Fan Yang 楊帆
@fanfanyang.bsky.social
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Professor, Media and Communication Studies, UMBC Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024). Researching media, infrastructure, robots, drones, and AI in Shenzhen and Hangzhou
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My first take on the "low-altitude economy" in Shenzhen!
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What happens when airspace becomes an economic frontier? In Shenzhen, a booming low-altitude economy is turning the skies into a new arena for innovation and profit, writes @fanfanyang.bsky.social. Discover how drones are remapping the city’s horizons and reconfiguring tech, capital, and urban life.
City in the Sky: Drones, Shenzhen, and the ‘Low-Altitude Economy’
Imagine this scenario: you ordered takeout during lunch rush hour, but the delivery bros were overbooked, so a drone dropped from the sky to deliver your meal; on your commute, while ground traffic wa...
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Honored to engage in this conversation with Louisa! Many thanks to @madeinchinajournal.com!
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In this conversation with Louisa Schein, Fan Yang discusses her book 'Disorienting Politics', which explores the entangled media landscapes of China and the US. Through case studies of viral images, ads, and art, she unpacks how race, capital, and geopolitics collide in the Chimerican imaginary.
Disorienting Politics: A Conversation with Fan Yang
Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements (University of Michigan Press, 2024) mines twenty-first-century media artefacts to make visible the economic, cultural, political...
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In 'Crafting a Tibetan Terroir', Brendan Galipeau explores how wine is reshaping landscapes and livelihoods in the Sino-Tibetan border region known as Shangri-La. From missionary vines to luxury tourism, it is a story of modernity, identity, and global capitalism. A conversation with Dechen Pemba.
Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: A Conversation with Brendan Galipeau | Made in China Journal
In Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La (University of Washington Press, 2025), Brendan Galipeau takes readers to the Sino-Tibetan border region rebranded as ‘Shangri-La’ by the Chines...
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@business: Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China’s artificial intelligence hub of Hangzhou, the home of AI sensation DeepSeek
Main link in OG tweet
https://trib.al/ZSz7nHU
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Tenure-track vacancy University of Cambridge: Assistant Professor in the History of Late Imperial Chinese Art (ca. 1200-ca. 1800). A rare and wonderful opportunity in our History of Art Department (From Prof Sterckx):
 
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50574/
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Yicai: "Three Chinese cities, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, have been listed among the world's 10 largest financial centers, in order, New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Seoul."

www.yicaiglobal.com/news/shangha...
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong Are Among World's Top 10 Global Financial Centers, Report Shows
www.yicaiglobal.com
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My new @thechinaweek.com newsletter is out:

• Electric and flying cars
• Consumption plan: AI, cars and RVs, more children
• Taiwan describes threats from China
• China keeps Russia and Iran close
• Sanitary pads but not foreign companies investigated on ‘Consumer Rights Day’
• And more
As Tesla dies, BYD soars and XPeng flies
High tech cars, consumption stimulus, Taiwan's China threats, Russia and Iran, etc.
www.thechinaweek.com
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Charlie Yi Zhang, author of "Dreadful Desires," stopped by the Duke University Press booth at @asianstudies.org

Learn more about the book: www.dukeupress.edu/dreadful-des... and use coupon code AAS25 for 30% off!
Man standing in booth surrounded by books is holding up a book with a black cover. He has dark hair and dark rimmed glasses. A sign for Duke University Press is in the background.
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@ubleiden.bsky.social Chinese Queer Collection at Leiden University Library will be officially launched. An amazing resource for research and teaching. If you are interested in joining the inaugural workshop and learning more, see the post below!
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A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics
will be organized at Leiden University, 24-25 July 2025, to discuss issues pertaining to the queer experience in the Chinese-speaking world.
Expressions of Interest should be emailed by 17 March 2025. See edu.nl/hjc4f for details.
Asian Library
Announcement: The Chinese Queer Collection: A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics at Leiden University, 24-25 July 2025 Leiden University Libraries is home to a newly established...
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Excited to discuss this wonderful book with Michelle!