Ting
@tingguowrites.bsky.social
Religion, gender, politics in transnational Asia @utoronto.ca. @shichapodcast.bsky.social cohost. JAAR @aarweb.bsky.social book review editor. @asianstudies.org DEC rep. She/her/伊/佢
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Ting
@tingguowrites.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Can love hold a nation together—or hold it down? In her new book, @tingguowrites.bsky.social uncovers how Chinese leaders from Sun Yat-sen to Xi Jinping have harnessed the language of love—universal, ardent, paternal—to stir hearts, shape ideology, and legitimise power across a century.
Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China: A Conversation with Ting Guo | Made in China Journal
Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China (Amsterdam University Press, 2025) examines how the language of love (愛 ai) has been appropriated and politicised by Chinese pol...
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On (post) #secularism, #nationalism, #gender politics under Xi vs Mao, love for #authoritarianism and intersectional love in minor transnationalism:
And it snowed in Toronto today. In popular Chinese #religious epistemology, snow is always related to #injustice.
#hongkong #hongkongfire
#hongkong #hongkongfire
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
And it snowed in Toronto today. In popular Chinese #religious epistemology, snow is always related to #injustice.
#hongkong #hongkongfire
#hongkong #hongkongfire
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I wrote a book how #religious #nationalism works in the contemporary world, even in a #secular ( #socialist) context:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote a book how #religious #nationalism works in the contemporary world, even in a #secular ( #socialist) context:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#hongkong ‘s incredible civil society. Vividly remembering 2014 & 2019 movements, when protestors would clean the streets after demonstration, no looting, people helping each other out under tear gas
Hongkongers are responding to the deadly blaze in Tai Po, donating supplies, money and blood to assist in the relief effort. HKFP rounds up fundraisers and initiatives for readers looking to contribute. In full: buff.ly/9nD1r9L
Hong Kong fire: How to support families affected by the blaze
Hongkongers are responding to the deadly blaze in Tai Po, donating supplies, money and blood to assist in the relief effort. HKFP rounds up fundraisers and initiatives for readers looking to contribute.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#hongkong ‘s incredible civil society. Vividly remembering 2014 & 2019 movements, when protestors would clean the streets after demonstration, no looting, people helping each other out under tear gas
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1/ The death toll in Wednesday's Tai Po residential complex fire has risen to 65. Full, on-the-ground coverage from HKFP: buff.ly/RSwXkVU
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
1/ The death toll in Wednesday's Tai Po residential complex fire has risen to 65. Full, on-the-ground coverage from HKFP: buff.ly/RSwXkVU
Of course the root of this tragedy (65 dead, almost 300 missing in the fire) was political: #hongkong
Further political context: In the 2019 District Council elections, all 19 of the elected seats of Tai Po District Council were won by "yellow" (i.e., Hong Kong pro-democracy) candidates. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out bar for the two ex officio members of the 21 person strong body.
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Of course the root of this tragedy (65 dead, almost 300 missing in the fire) was political: #hongkong
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International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
So glad that #Indigenous Knowledge in #Taiwan and Beyond (eds Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai) now has a Chinese edition:
#booksky
#booksky
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So glad that #Indigenous Knowledge in #Taiwan and Beyond (eds Shu-mei Shih, Lin-chin Tsai) now has a Chinese edition:
#booksky
#booksky
44 dead, 279 missing!! #hongkong
The Fire Services Department brought Wednesday's deadly Tai Po fire under control in the early hours of Thursday. At least 44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers. Full coverage: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/27/t... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
44 dead, 279 missing!! #hongkong
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The Fire Services Department brought Wednesday's deadly Tai Po fire under control in the early hours of Thursday. At least 44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers. Full coverage: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/27/t... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Fire Services Department brought Wednesday's deadly Tai Po fire under control in the early hours of Thursday. At least 44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers. Full coverage: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/27/t... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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ICYMI: Ralf Ruckus's interview with @yige-dong.bsky.social on Social Reproduction Theory and feminist struggle in the PRC is still live on our website.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ICYMI: Ralf Ruckus's interview with @yige-dong.bsky.social on Social Reproduction Theory and feminist struggle in the PRC is still live on our website.
Long sentence but I hope it'll make sense: "The double- #decolonial #agency elucidating these overlapping #colonial dynamics that #liberal frameworks fail to adequately address can only be understood through a #cogent logic, when reason is animated by ostensibly unreasonable feelings."
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Long sentence but I hope it'll make sense: "The double- #decolonial #agency elucidating these overlapping #colonial dynamics that #liberal frameworks fail to adequately address can only be understood through a #cogent logic, when reason is animated by ostensibly unreasonable feelings."
five dead, three in a critical condition
UPDATE: The Fire Services Department raised the alert for the deadly Tai Po blaze to a No. 5 alarm - the highest - at 6:22pm. As of 6pm, five people are dead, three are in a critical condition, one in a serious condition and one in a stable condition. Full updates: buff.ly/bOBvAng Photo: Kyle Lam.
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
five dead, three in a critical condition
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Great to get to talk about Hong Kong in 2019 & after with Ching Kwan Lee, author of the important new @harvardpress.bsky.social book Forever Hong Kong, podcast moderated expertly by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social for @madeinchinajournal.com madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/24/e...
Episode 6 | Hong Kong in Protest, Redux
In 2019, more than a million people poured onto the streets of Hong Kong, with many returning week after week. The song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ soon emerged as the movement’s unofficial anthem. What bega...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great to get to talk about Hong Kong in 2019 & after with Ching Kwan Lee, author of the important new @harvardpress.bsky.social book Forever Hong Kong, podcast moderated expertly by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social for @madeinchinajournal.com madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/24/e...
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Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
Reader or Professor in Chinese Studies - AC2219 at University of St Andrews
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November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
sent out 100 emails during #aarsbl25 to invite review roundtables on recently published amazing books. receiving emails back after the conference = harvest time, the happiest time for a review editor.
#aarsbl2025
#aarsbl2025
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
sent out 100 emails during #aarsbl25 to invite review roundtables on recently published amazing books. receiving emails back after the conference = harvest time, the happiest time for a review editor.
#aarsbl2025
#aarsbl2025
Last day #aarsbl25. Edited amazing reviews on incredible books b4 heading to the airport. Doing editorial work during a mega conference was ☠️👻 But reading such engaging, empathetic words can be magically therapeutic & empowering. This is what makes the job meaningful. Thank U all for ur part in it
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Last day #aarsbl25. Edited amazing reviews on incredible books b4 heading to the airport. Doing editorial work during a mega conference was ☠️👻 But reading such engaging, empathetic words can be magically therapeutic & empowering. This is what makes the job meaningful. Thank U all for ur part in it
More books from #aarsbl25 #aarsbl2025 incl Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making #Buddhist Families in Modern #Taiwan, Countless Sands: #Medieval Buddhists and Their Environments, #Islamic China: An #Asian History
@protass.bsky.social
@protass.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
More books from #aarsbl25 #aarsbl2025 incl Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making #Buddhist Families in Modern #Taiwan, Countless Sands: #Medieval Buddhists and Their Environments, #Islamic China: An #Asian History
@protass.bsky.social
@protass.bsky.social
Taking a moment from #aarsbl25 to celebrate this recently award-winning #hongkong film #Queerpanorama 眾生相. #Queer and #Buddhist at the same time (each trans-boundary encounter contributes to the making of the protagonist’s sense of identity).
#goldenhorse #filmsky #moviesky #buddhism
#goldenhorse #filmsky #moviesky #buddhism
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Taking a moment from #aarsbl25 to celebrate this recently award-winning #hongkong film #Queerpanorama 眾生相. #Queer and #Buddhist at the same time (each trans-boundary encounter contributes to the making of the protagonist’s sense of identity).
#goldenhorse #filmsky #moviesky #buddhism
#goldenhorse #filmsky #moviesky #buddhism
#aarsbl25 Sandra Park on #Christian #nationalism in #Korea as an enemy-making product of the violent conditions of the (religious) #ColdWar
( #Religion, #Resistance, and Reform: #Political Polarization in the Wake of South Korea’s 2024 Martial Law Decree panel)
( #Religion, #Resistance, and Reform: #Political Polarization in the Wake of South Korea’s 2024 Martial Law Decree panel)
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#aarsbl25 Sandra Park on #Christian #nationalism in #Korea as an enemy-making product of the violent conditions of the (religious) #ColdWar
( #Religion, #Resistance, and Reform: #Political Polarization in the Wake of South Korea’s 2024 Martial Law Decree panel)
( #Religion, #Resistance, and Reform: #Political Polarization in the Wake of South Korea’s 2024 Martial Law Decree panel)
#aarsbl25 So-Yi Chung, on #Joseon #Confucian #women ‘s writings on “resenting heaven”: from passive #emotions to reflexive transformation
#koreanreligions #kreligion
#koreanreligions #kreligion
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#aarsbl25 So-Yi Chung, on #Joseon #Confucian #women ‘s writings on “resenting heaven”: from passive #emotions to reflexive transformation
#koreanreligions #kreligion
#koreanreligions #kreligion
💀jetlagged that day; allow me to clarify: #EveSedgwick ‘s #Buddhist pedagogy invites us to “recognise”:
1. the global, transnational nature of current crises esp among antagonistic regimes e.g. their technologies of authoritarianism, #islamophobia, racial capitalism, #Christian #nationalism…
1. the global, transnational nature of current crises esp among antagonistic regimes e.g. their technologies of authoritarianism, #islamophobia, racial capitalism, #Christian #nationalism…
NAASR has finally finished up its 2025 Annual Meeting!
Thank you to all of our panelists for participating and sharing their work.
Thank you to Prof. Tomoko Masuzawa for giving our keynote address.
Until next time! #naasr2025 #naasr25 #aarsbl2025
Thank you to all of our panelists for participating and sharing their work.
Thank you to Prof. Tomoko Masuzawa for giving our keynote address.
Until next time! #naasr2025 #naasr25 #aarsbl2025
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
💀jetlagged that day; allow me to clarify: #EveSedgwick ‘s #Buddhist pedagogy invites us to “recognise”:
1. the global, transnational nature of current crises esp among antagonistic regimes e.g. their technologies of authoritarianism, #islamophobia, racial capitalism, #Christian #nationalism…
1. the global, transnational nature of current crises esp among antagonistic regimes e.g. their technologies of authoritarianism, #islamophobia, racial capitalism, #Christian #nationalism…
Beyond grateful to everyone at my book panel 🥹🫶 it’s a book about top-down language & politics of #love (its #religious & #socialist affects), and such solidarity is precisely what subverts, disrupts, & transforms.
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl @aarweb.bsky.social
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl @aarweb.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Beyond grateful to everyone at my book panel 🥹🫶 it’s a book about top-down language & politics of #love (its #religious & #socialist affects), and such solidarity is precisely what subverts, disrupts, & transforms.
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl @aarweb.bsky.social
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl @aarweb.bsky.social
Looking forward to #AAS2026! Plz join our #Democratic Strategies under Threats of #Fascism & Longue durée Perspectives on #Secularization in the #Sinophone World panels!
The #AAS2026 preliminary conference program is online ... start browsing the nearly *600 sessions*, planning your schedule, and seeing all that our gathering in Vancouver has to offer!
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looking forward to #AAS2026! Plz join our #Democratic Strategies under Threats of #Fascism & Longue durée Perspectives on #Secularization in the #Sinophone World panels!
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The #AAS2026 preliminary conference program is online ... start browsing the nearly *600 sessions*, planning your schedule, and seeing all that our gathering in Vancouver has to offer!
buff.ly/gItXtM1
buff.ly/gItXtM1
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The #AAS2026 preliminary conference program is online ... start browsing the nearly *600 sessions*, planning your schedule, and seeing all that our gathering in Vancouver has to offer!
buff.ly/gItXtM1
buff.ly/gItXtM1
Happening soon!
Excited to talk about @tingguowrites.bsky.social's book *Religion, Secularism, and Love as a Political Discourse in Modern China* TODAY from 5:00-6:30 in HCC 101.
thank you so much Donovan! looking forward to many inspiring conversations at the book panel tomorrow (w/ scholars from #Chinese #religions, #decolonial #biblical studies, #transpacific studies, and of course #affecttheory!)!
#aarsbl25 @aarweb.bsky.social
#aarsbl25 @aarweb.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happening soon!