Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️
@chenchenzhang.net
migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. based @durham.ac.uk
currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net
currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️
@chenchenzhang.net
· Nov 24
🚨new open-access article!🚨
what do drastically different representations of the Paris Olympic opening ceremony on Chinese social media tell us about competing narratives of civilization & transversal alignment in digital reactionary politics?
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what do drastically different representations of the Paris Olympic opening ceremony on Chinese social media tell us about competing narratives of civilization & transversal alignment in digital reactionary politics?
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without : Three Perspectives crimethinc.com/2026/01/07/i... — @crimethinc.com
Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without
Three perspectives on the uprising that began in Iran on December 29, 2025, and the forces that threaten it from within and without.
crimethinc.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without : Three Perspectives crimethinc.com/2026/01/07/i... — @crimethinc.com
oh wow I didn't realise it was a bomber aircraft
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
oh wow I didn't realise it was a bomber aircraft
interesting choice of imagery here depicting the figure of settler colonial "pioneers" who had their home by taking indigenous land
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
interesting choice of imagery here depicting the figure of settler colonial "pioneers" who had their home by taking indigenous land
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
so many Musk fan boys
bsky.app/profile/chen...
bsky.app/profile/chen...
by the way, I've written a couple of things on the "western civilization is killed by suicidal empathy" line of reactionary thought. start with the Three Body Problem fans.
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/t...
January 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
so many Musk fan boys
bsky.app/profile/chen...
bsky.app/profile/chen...
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The HK police shut down public vigils for the 150+ Tai Po fire victims. They threw all the goods donated by the community into the trash. All because the government felt a tinge of guilt, or know people will blame it for its incompetence. Memorials and memories are just not allowed.
January 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The HK police shut down public vigils for the 150+ Tai Po fire victims. They threw all the goods donated by the community into the trash. All because the government felt a tinge of guilt, or know people will blame it for its incompetence. Memorials and memories are just not allowed.
and couldn't bribe enough women into uploading videos of themselves
the three co-founders were employees of PayPal, which was co-founded by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel et al.
20 yrs later these guys built empire & the grok porn scandal seems to be what it's about all along
the three co-founders were employees of PayPal, which was co-founded by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel et al.
20 yrs later these guys built empire & the grok porn scandal seems to be what it's about all along
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
and couldn't bribe enough women into uploading videos of themselves
the three co-founders were employees of PayPal, which was co-founded by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel et al.
20 yrs later these guys built empire & the grok porn scandal seems to be what it's about all along
the three co-founders were employees of PayPal, which was co-founded by Elon Musk, Peter Thiel et al.
20 yrs later these guys built empire & the grok porn scandal seems to be what it's about all along
was reading about YouTube’s origin story and even though we all know the tech bro culture is weird, I still wasn’t ready for how much of the digital infrastructure that shapes our life (and politics) today began because tech bros were horny and bored
![Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy when Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site.[18][19] Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not.[17][20] They created posts on Craigslist asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for a $100 reward.[21] Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video.[](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t5kwnyqf6dqkhw6vi2quqnxz/bafkreiaqsgxu4a34wvidd3inht3qjxj7lxxp4v7kjqgwfh57uvp2doqrbq@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
was reading about YouTube’s origin story and even though we all know the tech bro culture is weird, I still wasn’t ready for how much of the digital infrastructure that shapes our life (and politics) today began because tech bros were horny and bored
"framing this alliance as a patriotic necessity in a Schmittian struggle against China". sounds like the counterpart of the industrial-party techno-nationalists in China www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QNVIT...
Manufacturing the Leviathan: Palantir’s ‘Technological republic’ and the nationalist faction of the tech oligarchy
Palantir a ‘superweapon' or a marketing masterclass? This article examines the emergence of a ‘nationalist-militarist' faction within the contemporary tech oligarchy through a critical reading of T...
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"framing this alliance as a patriotic necessity in a Schmittian struggle against China". sounds like the counterpart of the industrial-party techno-nationalists in China www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QNVIT...
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Never mind that this isn’t the definition of doxing in the first place, but you can’t dox a federal employee. If you’re a public servant, your identity isn’t “hidden.” It’s on public records. People can access those public records.
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Never mind that this isn’t the definition of doxing in the first place, but you can’t dox a federal employee. If you’re a public servant, your identity isn’t “hidden.” It’s on public records. People can access those public records.
"How do you show up to work everyday"? she is all of us
New footage provided to HuffPost of ICE Agents LITERALLY DENYING A PHYSICIAN ACCESS TO RENEE NICOLE GOOD, the woman they just shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
"How do you show up to work everyday"? she is all of us
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
the red banner slogan reads "Arrest anyone who burns coal".
"drones were used for patrols. If smoke was spotted, village officials would show up. Now drone patrols are rare, but if someone is caught burning coal, they will be fined." (OP link)
"drones were used for patrols. If smoke was spotted, village officials would show up. Now drone patrols are rare, but if someone is caught burning coal, they will be fined." (OP link)
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM
the red banner slogan reads "Arrest anyone who burns coal".
"drones were used for patrols. If smoke was spotted, village officials would show up. Now drone patrols are rare, but if someone is caught burning coal, they will be fined." (OP link)
"drones were used for patrols. If smoke was spotted, village officials would show up. Now drone patrols are rare, but if someone is caught burning coal, they will be fined." (OP link)
people in rural north China traditionally burned loose coal or coal briquettes to keep warm in the winter (we used this at home when I grew up). the transition to gas was imposed but rural residents get little financial or infrastructural support.
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
people in rural north China traditionally burned loose coal or coal briquettes to keep warm in the winter (we used this at home when I grew up). the transition to gas was imposed but rural residents get little financial or infrastructural support.
the cost of clean air in Beijing: people in rural Hebei suffer from not being able to afford heating for the 8th winter.
gas is too expensive, coal is banned. rural Hebei's plight has recently drawn widespread attention and gone viral on social media
aquariuseras.substack.com/p/hebei-meig...
gas is too expensive, coal is banned. rural Hebei's plight has recently drawn widespread attention and gone viral on social media
aquariuseras.substack.com/p/hebei-meig...
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
the cost of clean air in Beijing: people in rural Hebei suffer from not being able to afford heating for the 8th winter.
gas is too expensive, coal is banned. rural Hebei's plight has recently drawn widespread attention and gone viral on social media
aquariuseras.substack.com/p/hebei-meig...
gas is too expensive, coal is banned. rural Hebei's plight has recently drawn widespread attention and gone viral on social media
aquariuseras.substack.com/p/hebei-meig...
hukou liberalisation significantly reduces urban crimes, so does equalization of public services. and "we find that increasing registered population does not adversely affect service provisions for the originally registered individuals".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Immigration, hukou system and crime: Evidence from China
This paper investigates the causal effect of the hukou (household registration) system on urban crime. During the hukou reform in 2016, the central go…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
hukou liberalisation significantly reduces urban crimes, so does equalization of public services. and "we find that increasing registered population does not adversely affect service provisions for the originally registered individuals".
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"fairly poetic" screams AI.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 AM
"fairly poetic" screams AI.
LinkedIn posts are the worst and 95% written by AI
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 AM
LinkedIn posts are the worst and 95% written by AI
"forced to take.... just to make a living" lmao
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"forced to take.... just to make a living" lmao
as historians say, we always live in precedented times. Sphere of influence logics also echo and reinforce one another now. they flow across not only geopolitical, but also ideological boundaries. e.g. this "multipolar civilizational order" thing that some decolonial people are also obsessed about
As the Monroe Doctrine resurfaces through US military action in Venezuela, Craig Smith looks back to the 20th century to show how, in periods of imperial expansion, Pan-American and Asianist discourses flowed in both directions across the Pacific, not only echoing but also reinforcing one another.
Monroe Doctrine Redux: New Americanism and the Echoes of Empire in China and Japan | Made in China Journal
The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation—one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and b...
madeinchinajournal.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
as historians say, we always live in precedented times. Sphere of influence logics also echo and reinforce one another now. they flow across not only geopolitical, but also ideological boundaries. e.g. this "multipolar civilizational order" thing that some decolonial people are also obsessed about
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As the Monroe Doctrine resurfaces through US military action in Venezuela, Craig Smith looks back to the 20th century to show how, in periods of imperial expansion, Pan-American and Asianist discourses flowed in both directions across the Pacific, not only echoing but also reinforcing one another.
Monroe Doctrine Redux: New Americanism and the Echoes of Empire in China and Japan | Made in China Journal
The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation—one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and b...
madeinchinajournal.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 AM
As the Monroe Doctrine resurfaces through US military action in Venezuela, Craig Smith looks back to the 20th century to show how, in periods of imperial expansion, Pan-American and Asianist discourses flowed in both directions across the Pacific, not only echoing but also reinforcing one another.
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Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
"What we see, broadly, is a U.S. separation from global society versus deepened Chinese connectivity".
A good succinct summary. although I think it's worth mentioning that American & Chinese capitalism continue to be deeply entangled and interdependent in global production networks.
A good succinct summary. although I think it's worth mentioning that American & Chinese capitalism continue to be deeply entangled and interdependent in global production networks.
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"What we see, broadly, is a U.S. separation from global society versus deepened Chinese connectivity".
A good succinct summary. although I think it's worth mentioning that American & Chinese capitalism continue to be deeply entangled and interdependent in global production networks.
A good succinct summary. although I think it's worth mentioning that American & Chinese capitalism continue to be deeply entangled and interdependent in global production networks.
"Both governments are strongly sovereigntist, anti-liberal, and proponents of anti-liberal norms that have world order consequences. However, the two polities go about the enactment of their policies in significantly different ways". thediplomat.com/2025/12/conv...
Convergence Amid Divergence: America, China, and the Emerging Minimalist World Order
The world views of China and the U.S. have come into closer alignment in our current era. They go about the enactment of their policies in significantly different ways.
thediplomat.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"Both governments are strongly sovereigntist, anti-liberal, and proponents of anti-liberal norms that have world order consequences. However, the two polities go about the enactment of their policies in significantly different ways". thediplomat.com/2025/12/conv...