Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia came out in June from Columbia Global Reports https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-milk-tea-alliance
@jwassers.bsky.socialMy first public talk in 2026 will be at Northwestern on February 4, on Orwell & China planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/637043
planitpurple.northwestern.edu"Reading Nineteen Eighty-Four in Beijing" 2/4/2026Reading Nineteen Eighty-Four in Beijing This presentation will look at how the last and most influential book written by George Orwell (1903-1950) has been received…