Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tunghai University in Taiwan. #uofsc, political economy, democratization, income inequality.
Taipei City, Taiwan
Joined August 2019
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Jerry Yi-Tzu Lin retweeted
A lil something @SlaterPolitics and I have been working on. Why do autocrats democratize? Why is #democracy a universal but not ultimate value? Why did June 4 happen in China? Thx to friends for wisdom, incl @vshih2 @AnnaGBusse @dziblatt @PrincetonUPress
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@sd_melanie and I wrote a piece on what international students might face in U.S. grad schools and how advisors/admin/schools can help break down potential barriers!
It is based on our reflections as international scholars ourselves.
New on @APSA_Preprints -
Thriving in Graduate School as an International Student: How to Combat the Hidden Costs and Barriers - ow.ly/BoRJ50HsT2x
- @sd_melanie & @sysilviakim
Jerry Yi-Tzu Lin retweeted
My department is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in comparative political theory!! Not on the search committee but very happy to answer questions! More details below👇
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How should we understand Kim Jong Un's approach to North Korea's economy? In a forthcoming paper, @benjaminkatzeff & I argue that Kim is pursuing a form of market Leninism: institutionalization of (some) market activity combined with tight ideological-political control. 1/n
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As it becomes difficult to go to / do research in #China, I fear many int'l scholars, esp next generation, will abandon China studies. This can't be a good for China as mutual understanding becomes more difficult to achieve. @yuenyuenang @MichaelSzonyi @FairbankCenter @munkschool
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The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for all of us. Working together to defeat this pandemic shows the strength of the United States-Taiwan relationship.
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Excited that Jacob Ricks @sgSMUSOSS and I have a book cover! Many thanks to @EdwardAspinall and @merweissphd for shepherding this manuscript through.
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In_equality magazine 02 is finished, and coming out tomorrow! 🤗
Subscribe now to get it by e-mail the moment it is out (or read it at your leisure after downloading): inequality.uni.kn/magazine
#inequality #scicomm #research
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Writing R functions that rely on tidyverse functionality can be tricky. In this thread, I will share screenshots of a handout I put together on writing such functions using a common use case: plotting histograms. #rstats
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Join us for the launch of #III's "Public Economics of Inequality" research theme!
Prof Spinnewijn, @XJaravel, @landais_camille, @danhreck, and @PlattLucinda will discuss how new data sources can provide insights into measuring #inequality.
✏️Register: bit.ly/3BCIkkC
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Post-pandemic BRI will be very different outside China. The domestic politics underlying it remains similar. Consider adopting my book, The Belt, Road, and Beyond, for fall teaching. It is free to download at Cambridge Core, of which most universities have subscription.
ALT The book examines the process and politics of China's grand strategy to rise as a global power: the Western Development Program, China Goes Global, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Why Nation-Building Failed in Afghanistan prosyn.org/2fwjXbx
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"It felt like I had been purged overnight" -- A Swiss Ph.D. student tweeted critically about China. Afterward, his professor at the University of St. Gallen wanted nothing more to do with him, worried that her own ability to get a visa would be at risk.
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Jerry Yi-Tzu Lin retweeted
A LOT of non-democracies have elections.
This is why my Democracy & Dictatorship syllabus has a whole section on "why authoritarian regimes have features that look like democracies (courts, legislatures, elections, etc)":
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Wheels up! Our donation of 2.5 million vaccine doses is on the way to Taiwan, whose health partnership with the U.S. helped save lives here and around the world. @StateDept is proud to support @POTUS’ commitment to help the world defeat COVID-19.
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From the Eric Carle Team: It is with heavy hearts that we share that Eric Carle, author & illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and many other beloved classics, passed away on 23rd at the age of 91.
Thank you for sharing your talent with generations of young readers.
