Joseph Torigian
@josephtorigian.bsky.social
Associate Professor at American University School of International Service. Senior Fellow @cfr.org. Studies Chinese and Russian politics and foreign policy. 唐志学
Some very cool news: "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" was named a best book of 2025 by the Economist and a best history book of 2025 by BBC History Magazine
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Some very cool news: "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" was named a best book of 2025 by the Economist and a best history book of 2025 by BBC History Magazine
Sharing a new syllabus for an American University School of International Service class I'm teaching in Spring 2026: "The Scholar as Detective," a course on research methods for PhD students
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November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Sharing a new syllabus for an American University School of International Service class I'm teaching in Spring 2026: "The Scholar as Detective," a course on research methods for PhD students
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Thank you Magda Sakowska for hosting me on Dzień na Świecie to talk about Chinese foreign policy and Xi Jinping
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Thank you Magda Sakowska for hosting me on Dzień na Świecie to talk about Chinese foreign policy and Xi Jinping
Very cool to see this long interview with me about my book on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, in Dutch newspaper @volkskrant.nl t.nl
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/v...
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/v...
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Very cool to see this long interview with me about my book on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, in Dutch newspaper @volkskrant.nl t.nl
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/v...
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/v...
For this @nytimes.com @dhpierson.bsky.social article, Jon Czin and I share some thoughts about the ongoing purges in the People's Liberation Army
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For this @nytimes.com @dhpierson.bsky.social article, Jon Czin and I share some thoughts about the ongoing purges in the People's Liberation Army
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
Shared some thoughts with @bloomberg.com @karishmajourno.bsky.social for this very interesting piece on Xi’s diplomacy
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November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Shared some thoughts with @bloomberg.com @karishmajourno.bsky.social for this very interesting piece on Xi’s diplomacy
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
For @thetls.bsky.social , @katiestallard.bsky.social reviews new books on China by David Shambaugh, Dan Wang, Ben Vagle and Stephen Brooks, and me
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www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
For @thetls.bsky.social , @katiestallard.bsky.social reviews new books on China by David Shambaugh, Dan Wang, Ben Vagle and Stephen Brooks, and me
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...
For Financial Times, Edward White writes about China's "red tourism" boom. Xi Jinping sees party history as a crucial element of a moral education system that inoculates young people against dangerous values.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
For Financial Times, Edward White writes about China's "red tourism" boom. Xi Jinping sees party history as a crucial element of a moral education system that inoculates young people against dangerous values.
www.ft.com/content/7d01...
www.ft.com/content/7d01...
A new piece by @washingtonpost.com David Ignatius on the similarities and differences between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, with a thought from me on Xi.
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A new piece by @washingtonpost.com David Ignatius on the similarities and differences between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, with a thought from me on Xi.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
On Wednesday October 29 I’ll give a book talk at Roma Tre, hosted by Leopoldo Nuti and Enrico Fardella
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Wednesday October 29 I’ll give a book talk at Roma Tre, hosted by Leopoldo Nuti and Enrico Fardella
I've seen a little imprecision about the place and time of Deng Xiaoping's remarks about rare earths. I believe he referred to them in Shanghai on February 6, 1991 (not in Inner Mongolia and not during Southern Tour). He was inspecting Shanghai Volkswagen. His exact words were:
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I've seen a little imprecision about the place and time of Deng Xiaoping's remarks about rare earths. I believe he referred to them in Shanghai on February 6, 1991 (not in Inner Mongolia and not during Southern Tour). He was inspecting Shanghai Volkswagen. His exact words were:
Cool to see my book on sale at the Gilded Acorn in London
September 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cool to see my book on sale at the Gilded Acorn in London
In June 1983, Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, hosted Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un, in Beijing. They watched a performance by Peng Liyuan, who years later would marry Xi Jinping.
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In June 1983, Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, hosted Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un, in Beijing. They watched a performance by Peng Liyuan, who years later would marry Xi Jinping.
Spoke to @dhpierson.bsky.social @nytimes.com about the military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII that will start in a few hours
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Spoke to @dhpierson.bsky.social @nytimes.com about the military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII that will start in a few hours
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/w...
The Party’s Interests Come 50% off! From now through September 8, you can get my biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, for only $25 on the Stanford University Press website. www.sup.org/books/histor...
August 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Party’s Interests Come 50% off! From now through September 8, you can get my biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, for only $25 on the Stanford University Press website. www.sup.org/books/histor...
Paul Mariani's brand new @harvardpress.bsky.social book "China's Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival" is spectacular. Essential reading for understanding the Chinese Communist Party's policies towards Catholics and the United Front more broadly.
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Paul Mariani's brand new @harvardpress.bsky.social book "China's Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival" is spectacular. Essential reading for understanding the Chinese Communist Party's policies towards Catholics and the United Front more broadly.
Thanks @codieckmann.bsky.social for asking such insightful questions for this new @spiegel.de interview about my biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping (German)
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www.spiegel.de/ausland/chin...
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thanks @codieckmann.bsky.social for asking such insightful questions for this new @spiegel.de interview about my biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping (German)
www.spiegel.de/ausland/chin...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/chin...
New @denisstaunton.bsky.social @irishtimes.com review of my book on Xi's dad: "magisterial...uses memoirs, letters, interviews and archival sources inside and outside China to explore the details of [Xi's] life but it is the biographer’s radical empathy and subtlety of mind that illuminates it."
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New @denisstaunton.bsky.social @irishtimes.com review of my book on Xi's dad: "magisterial...uses memoirs, letters, interviews and archival sources inside and outside China to explore the details of [Xi's] life but it is the biographer’s radical empathy and subtlety of mind that illuminates it."
Shared some thoughts for this new Chris Buckley @nytimes.com article: "Xi Looks to Tighten Grip After Scandals Shake China’s Military Elite"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Shared some thoughts for this new Chris Buckley @nytimes.com article: "Xi Looks to Tighten Grip After Scandals Shake China’s Military Elite"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/w...
Such an honor to go on the latest Odd Lots podcast to talk about my new book on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping
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August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Such an honor to go on the latest Odd Lots podcast to talk about my new book on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is a really thoughtful @bloomberg.com article about China's giant new dam project. I shared some thoughts about what it means for Tibetans.
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is a really thoughtful @bloomberg.com article about China's giant new dam project. I shared some thoughts about what it means for Tibetans.
Thanks Liberal Patriot for putting my biography of Xi Jinping's father and my ChinaTalk podcast about it with Jordan Schneider
and @jonathonpsine.bsky.social on the "what we're reading and checking out" list for Weekend Edition
www.liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weeken...
and @jonathonpsine.bsky.social on the "what we're reading and checking out" list for Weekend Edition
www.liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weeken...
July 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thanks Liberal Patriot for putting my biography of Xi Jinping's father and my ChinaTalk podcast about it with Jordan Schneider
and @jonathonpsine.bsky.social on the "what we're reading and checking out" list for Weekend Edition
www.liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weeken...
and @jonathonpsine.bsky.social on the "what we're reading and checking out" list for Weekend Edition
www.liberalpatriot.com/p/tlp-weeken...
Thank you Albert Mohler for your review of my book albertmohler.com/2025/07/07/s...
July 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Thank you Albert Mohler for your review of my book albertmohler.com/2025/07/07/s...
Not surprising that scholar/journalist Katie Stallard, who wrote a book on the uses of history in Russia, China, and North Korea, has produced such a wonderfully thoughtful review of my biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping. Thank you Katie!
July 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Not surprising that scholar/journalist Katie Stallard, who wrote a book on the uses of history in Russia, China, and North Korea, has produced such a wonderfully thoughtful review of my biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping. Thank you Katie!