Feeling so grateful to walk with my friends and be hooded by Matthew S. Winters! Now proud to be UI Political Science alums!

#OpenAccess from PS: Political Science & Politics - Codes of Conduct at Political Science Conferences: Prevalence and Content - cup.org/3UP4JpJ - Lucie Lu & @norawwilliams #FirstView

Countless hours spent gathering conference info in our field. Proud of our careful text data analysis. We assess the variability in conference codes and offer suggestions. Takeaway: We need more and better codes of conduct!

Biden is wrong. The ICC prosecutor did NOT equate Hamas and Israel. He charged both Israeli and Hamas officials for their own separate war crimes. Indeed, given the severity of the offenses, it would have been outrageous had he ignored one side’s crimes. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Presentrd my paper on China’s human rights norm-shaping in UN at PEIO/RIO at Stockholm and received tons of great and encouraging feedback. Beautiful city, friendly community! 🤩

Very privileged to be part of this dynamic team to meet with American and Chinese colleagues and have wonderful discussions this week in Beijing💕!

I was delighted to engage in robust discussions on human rights and global governance in the context of US-China relations during both sessions. Sharing and listening to different perspectives are critical first steps in building trust in exchange.

Congrats! A must-read for this season!

The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations arrives in DC for a full week of meetings, starting to share our Fellows’ draft findings & recommendations with a wide range of policy audiences. Many thanks to all who joined our initial rollout at the Penn Washington Center

Informative and fantastic episode!

We are delighted to announce the launch of a major new initiative which draws on the approach of the Penn Project in convening, over the next 2 years, leading next gen scholars & experts on China from throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Announcement here: bit.ly/41GUPvh

The past year has been an extraordinary one for our Project, and we are so excited to carry the work forward in the new year. Read more about what we accomplished in 2024, and what we are planning for 2025, in our year-end newsletter just published here: mailchi.mp/dab6639abc58/p…

I-L-L! So proud🥳!

Thanks for sharing, Matt! I've enjoyed reading many of these before and will continue to keeping up with this trend!

Thanks Cline Center for millions of Xinhua news metadata -- Miles Williams, PhD and I leverage it and other datasets to explore how China uses public diplomacy in economic engagement: China likes to boost its donor image while strengthening ties with debtors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ji…

Two years ago Stephen Chaudoin, Max Kagan, and I published a paper on politically-targeted trade retaliation (PTTR) against swing states and Red states. Since it's is back in the news, if you're interested in the domestic effects of PTTR check out doi.org/10.1007/s11558…

I enjoyed the conversation with Maggie Lewis and Preston Jordan Lim a lot. We had a great discussion on how the U.S. can strengthen its advocacy for human rights in future foreign policy.

Where does China position itself on international human rights? Xinyuan Dai and Lucie Lu unpack this in their new IA article: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

1/ Following 10 days of travel in China, I feel China's plan for the US-China trade war is coming into focus around three central planks: - Maintain composure and resolve; - Avoid being isolated; - Hit America where it hurts. Beijing assumes no near-term resolution. (Short 🧵).

Next on our Forward Thinkers list is Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Senior Fellow for China Studies Council on Foreign Relations. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Adjunct Assistant Professor Columbia University, won the 2024 PROSE Award for her book Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions