at U.S. universities. Organized by @USCET, @CarterCenter, and @ushcaorg, we have a truly fantastic lineup of speakers. Who are they? uscnpm.org/2022/09/18/eve Thread: 1/

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Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 20

Cannot agree more!!!

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Roberto G. Gonzales

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Sep 19

I started graduate school 20 years ago this week. Through it all, I managed to finish with a PhD, land an academic job, & then take jobs at 3 other unis while earning tenure along the way. If I could go back & give advice to my 20-years-ago self, I would offer the following: 1/

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Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 19

I still remain confident in the competitive advantages of America's higher education system

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CSIS

@CSIS

Aug 29

Guest @yingyi_ma joins hosts Jude Blanchette and @ryanl_hass to lay out strengths and weaknesses of China’s human talent development pipeline, and why she remains confident in the competitive advantages of America’s higher education system. Listen here: brookings.edu/podcast-episod

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 18

Completely agree. Note that the defining style of Chinese governance is its gradual approach. So the expectation that zero Covid policy will suddenly end after party congress is not realistic.

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andrew polk

@andrewpolk81

Sep 16

Seeing lots of speculation – cause of Xi’s trip abroad – that China will walk back zero-Covid policy soon. Ain’t gonna happen. Even sillier is the idea that a shift comes after party congress in Oct or gov meetings in Mar. Here’s why zero-Covid will be around well into 2023

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Regardless Xi-Putin's personal ties, Beijing won't support Putin's war in Ukraine. Li Zhanshu roughly repeated one of Beijing's (and Mearsheimer's) talking points, but Beijing has other considerations and complex interests. Of course, "ce-ying" (策应）is a tricky Chinese term😀

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 14

I respect Professor Xu very much

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Karin Fischer

@karinfischer

Sep 14

Listening in on the case of Xi Xiaoling, who is suing the FBI over his wrongful arrest for supposedly sharing high-tech secrets with China. Background here: chronicle.com/article/the-sp

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Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 13

Great session.

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Zhengfawei 政法委

@Zhengfawei80

Sep 13

We’re all still grappling with the richness of @michaelxpettis’ insights today, plus all the outstanding audience Qs, so for sure we’ll be listening back to the recording of this morning’s conversation too, available at the link below for the next 30 days: twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvKp

Anti-Asian Prejudice Undermines U.S. National Security: Revisiting the U.S. Government’s Deportation of Qian Xuesen

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Anti-Asian Prejudice Undermines U.S. National Security: Revisiting the case of Qian Xuesen

The U.S. deported a scientist who then built missiles for China. His legacy shows the cost of racial discrimination.

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 7

Give it a listen. A great interview with

@BillKirbyHBS

about his new book on great universities, by

@NCUSCR

The Chinese universities featured in the book include Tsinghua and Nanjing University. As a proud alum of Nanjing Univ, I have learnt quite a bit about my alma mater.

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William C. Kirby

@BillKirbyHBS

Aug 25

Grateful for the opportunity to join Margot Landman & @NCUSCR to discuss the rise of China in the world of universities. twitter.com/NCUSCR/status/…

Worth reading

Top CCP Scientist Diagnoses China's STEM Ills

"We lack strategic scientists and top technicians, training for young talent, and a reserve of outstanding engineers."

Yingyi Ma

@yingyi_ma

Sep 4

By the always insightful Yuen Yuen Ang

noemamag.com

The Clash Of Two Gilded Ages | NOEMA

Despite their great power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end the excesses of capitalism.

Sharing a thought-provoking piece by

@yuenyuenang

arguing that the crux of US-China competition is over which country's political system will better be able to address it domestic shortcomings to unlock the potential of its people.

@NoemaMag

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The Clash Of Two Gilded Ages | NOEMA

Despite their great power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end the excesses of capitalism.

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@yingyi_ma

Aug 29

Hence reducing the talent mobility. This has also exacerbated regional disparities in economic and social development.

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