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Victor Shih

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Victor Shih

@vshih2

Director of 21st Century China Center and Ho Miu Lam Chair at GPS of UCSD. Expert of Chinese elite politics, economy, and finance. RT does not mean endorsement.

Seattle, WA

gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-direct…

Joined August 2009

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Victor Shih
@vshih2
Apr 28, 2022
How do dictators maintain power for life? I explain in a new book that they can stay in power by forming "Coalitions of the Weak" composed of tainted or inexperienced officials. Not a loyalty-competence tradeoff but one of institutions vs patrimonialism
cambridge.org
Coalitions of the Weak
Cambridge Core - East Asian Government, Politics and Policy - Coalitions of the Weak
Victor Shih
@vshih2
May 24, 2020
This really is bizarre gear. Is this policeman very afraid of being identified? If so why?
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Apr 19, 2025
Just when you thought China would be a shining star of regional cooperation…
Clash Report
@clashreport
Apr 17, 2025
South China Sea: Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels harassing a small Philippine boat near Scarborough Shoal.
The media could not be played.
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Sep 18, 2024
My god this is a classic picture for authoritarian power balance, will go straight to my lecture slide
NK NEWS
@nknewsorg
Sep 17, 2024
ANALYSIS: Guards held guns over soldiers to protect Kim Jong Un in sign of security fears dlvr.it/TDKZfw
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Mar 13, 2020
China did not buy the world any time. As Comrade Zhou Xianwang pointed out on CCTV, 5 million people left Hubei before January 22nd
Lijian Zhao 赵立坚
@zlj517
Mar 13, 2020
3. Chinese spox: Countries like Singapore, ROK took necessary measures & put the epidemics under control because they made full use of this precious time China bought for the world. As for whether US availed itself of this window, I believe the fact is witnessed by US &the world.
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Aug 1, 2025
This gives me hope for US China relations since both countries now produce official statistics in the same way, continuing the convergence between the two governments
Republicans against Trump
@RpsAgainstTrump
Aug 1, 2025
🚨 Trump is demanding the firing of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, because the jobs report was bad. When you can’t rig the numbers, fire the messenger. Classic authoritarian move.
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Apr 11, 2025
The best talent will no longer come to this country and we will all be worse off in a few years.
Ellie Wolfe
@elliew0lfe
Apr 11, 2025
BREAKING: More international graduate students at Johns Hopkins University have lost their student visas. The total is now "several dozen," up from around 12. We are the first outlet to report on this, here is what you need to know: thebaltimorebanner.com/education/high…
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Jul 2, 2022
Dear @Twitter when we do a search on any Chinese city name in Chinese, this is what we get: ads and spams for prostitution and mistresses. Even these ads are probably not real, just govt bots trying to reduce news of China
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Oct 22, 2022
This is simply astonishing
Oliver Hotham
@OliverHotham
Oct 22, 2022
Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao mysteriously escorted out of the Great Hall of the People ahead of an expected speech by President Xi at the end of the CCP's Party Congress
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Apr 18, 2023
It is incredibly daunting to follow in the footsteps of @SusanShirk1 who did so much for China studies, US policy toward China and for @21CenturyChina . I am grateful that my colleagues place so much trust in me.
Christine Clark
@christineeclark
Apr 18, 2023
Congratulations to @vshih2 who has been named the new director of @21CenturyChina at @GPS_UCSD. “We are proud of the impressive trajectory of @21CenturyChina under the transformative leadership of @SusanShirk1," said @UCSanDiego Chancellor Khosla. bit.ly/43zLLH8
Victor Shih
@vshih2
Nov 7, 2025
For all you folks in awe of Deepseek: all of my students, including 100% of my students from China, are using ChatGPT. They all say it’s a lot better than Deepseek for projects involving sourcing, analyzing and presenting textual data (in Chinese)
Victor Shih
@vshih2
May 22, 2019
Wow, @NewYorker published an entire interview w me on Xi and the trade war.
A Political Economist on How China Sees Trump’s Trade War
From newyorker.com