David Stroup
@davidstroup.bsky.social
Sr. Lecturer of Chinese Politics at the University of Manchester.
Researching the everyday politics of ethnicity under authoritarianism and Islamophobia in the PRC.
Researching the everyday politics of ethnicity under authoritarianism and Islamophobia in the PRC.
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
I’m an @ou.edu alumnus (graduated with my PhD in ‘17) and I taught as a departmental lecturer at OUCIS prior to getting a permanent job. I am sickened by this news.
Like so many cases where people with legal immigration status are arrested up for no reason, this is deplorable and racist.
Like so many cases where people with legal immigration status are arrested up for no reason, this is deplorable and racist.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’m an @ou.edu alumnus (graduated with my PhD in ‘17) and I taught as a departmental lecturer at OUCIS prior to getting a permanent job. I am sickened by this news.
Like so many cases where people with legal immigration status are arrested up for no reason, this is deplorable and racist.
Like so many cases where people with legal immigration status are arrested up for no reason, this is deplorable and racist.
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INCCS provides a platform for knowledge exchange and impact by hosting research based workshop events.
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Events
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November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
INCCS provides a platform for knowledge exchange and impact by hosting research based workshop events.
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS) has launched, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant work on China’s politics, society and global impact.
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)
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November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS) has launched, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant work on China’s politics, society and global impact.
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Excited for the launch of @drdavidtobin.bsky.social’s International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)! Now more than ever there’s a need for rigorous, reflective, critically-informed research on China. INCCS’s mission to avoid clunky, knee-jerk commentary is refreshing & desperately needed
Policymakers and the media need rigorous research by independently minded scholars to make sense of Chinese politics and society.
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS) has launched, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant work on China’s politics, society and global impact.
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
Discover more about the network here:
🔗 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Excited for the launch of @drdavidtobin.bsky.social’s International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)! Now more than ever there’s a need for rigorous, reflective, critically-informed research on China. INCCS’s mission to avoid clunky, knee-jerk commentary is refreshing & desperately needed
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Contact me by email or DM if you have a proposal for a research publication or co-hosted events.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Contact me by email or DM if you have a proposal for a research publication or co-hosted events.
@billcallahan.bsky.social @timothyagrose.bsky.social @kasgarlikarluk.bsky.social @astridnordin.bsky.social @ericschluessel.bsky.social @davidstroup.bsky.social @htheaker.bsky.social
@billcallahan.bsky.social @timothyagrose.bsky.social @kasgarlikarluk.bsky.social @astridnordin.bsky.social @ericschluessel.bsky.social @davidstroup.bsky.social @htheaker.bsky.social
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You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You can think it’s good that Massie and MTG are stirring up shit within the GOP caucus without thinking their politics in general is good. It’s not hard at all in fact?
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Sheffield Hallam Apologizes to American Scholar Over Publication Ban
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sheffield Hallam Apologizes to American Scholar Over Publication Ban
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
Curtailment of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labor practices in China raises further questions over foreign government interference...
Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/43fUPCK
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I never looked at Ground News before because I think the emphasis on left vs right is fundamentally misguided, but this is amazing: grouping @hrw.org and @hongkongfp.com together with Xinhua and China Daily as “the left,” then generating summaries muddling their perspectives even further. Sublime.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I never looked at Ground News before because I think the emphasis on left vs right is fundamentally misguided, but this is amazing: grouping @hrw.org and @hongkongfp.com together with Xinhua and China Daily as “the left,” then generating summaries muddling their perspectives even further. Sublime.
The story about the pressures put on Uk academics working on China (often through anonymous threats) is one that needs to be discussed further. There are lots of ways that UK unis can protect academic freedom without scapegoating international students.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
China-critical UK academics describe ‘extremely heavy’ pressure from Beijing
Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The story about the pressures put on Uk academics working on China (often through anonymous threats) is one that needs to be discussed further. There are lots of ways that UK unis can protect academic freedom without scapegoating international students.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Beijing's blatant intimidations pushed Sheffield Hallam to violate academic freedom of Prof.
@lauratmurphy.bsky.social, whose work has been foundational for #UyghurForcedLabor research. The university and relevant authorities should ensure her rights are protected. theguardian.com/education/20...
@lauratmurphy.bsky.social, whose work has been foundational for #UyghurForcedLabor research. The university and relevant authorities should ensure her rights are protected. theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Beijing's blatant intimidations pushed Sheffield Hallam to violate academic freedom of Prof.
@lauratmurphy.bsky.social, whose work has been foundational for #UyghurForcedLabor research. The university and relevant authorities should ensure her rights are protected. theguardian.com/education/20...
@lauratmurphy.bsky.social, whose work has been foundational for #UyghurForcedLabor research. The university and relevant authorities should ensure her rights are protected. theguardian.com/education/20...
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Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Amid many a silly “free speech” panic, here is a genuinely chilling case …
Sheffield Hallam professor accuses the institution of negotiating “directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield Hallam professor accuses the institution of negotiating “directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Amid many a silly “free speech” panic, here is a genuinely chilling case …
Sheffield Hallam professor accuses the institution of negotiating “directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield Hallam professor accuses the institution of negotiating “directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.
In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
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I wrote a story @theguardian.com about Zhang Yadi, a London-bound Chinese student and Tibetan rights advocate who was arrested over the summer on suspicion of “inciting separatism.”
If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Read the story, with comments from @hrw.org, below:
If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Read the story, with comments from @hrw.org, below:
‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support
Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I wrote a story @theguardian.com about Zhang Yadi, a London-bound Chinese student and Tibetan rights advocate who was arrested over the summer on suspicion of “inciting separatism.”
If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Read the story, with comments from @hrw.org, below:
If found guilty, she faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
Read the story, with comments from @hrw.org, below:
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"In total, the documents show Sheffield [Hallam University] had earned £3.8m in 2021/22 from China and Hong Kong." That's how little was enough for them to sell out.
This is as bleak as it gets:
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show’ www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"In total, the documents show Sheffield [Hallam University] had earned £3.8m in 2021/22 from China and Hong Kong." That's how little was enough for them to sell out.
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Confirmation of key thesis in @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social
and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...
and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Confirmation of key thesis in @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social
and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...
and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
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Now reversed, but only after eight months of disruption, cancellation of some work, and threats of legal action. Appalling.
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Now reversed, but only after eight months of disruption, cancellation of some work, and threats of legal action. Appalling.
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
My former colleague @arthurkaufman.bsky.social interviewed @lauratmurphy.bsky.social about her work in 2022:
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A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China, leading to a major project being dropped, the Guardian can reveal.
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Pretty extraordinary story here
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....