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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 2d

How exciting! Order the paperback version of 'The Time Inheritors' now! Get 30% off with code SNPF25 when you order at tinyurl.com/mr38ap2s

SUNY Press @sunypress.bsky.social · 2d

Cora Lingling Xu's The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China is now available in paperback! Take 30% off with code SNPF25 when you order at tinyurl.com/mr38ap2s.
@coralinglingxu.bsky.social
#newinpaperback #ReadUP

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 16d

困在「时间贫穷」里的人
和记者王青老师聊了超过四个小时后，感觉有点身体被掏空了，很感恩有机会这么详细地聊关于这本书背后的人物故事，我的故事，以及更多的你的故事。谢谢「人物」杂志这么优美的文笔！
困在「时间贫穷」里的人
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-apPVN8KH7...

困在「时间贫穷」里的人

你不是那个失败者。你已经做得很好了。

mp.weixin.qq.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · 17d

A great online event! Register and win a hardcopy! See you! 😊

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 17d

Still haven't heard my book talk? Register for this one by @albany.edu @ualbanygradsch.bsky.social Students of Sociology-scan QR code on poster to register! Win a hardcopy of The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social if you're a student at UAlbany! See you! 😀

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · 24d

An intriguing angle to examine time inequalities of women. Check it out!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · 24d

很高兴和女性电影联盟的姊妹连接上，举办这个讲座，有兴趣发邮件：[email protected]
报名后将收到 Zoom 链接。

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Sep 1

Huge congrats 🎉 👏

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hooray! First book talk after the summer holiday! Join it!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 24

😁 Looking forward to sharing my book 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social with colleagues at the CCYSC this Wednesday, 12:30 pm UK time, i.e. 5 pm Indian Standard Time. Cannot wait to learn from my discussant Dr Leya Matthew about how she relates to the book!
PM for the link! 🙏

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 24

😁 Looking forward to sharing my book 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social with colleagues at the CCYSC this Wednesday, 12:30 pm UK time, i.e. 5 pm Indian Standard Time. Cannot wait to learn from my discussant Dr Leya Matthew about how she relates to the book!
PM for the link! 🙏

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 6

Many congrats @tongmeng.bsky.social ! Very well done on getting your work known to a wider audience! @durhameducation.bsky.social @drannallewellyn.bsky.social

chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 6

Told ‘Too Fat’ at Home, Chinese Women Are ‘Too Thin’ Abroad
Chinese students dating in the U.K. stop worrying about looking fair-skinned, young, and skinny —only 2 face the Kardashian beauty standard instead. Read @tongmeng.bsky.social's work in @sixthtone.bsky.social
www.sixthtone.com/news/1017417

Told ‘Too Fat’ at Home, Chinese Women Are ‘Too Thin’ Abroad

Chinese students dating in the U.K. stop worrying about looking fair-skinned, young, and skinny — only to face the Kardashian beauty standard instead.

www.sixthtone.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 6

Told ‘Too Fat’ at Home, Chinese Women Are ‘Too Thin’ Abroad
Chinese students dating in the U.K. stop worrying about looking fair-skinned, young, and skinny —only 2 face the Kardashian beauty standard instead. Read @tongmeng.bsky.social's work in @sixthtone.bsky.social
www.sixthtone.com/news/1017417

Told ‘Too Fat’ at Home, Chinese Women Are ‘Too Thin’ Abroad

Chinese students dating in the U.K. stop worrying about looking fair-skinned, young, and skinny — only to face the Kardashian beauty standard instead.

www.sixthtone.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 2

Hooray, a much more affordable version for personal use. Order your copy of 'The Time Inheritors' now for as little as £18.2 with SNPF25 discount code. Hurry up! @sunypress.bsky.social

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 2

Pre-order the paperback of 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social and use SNPF25 to get 30% off. This will make the book around £18-place ur order now: sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...

For everything else you need to know about the book, visit: coralinglingxublog.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/t...

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 1

Huge congrats on a third highly positive review of your book 'The Time Inheritors' by an award-winning sociologist of education, Dr Yilin Chiang, author of 'Study Gods'! @rcolesworthy.bsky.social @durhameducation.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thrilled and honoured to read the deeply insightful review of 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social by Yilin Chiang, award-winning author, published in the prestigious @chinaquarterly.bsky.social. This is such a great surprise and it totally made my day!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China Cora Lingling Xu. New York: SUNY Press, 2025. 256 pp. $35.95 (pbk). ISBN 9798855801910 | The China Quarterly | Cambr...

The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China Cora Lingling Xu. New York: SUNY Press, 2025. 256 pp. $35.95 (pbk). ISBN 9798855801910

www.cambridge.org

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Aug 1

Many congrats on yet another highly positive review of your book 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social @durhameducation.bsky.social!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Aug 1

Delighted to share the book reviews page of 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social. Deeply encouraged by Dan Cui's insightful review-the moment you feel that a reviewer knows your book better than yourself🤣https://coralinglingxublog.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/book-reviews-of-the-time-inheritors/

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 26

Huge congrats on such a a positive review of The Time Inheritors! @sunypress.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jul 26

Super excited and deeply humbled by this first review of my book 'The Time Inheritors' by Dr Jasper Roe. Let me know if you would like the PDF of the review. @sunypress.bsky.social w/ featured interviews @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @shichapodcast.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The time inheritors: How time inequalities shape higher education mobility in China

Published in Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 22

🎥 New research presentation now online:
Love in a Transient Sexual Field: Female Chinese International Students’ Racial Preference on Mobile Dating Apps by @tongmeng.bsky.social
Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ZXPV... #InternationalStudent #DatingApp
@coralinglingxu.bsky.social

Meng_Love in a Transient Sexual Field: Female Chinese Intl Students’ Racialised Desire_Dating Apps

YouTube video by NRCEM China

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jul 22

For friends interested in learning more about female Chinese international students' racialised desire when using mobile dating apps in the UK, check this video out by @tongmeng.bsky.social: @durhameducation.bsky.social @durhamchina.bsky.social @drannallewellyn.bsky.social
youtu.be/ZXPVZ_qKJN4

Meng_Love in a Transient Sexual Field: Female Chinese Intl Students’ Racialised Desire_Dating Apps

YouTube video by NRCEM China

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 21

[Research Highlight🌟] A very fascinating work! Jennifer discusses Reshaping Agency and International Teacher Identity: Supporting EAL VCE Students via a Bilingual Immersion Model at a Sino-Australian Senior School in China. chineseedmobilities.com/2025/07/19/r...

Reshaping Agency and International Teacher Identity: Supporting EAL VCE Students via a Bilingual Immersion Model at a Sino-Australian Senior School in China

Research Highlighted: Cutri, J. (2025). In Veliz, L., Nguyen, M.H., Slaughter, Y., & Bonar, G. (Eds.), Language Teacher Agency: Navigating Complex and Diverse Educational Contexts (pp. 129–146…

chineseedmobilities.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 9

Looks like a great opportunity to join a supportive, interdisciplinary conference for ECRs! Submit your abstract now!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jul 9

Imagining Better Education Conference 2025 calling proposals from across ed & socsci, esp interdisciplinary and ECRs. @durhameducation.bsky.social @tongmeng.bsky.social

📍 Location: Durham
🗓 Submission deadline: 31 July 2025

Contact below for queries: [email protected]

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 6

Hooray! Cannot wait to access this more affordable paperback version of 'The Time Inheritors' on 1st October 2025! Pre-order now! @sunypress.bsky.social

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jul 6

Good news! You can now pre-order the paperback version of 'The Time Inheritors' at USD 35.95, around £26.3, available on 1st October 2025 (ISBN: 9798855801910) @sunypress.bsky.social
sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...

The Time Inheritors

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jul 5

Some useful reflections about doing literature reviews and trying to highlight research gaps...no need to put down others' work? 🤔

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jul 5

When you try to point out literature gaps, do you have to put down other scholars' work, e.g. by claiming that they 'failed'?
Read my reflections/provocations in this substack:
substack.com/profile/2923...

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jun 25

Cannot wait to learn more about time inequalities in China? Register now and join Dr @coralinglingxu.bsky.social to discuss her book The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social on 2 July at 10 am UK time online!

Sinan Chu @chusinan.bsky.social · Jun 24

@coralinglingxu.bsky.social discusses her new book, The Time Inheritors, on #GIGA #China Series, moderated by @jgurolhaller.bsky.social

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CEST)
@giga-hamburg.de

Registration link:
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

GIGA China Series

This talk examines China’s interests, strategies, and role in the Middle East, arguing that China's engagement in the region going forward will largely be a function of American policy — whether and t...

www.giga-hamburg.de

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jun 24

Some great tips about sorting out the myriads of references that you meant to save and read but did not!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jun 24

Do you often send references to your own email and then forget about them? I used to...until I began my 'literature stock-taking days' regularly. Read this substack post to find out how and why I do it.
'Literature stock-taking day' substack.com/@coraxu/note...

'Literature stock-taking day'

Some reflections

substack.com

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join @coralinglingxu.bsky.social on her last book talk before the summer on 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de on 2 July at 10 am UK time! See you there!

Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Possibly the last book talk before the summer on 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social: join me
@giga-hamburg.de China Series lecture on 2 July at 10 am UK tim (11 am CEST). Register (scroll down to my talk then click 'register'). See you soon!

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Jun 23

Educational #Mobility and #Inequality in #China: Can Time Be Inherited?

How do intergenerational privileges – or their absence – shape students’ educational journeys?

Hear more about it on
🗓 Wednesday, 2 July 2025 | 11 a.m. (CEST) | Online

➡️ ️️Register here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jun 22

Indulging myself in McPhee's 'Draft No. 4', thanks to @yangyangcheng.bsky.social's recommendation during her podcast 😊!

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Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social · Jun 20

Looking forward to this book discussion with Dr Ken Sun next Monday! Join us online!
@sunypress.bsky.social

周一线上见哦，期待与Ken Sun博士对谈！https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99350657122

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chiedmobilities.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social · Jun 14

Big congrats Tong 👏 🎉!

Tong Meng孟彤 @tongmeng.bsky.social · Jun 12

“Fair-skinned, young and slim白幼瘦” or “Kardashian-style”? In my latest paper in @femmediastudies.bsky.social, I explore how female Chinese students in the UK present themselves on dating apps. Grateful for the feedback from my supervisors @coralinglingxu.bsky.social @drannallewellyn.bsky.social

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