Associate Professor at American University School of International Service. Senior Fellow @cfr.org. Studies Chinese and Russian politics and foreign policy. 唐志学
Joseph Torigian
The location of the recent mine disaster in China has a personal connection to Xi Jinping. In 1936, Xi Jinping's grandfather Qi Houzhi, a Nationalist, was named the county leader of Changzhi, Shanxi, the site of the tragedy.
<< un ouvrage ... qui aborde le sphinx Xi Jinping par cette face parentale, notamment paternelle ... >>
Not only might this be one of the most 'French literary discourse' sentences ever written, I can imagine the writer smiling to himself in contentment at that 'parentale/paternelle' device.
Pt. 2: chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/02/s...
On Tuesday, we announced the shortlist for our Baifang Schell Book Prize’s literature award.
Today, we are delighted to present the shortlist for our nonfiction category, the 2025 Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World: chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/02/s...
We are excited to hold our inaugural Graduate Fellow Conference on April 9th, 2026, at the Campbell Conference Facility -- featuring research of our 6 fellows, and two special guests: @josephtorigian.bsky.social & @evadou.bsky.social
Register Here: shorturl.at/bRgxu
@uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social
An extraordinarily reflective review of my book "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" by the great John Fitzgerald
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
To set the stage for the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, @lepoint.fr reviews my biography of Xi's father "The Party's Interests Come First"
www.lepoint.fr/monde/compre...
Joseph Torigian
Tomorrow, May 16, is the 60th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution. I've written about how it shaped elite politics after Mao's death and the entire Xi family. Today I'm re-upping my recent piece on new findings about the origins of the Cultural Revolution.
chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/19/p...
Shared some thoughts with @newsweek.com about the Kim-Xi meeting
www.newsweek.com/xis-north-ko...
If you're in the Bay Area, I'll be a discussant at this
@stanfordcisac.bsky.social book launch for David Holloway's magisterial "Nuclear Weapons: An International History" on May 26.
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/book-...
