Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a Californian, teaches history at the University of California, Irvine, and is the author of Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.

Articles by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
A view from Hong Kong of the skyline of Yantian, a district in the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, on Sept. 19.
A view from Hong Kong of the skyline of Yantian, a district in the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, on Sept. 19.

Beijing’s Hong Kong Fables Have Unhappy Endings

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Shui-Yin Sharon Yam
Jimmy Lai supporters hold copies of the Apple Daily newspaper
Jimmy Lai supporters hold copies of the Apple Daily newspaper

Hong Kong Is a Local Tragedy, Not a Geopolitical Shuttlecock

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Shui-Yin Sharon Yam, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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In Xi’s China, Everything Old Is New Again

Tea Leaf Nation
Julian Gewirtz, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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What a Long, Strange March It’s Been

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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Strike Out

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom
MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images
MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images

The Myth of One China

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom
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