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Neysun Mahboubi

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Administrative law/Chinese law. Director, Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations. Host, China Studies podcast. https://global.upenn.edu/global-initiatives/person/neysun-mahboubi

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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

08.03.2026 03:46 👍 4113 🔁 1637 💬 126 📌 110
Prioritizing Education in U.S.-China Relations
Prioritizing Education in U.S.-China Relations YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Here's the video of our webinar discussion yesterday on "Prioritizing Education in U.S.-China Relations" with our third cohort Research, Education, & Academic Freedom fellows @Yingyi Ma, @emilymatson.bsky.social, & Ali Wyne, expertly moderated by alumna Rosie Levine:

07.03.2026 18:46 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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This spring, our undergraduate Student Fellows (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) are holding a series of virtual dialogues with their counterparts in the CISS Youth program at Tsinghua. Thank you to @rudyakmarina.bsky.social for expertly leading today's discussion on Development & the Global South

06.03.2026 15:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Today we publish working papers by our third cohort Research, Education, & Academic Freedom fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with these authors on Friday, March 6 from 2-3 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

04.03.2026 23:14 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Values Competition and Convergence in U.S.-China Relations
Values Competition and Convergence in U.S.-China Relations YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Here's the video of our webinar discussion yesterday on "Values Competition and Convergence in U.S.-China Relations" featuring our third cohort Human Rights, Law, & Democracy fellows @carlminzner.bsky.social, Elizabeth Donkervoort & @jwdwerner.bsky.social, expertly moderated by Amy Gadsden:

28.02.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We just published working papers by our third cohort human rights, law, and democracy fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with these authors on Friday, February 27 from 12-1 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

25.02.2026 16:31 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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China prioritises regional expertise over language fluency in academic shift Some 450 regional studies centres have been set up across more than 180 institutions nationwide since Ministry of Education launched project.

On my to do list has been to write something about how area studies are rising in China precisely at the same moment as they are declining in the U.S. (and maybe elsewhere in the West as well...) but now I'm worried this is so apparent someone else will write it first!

23.02.2026 16:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

22.02.2026 18:10 👍 8092 🔁 4392 💬 338 📌 376
The Future of Clean Technologies
The Future of Clean Technologies YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Here's the video of the outstanding, highly granular webinar discussion yesterday on The Future of Clean Technologies featuring our third cohort Climate and Environment fellows (@busbyj2.bsky.social, @kyleichan.bsky.social, @mmortonjackson.bsky.social), expertly moderated by @joannalewis.bsky.social

21.02.2026 17:51 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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We hosted @brookings.edu expert Jonathan Czin at @upenn.edu this week, where he gave a public lecture on “How Xi Jinping Views U.S.-China Relations.” Thanks to Jon for also taking time to meet with our undergraduate student fellows and to record an episode of our China Studies podcast.

19.02.2026 21:38 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We are delighted to publish working papers by our third cohort Climate & Environment fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar featuring these authors tomorrow February 20 from 12-1 pm ET, registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

19.02.2026 15:48 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Recommendation🔊: In this webinar discussion, @godehardt.bsky.social and other European experts share their take-aways from their recent trip to Washington, D.C. organized by @penn-us-china.bsky.social

18.02.2026 11:53 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This was a great experience for me and I'd highly recommend applying!

17.02.2026 16:45 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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We are thrilled to issue the call for applications (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) for our fourth fellowship cohort, made possible by generous support from @carnegie.org and the Henry Luce Foundation.
Applications are due March 17.

17.02.2026 14:36 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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It's been quite a year for our Project, and we are so excited to carry the work forward into 2026 and beyond! Read more about all the latest developments in our annual newsletter just published here:
mailchi.mp/ca0b463026af...

16.02.2026 19:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Trust the Process!

16.02.2026 02:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

09.02.2026 23:56 👍 3011 🔁 609 💬 51 📌 86
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Ali Wyne on the Rupture in the China Consensus - The Wire China The analyst discusses how President Trump’s approach to China has given Xi Jinping the upper hand, and why it’s now time for a rethink on U.S. policy.

Our third cohort fellow Ali Wyne featured in this week's
@thewirechina.bsky.social Q&A!

09.02.2026 21:17 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Transatlantic and European Dialogue on China: Perspectives from Visit to Washington YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

Listening to this now. @penn-us-china.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/DQO8K9a...

07.02.2026 23:54 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Transatlantic and European Dialogue on China: Perspectives from Visit to Washington
Transatlantic and European Dialogue on China: Perspectives from Visit to Washington YouTube video by Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations

What are the challenges to transatlantic coordination on China policy? Is convergence possible on any issues? What does the downturn in transatlantic relations portend? For answers to these questions and much more check out the video of yesterday's webinar discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQO8...

07.02.2026 21:13 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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i’m very much looking forward to participate in this workshop next week, to share how the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act has influenced Chinese administrative law, as part of a much wider international discussion about the APA on its 80th anniversary

05.02.2026 14:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rich men stripping the institutions of the country for parts.

04.02.2026 21:18 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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In January, we brought 20 leading next generation China scholars and experts from throughout Europe to Washington, DC for a full week of intensive dialogues with U.S. policymakers. In Friday's webinar, five of those experts will share their general take-aways from the DC meetings

02.02.2026 16:36 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

This is a moment when we will find out who is willing to call out obvious lies - and who is willing to let themselves by duped by them

24.01.2026 23:22 👍 103 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 0

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

24.01.2026 23:01 👍 38726 🔁 9574 💬 1114 📌 893

Thank you so much to @neysunm.bsky.social & @penn-us-china.bsky.social for bringing us to DC und to Jifeng Books for hosting this discussion!

20.01.2026 10:54 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"European Policy Perspectives on China: Security, Investment, Climate, Development" - 季風人文講壇第94期
"European Policy Perspectives on China: Security, Investment, Climate, Development" - 季風人文講壇第94期 YouTube video by JF Books 季風書園

For those who missed last week's timely discussion in-person, here's video of our program on "European Policy Perspectives on China" ft. Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova, @samgeall.bsky.social, @rudyakmarina.bsky.social & Konstantinos Tsimonis, moderated by @neysunm.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgIb...

19.01.2026 17:58 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Greenland could be the moment when EU becomes a geo-economic superpower. It has long had the economic might but lacked the political will. Today’s leaders meeting will be decisive.

18.01.2026 13:02 👍 148 🔁 25 💬 3 📌 1

All key European leaders now said they won’t go along with this. So if the objective was coercion it has already failed. (This is not a US miscalculation- its a very Trumpian one).

17.01.2026 21:11 👍 1106 🔁 271 💬 38 📌 10
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It has been our great privilege to convene this exceptional group of leading experts on China, from throughout Europe and the UK, in Washington DC this week for a very full range of dialogues about current prospects and challenges for Transatlantic coordination on China policy.

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