Professor & open-source researcher @UMBC. Fellow @FulbrightPrgrm @AmPhilSociety @ACLS1919 @WUSTL. Alum @Stanford @UofCalifornia. Student @UMDLaw. Views mine.
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Joined January 2015
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Government officials and tech executives are debating the pros and cons of #OpenSource #AI. My article explains how China is positioning itself as a leader in open-source technology, including AI theconversation.com/china-is…
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What are the pros and cons of #OpenSource #AI? My article explains how China is positioning itself as a leader in open-source technologies such as #OpenWeight AI, #RISCV, and #OpenRAN #6G. theconversation.com/china-is…
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My article on how Mongolia balances between its powerful neighbors, Russia and China, and "third neighbors" such as the US and its allies. Co-authored with @ACMSMongolia Founder Charles Krusekopf
Putin’s visit to Mongolia defies ICC warrant and tests neutral nation’s ‘third neighbor’ diplomacy theconversation.com/putins-v…
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Thankful for nat’l interest in my article, picked up by @MSN @YahooNews @HoustonChron @seattlepi @sfchronicle @timesunion & media across N America. I hope it’ll help raise awareness of the 6/4 Tiananmen massacre, victims & their families & China’s repression of this history 🕯️
China’s annual cyber-crackdown before the June 4 anniversary of the #TiananmenSquare massacre has two new twists: a reorganization of the military unit responsible for cyberwarfare, and an increasing reliance on outsourcing to private sector hackers (vi... theconversation.com/china-tu…
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My article on China’s hacker ecosystem, including the restructuring of the PLA’s cyber force, in the context of #Tiananmen remembrance on #June4. Thanks to @ConversationUS @APNews for distribution @MSN @seattlepi @sfchronicle for republishing
China’s annual cyber-crackdown before the June 4 anniversary of the #TiananmenSquare massacre has two new twists: a reorganization of the military unit responsible for cyberwarfare, and an increasing reliance on outsourcing to private sector hackers (vi... theconversation.com/china-tu…
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@AprilMRubin May I suggest a correction to your Axios article (axios.com/2023/12/13/college…)? Harvard's endowment is $53 BILLION, not million
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It appears my university is not authorizing my trip to attend an international conference on Xinjiang. No clear reason has been given. I'm shocked. Situation still developing
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My article on how Hong Kong consciousness has evolved before and after the 1997 Handover, including Hong Kongers' civic engagement over this period. Thanks to @AASAsianStudies @EdAbtAsia for publishing this on the 25th anniversary of the Handover
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Congratulations to Messi 🇦🇷 for the win and Mbappé 🇫🇷 for the hat trick! The second World Cup final penalty shootout I’ve seen live since Italy v Brazil!
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I presented at an international conference on Buddhist literature (co-organized by Peking U and U of British Columbia), which was recently featured in Pengpai News in the PRC m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_for…
CONFERENCE> “Thus Have I Heard”: Patterns and Logics in Buddhist Narrative Literature, November 25-27 networks.h-net.org/node/6060…“thus-have-i-heard”-patterns-and-logics-buddhist
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"Ambushing" is when someone drops a news bomb in a meeting and asks you to make an important decision on the spot. The point is to deny you time and agency, forcing an outcome in their favor. It can also be done by email by saying "I will do this if you don't respond now"
Got this rare album by one of my favorite bands @weddingpresent David Gedge and the Ukrainians in Berkeley many years ago. It's a good day to listen to it again
Happy Friday! Support the people of Ukraine and win yourself Wedding Present rarities from my personal collection. See my next tweet...
Valerie Sheares Ashby, currently a dean at Duke, will be the next president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), starting August 1.
president.umbc.edu/valerie-s…
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Received some nifty map reproductions courtesy of @Stanford Libraries' David Rumsey Map Center. Looking forward to joining their map workshop in a week or so when I'll be working with some Republican China maps
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Under-mapped Spaces, organized by @KelseyUtne, Riley Brett-Roche, and Chloe Bordewich, is underway! @DavidRumseyMaps
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.@_JulietLu and @TylerRHarlan's presentation at @TheWilsonCenter on China's "greening" of its Belt and Road Initiative: impacts on the ground "limited"
Starting now!
The Wilson China Fellowship kick started new collaborative work (@TylerRHarlan) on the environmental dimensions of China's development cooperation and has pushed me to grow as a public scholar. Tune in!
@wilsonCEF @TheWilsonCenter
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County @UMBC is officially an R1 university news.umbc.edu/umbc-ascends-t…
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County @UMBC is one of six R1 universities in the national capital region. Last time I checked, there are 2 in DC, 3 in MD, and 1 in NoVA (5 total in VA)
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Thank you @UCDLandS for writing this story about my @ACLS1919 fellowship! I credit Comparative Literature and EALC @ucdavis for the PhD training that got me to this stage of my career
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@washingtonpost @jadabird We need more stories like this from The Washington Post. I read the newspaper every day and keep track of how many Asian faces I see. When was the last time WP put an #aapi story on the front page? With actual photos of the people?
I wrote about my grandmother, Chien-Shiung Wu — a pioneering nuclear physicist who’s on a 2021 USPS stamp — but also about loss, immigrants, fame, scientific ambition, women in STEM, and the questions we have about our families that are too late to ask. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
Proud to call Nailah-Benā my former student @UMBC! I encourage everyone to read about her experience learning Mandarin Chinese. Thanks to Erin @actfl and @LeadWLanguages!
How can #language help bridge cultures?
Ask Nailah-Benā—a @UMBC junior and learner of #Mandarin. Here's how her experience at a community Taiwanese language school helped her to explore cultures—both Chinese and her own.
@CLSscholarship @MFLAMD
Visit: bit.ly/3nn23jw
ALT Nailah-Benā quote "I found that my language learning experience was more than something to give me a professional leg up, but that it was an integral part of my experience as a student."
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