Dove & Crane Collective Reading List
Below is a reading list compiled by members of the Dove & Crane Collective. This reading list is a constant work-in-progress and will be updated periodically by our members.
Overview and Analysis of China and the US-China Relationship
Articles
Tobita Chow, Jake Werner: “U.S.-China: Progressive Internationalist Strategy Under Biden”
Walden Bello: “China: An Imperial Power in the Image of the West?”
Books
Ho-fung Hung: The China Boom
Podcasts
Tobita Chow, Jake Werner: The Dig
Labor Movement in China
Articles
Jude Howell: “From Green Shoots to Crushed Petals: Labour NGOs in China”
Interview with Manfred Elfstrom: “Workers and Change in China: A Conversation with Manfred Elfstrom”
Books
Jenny Chan, Mark Selden, Pun Ngai: Dying for an iPhone
Ching Kwan Lee: Against the Law: Labor Protests in China’s Rust Belt and Sun Belt
Jackie Sheehan: Chinese Workers: A New History
Feminism in China
Articles
Multiple authors: “What Is the Significance of China’s #MeToo Movement?”
Books
Leta Hong Fincher: Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
Other Resources
Whynot’s Special Edition: “Preserving the Erased Decade of the Chinese Feminist Movement”
Hong Kong
Articles
Au Loong-yu: “Finding the Right Match, HKHRDA and Its Contradictions”
Andi W., Promise Li: “Left on an Island: Hong Kong, China, and International Solidarity”
Jake Werner: “A Global Path through the Hong Kong Dilemma: Towards a New Internationalism”
Xinjiang
Articles
Nurdoukht Khudonazarova Taghdumbashi: “We Have Not Heard From My Baba-Jaan’s Relatives in Kashgar for Almost Two Years Now”
A. Liu: “We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms”
Azeezah Kanji, David Palumbo-Liu: “The Faux Anti-imperialism of Denying Anti-uighur Atrocities”
Adam Hunerven: “Spirit Breaking”
Other Resources
Woke Global Times: “Breaking Down the Xinjiang Crisis”
Taiwan
Articles
Brian Hioe: “No, Taiwan Is Not Going to Be Invaded by China Tomorrow”
Brian Hioe: “Taiwan’s Orphan Fate During the ‘New Cold War”
Brian Hioe: “America and Taiwanese Independence”
Brian Hioe, Wen Liu: “Taiwan: Caught between Rival Superpowers”
Other Resources
John Oliver: Segment on Taiwan
Tibet
Articles
Dawa Lokyitsang: “The Discursive Art of China’s Colonialism: Reconfiguring Tibetan and State Identities”
South China Sea
Articles
Walden Bello: “China, US Must Both Stop Destabilization”
Belt and Road Initiative, China’s Global Investment / Financing
Articles
Juliet Lu, Erik Myxter-Iino: “Beyond Competition: Why the BRI and the B3W Can’t and Shouldn’t Be Considered Rivals”
Deborah Brautigam, Meg Rithmire: “The Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ Is a Myth”
Eric Toussaint, Patrick Bond, Ishmael Lesufi, Lisa Thompson: “The China Factor”
Robin Lee: “China's Overseas Expansion: An Introduction to its One Belt, One Road and BRICS Strategies”
Books
Ching Kwan Lee: The Specter of Global China
History of Anti-Asian Racism / Asian America
Articles
Books
Erika Lee: The Making of Asian America
Alexander Saxton: The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California
Other Resources
Soya Jung: A Different Asian American Timeline
Global Politics and Diaspora Politics in the US
Kate Zen: “Opposing Chinese American Conservatism”
J.S. Chen, K. Shen: “We Stood on Opposite Sides at a Pro-Hong Kong Rally—and Became Friends”
Mengyang Zhao: “Chinese Diaspora Activism and the Future of International Solidarity”
Good Online Sources to Follow
Chuang: Leftist analysis and commentary on China as a capitalist state.
China Labour Bulletin: Hong Kong based analysis and commentary on labor issues in China, including the Strike Map which records strikes and other collective worker protests throughout China. Critique of Chinese labor laws and the official labor union from a reformist point-of-view. Indispensable.
Made In China Journal: Excellent journal about labor and civil society in China. Written by left academics but aimed at a general audience. Originated as an effort in Italy to educate the labor movement there about China, retains an orientation towards transnational solidarity.
Gongchao: Resources from left academics (many from the Critical China Scholars group) focusing on China. Links to articles, online books, recordings of panel discussions.
Lausan: Online media platform centered on Hong Kong and diaspora HK leftists to build transnational left solidarity, but also addresses issues in mainland China, Taiwan, Xinjiang. Critique of capitalism, imperialism, and nationalism in both the US and China, as well as internal critique of the democracy movement in Hong Kong.
New Bloom Magazine: Online magazine based in Taiwan, aligned with the pro-independence left. Main focus is on issues impacting Taiwan, including domestic politics, but also deals with the Asia-Pacific region more broadly.
Belt and Road Podcast: Excellent discussions of the Belt and Road Initiative, usually based on in-depth case studies. Reveals the complications and the competing and fragmented interests that shape the BRI.
SupChina / Sinica Podcast: A mainstream podcast about China; not left, but critical of establishment anti-China politics.
Politico China Watcher: Good for tracking mainstream US discourse on China.
Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE): Africa-centered long-form analysis on politics and economics with great materials related to unpacking Chinese economics and global imperialism.
CADTM: More quantiative analyses of global economics, with a particular emphasis on debt economies involving Chinese state and capital.