Manfred Elfstrom

@manfrede.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia. Researching China, social movements, labor, authoritarianism. Author of "Workers and Change in China." He/him. Website: https://manfredelfstrom.com

Protesters gather flowers in memory of Zhou Enlai during the 1976 Tiananmen Incident.
An image of the cover of the book “The Life and Death of Chinese Civil Society.”
A Santa Claus who looks like a cheerful Karl Marx
Windmills in North China
Jason Isbell performing on stage with blue lights in Kelowna.
CTV map with Kelowna highlighted. The Liberal candidate is at 26,061 votes; the Conservative, at 25,891 votes.
Super market in Canada with banner reading “Canadian owned and operated” out front.
Copy of National Enquirer with the headline: “Inside Trump’s First 100 Days: Health care! Tax cuts! Cost savings! Parsons!”
Segway and roller blade game pieces on early 2000s Monopoly board.
Books bought at AAS: Ecological States, City on the Edge, The China Questions 2, Rival Partners, Chinese Global Infrastructure.
Noodles in Seattle
Poster advertising talk "Mobilizing the Mountains: Popular Protest in North China and Appalachia" February 6, 2024, from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM in Uris Hall at Columbia University, 3022 Broadway, Calder Lounge Room 107, New York, NY 10027.
Suspicious email purportedly from Mike Johnson's office with a link to click.