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.

Stories 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.

Beijing’s Hong Kong Fables Have Unhappy Endings

Argument |

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Shui-Yin Sharon Yam

December 30, 2020, 6:00 AM

Jimmy Lai supporters hold copies of the Apple Daily newspaper

Hong Kong Is a Local Tragedy, Not a Geopolitical Shuttlecock

Argument |

Shui-Yin Sharon Yam, Jeffrey Wasserstrom

August 18, 2020, 4:12 PM

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 6: China's President Xi Jinping looks on during a signing ceremony with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Great Hall of the People on May 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. Abbas is visiting China from May 5 to 7. (Photo by Jason Lee-Pool/Getty Images)

In Xi’s China, Everything Old Is New Again

Tea Leaf Nation |

Julian Gewirtz, Jeffrey Wasserstrom

November 3, 2016, 2:07 PM

What a Long, Strange March It’s Been

Argument |

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

June 30, 2011, 9:37 PM

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Strike Out

Argument |

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

June 18, 2010, 8:19 PM

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