Stephen R. Platt @stephenrplatt
裴士锋. Historian of China. Imperial Twilight (Knopf, 2018). Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Knopf, 2012). Professor @UMassAmherst Northampton, MA Joined May 2011-
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'In the more liberal early 2000s some of these critics found huge audiences in China, but their range and reach have been sharply curtailed under Xi.' Stephen Platt on the ‘counter-historians’ battling the Party’s version of events the-tls.co.uk/articles/spark…
This just out: @stephenrplatt in @TheTLS on Sparks: "Johnson is doing here what he does best: patient long-form journalism based on years of first-hand research and interviews. The result is a book that is bold, necessary and morally urgent." the-tls.co.uk/articles/spark…
“Now that you have come all this way,” he asked, “what secret elixir for long life can you provide me?” @stephenrplatt wsj.com/arts-culture/b…
It's time for another episode in our On Writing series & this time @stephenrplatt joins Michael Neiberg in the studio to discuss the shifting perception of the #TaipingCivilWar amongst the people of #China as the govt has changed #WAR_ROOM bit.ly/3T5dUCE
Congratulations to NCUSCR #PIPfellow @stephenrplatt on making his @Jeopardy debut last week – though not as a contestant! Learn more about Dr. Platt's book, "Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age" (@AAKnopf, 2018): ncuscr.news/platt-book
Want the the history behind the headline? Check out "Imperial Twilight" by Stephen Platt—featured in this @nytimes piece! nytimes.com/2019/03/27/us/…
Extraordinary glimpses into how hard it is to report from China: kidnapped assistants, files moving around your laptop, being trailed for 1600km by 9 cars, being escorted out of a town for reporting on a famous pig. This @fccchina survey is sobering reading.
Extraordinary glimpses into how hard it is to report from China: kidnapped assistants, files moving around your laptop, being trailed for 1600km by 9 cars, being escorted out of a town for reporting on a famous pig. This @fccchina survey is sobering reading.
This is a fantastic program. It really helped shape my career and introduced me to some of my favorite people in the China field.
This is a fantastic program. It really helped shape my career and introduced me to some of my favorite people in the China field.
Deeds and ghosts | @GavJacobson considers the swashbuckling, self-regarding attitudes of Britain to China in the nineteenth century the-tls.co.uk/articles/publi…
The Communist Party grinch that stole Christmas. The sign says “boycott Christmas. Chinese don’t celebrate foreign holidays.” Jeez....literally
Happy to be on this list along with a whole slew of writers on China I admire.
Happy to be on this list along with a whole slew of writers on China I admire.
Your this-must-be-China-in-2018 story for today. After villagers in Shandong start venerating and lighting incense around a "mystical" 19-feet high stalk of sorghum, the police come along and tear it down to prevent "feudal superstition." goo.gl/gm6DHE
I recently went to the official “Great Transformation” exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of reform & opening at China's National Museum. It’s been highly touted—Xi Jinping visited when it opened. Not surprisingly, it's revealing about both the past & the present (THREAD)
November 29th is the birthday of Frederick Townsend Ward, born 1831 in Salem, Massachusetts. He was an American sailor, mercenary, and rogue known for his leadership of the "Ever Victorious Army" in defense of Shanghai during the Taiping War. KIA against the Taiping in 1862.
Thanks to the FT for listing Imperial Twilight as one of the best history books of 2018! ft.com/content/90ed19…
This enormous statue of Hu Yaobang—the reformist General Secretary whose death helped trigger the student movement in 1989—has been unveiled in his home province of Hunan. Hu’s gradual rehabilitation is a fascinating example of the changing politics of history in China.

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