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Rory Truex

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Rory Truex

@rorytruex

Associate Professor of Politics @Princeton. Host of The Civic Forum: youtube.com/user/rorytruex. Substack: rorytruex.substack.com/subscribe

Princeton, NJ

Joined November 2012

Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Feb 3, 2023
Grateful for the many, many people who helped me get to this point-- especially those that provided support during some of the harder times. I will never be able to pay them all back, but I hope to use the next stage of my career to pay it forward.
Princeton Politics
@PUPolitics
Feb 3, 2023
Congratulations to @rorytruex for his promotion to Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs!
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Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Jun 30, 2020
One cannot help but feel that China studies as we know it has fundamentally changed in the last two years. Between Kovrig/Spavor, detentions of Japanese scholars, and the NSL, the message is pretty clear. Fieldwork, archives, even language training-- it's all in jeopardy now.
Maggie Lewis
@MargaretKLewis
Jun 30, 2020
Replying to @donaldcclarke and @emilyrauhala
And even if I "can" visit HK (I'm assuming that I count as a critic of China), "will" I visit HK? I just played ball in the park with my kids. I want to keep doing that. While parsing the law's text, I keep feeling the chill that permeates the entire document.
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Aug 19, 2020
Once again, it is clear you have no idea what you are talking about, but that does not seem to stop you from talking nonetheless. You have misrepresented my work and attacked my reputation. At the risk of feeding a troll, let me educate you.
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Mar 19, 2020
Honestly, I have trouble believing this. We know local officials in China have incentives to "juke the stats" to please the boss. This problem affects pollution, economic data coming from China. Why would health data be different? This is a core feature of its political system.
Justin Wolfers
@JustinWolfers
Mar 19, 2020
SOME GOOD NEWS: China reports ZERO new cases for yesterday. I'm an economist, so you can trust me when I tell you that's a low number. nytimes.com/2020/03/18/wor…
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Apr 1, 2020
A couple years ago I got my lecture course on Chinese Politics filmed. I've gotten permission to put those videos up on Youtube now for public use. My hope is that this can be a good resource for anyone wanting to learn more about China. youtube.com/watch?v=hOcXk_…
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
May 17, 2021
Thanks to my students and colleagues that supported me for this. And to all the wonderful teachers I've had over the years!
Princeton University
@Princeton
May 16, 2021
Four #PrincetonU faculty members received President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching at #Princeton21 Commencement, including professor Neta Bahcall, professor Elizabeth Gavis, professor James Richardson and assistant professor @rorytruex. bit.ly/3yfHE3y
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Sep 1, 2021
The night before my job talk, @AmaneyJamal called me out of the blue and told me that she was rooting for me to succeed. I will never forget that call. She has taught me, time and again, that academia can be a place of kindness. We are so lucky to have her lead.
Princeton School of Public & International Affairs
@PrincetonSPIA
Aug 31, 2021
Today, incoming Dean @AmaneyJamal welcomed our graduate students at orientation before classes begin tomorrow. She shared a favorite quote of hers by Kahlil Gibran: “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”♥️
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Nov 19, 2021
Proud to be part of this letter from Princeton faculty calling for an end to the China Initiative, echoing letters by colleagues at Stanford, Berkeley, and Temple.
198 Princeton faculty sign letter criticizing Department of Justice's China Initiative
From dailyprincetonian.com
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Jun 18, 2018
If you are looking for a lighthearted way to learn about the very serious issues going on in contemporary China, take 20 minutes and watch John Oliver's latest segment. I'm very proud to have contributed (in a small way) to the reporting in this video. youtube.com/watch?v=OubM8b…
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Mar 6, 2018
Hello friends, I am starting a Youtube Channel on Chinese Politics, tentatively called the ChinaVlog. My first video is on China's new constitutional amendment, slated to pass next week: youtu.be/Vp_l7evoVaM
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Feb 20, 2024
In the name of protecting research security, the U.S. government has created a law enforcement architecture grounded in exclusion and fear, mirroring the very authoritarian society we are trying to compete with. My latest piece in The Hill:
The anti-China academic panic is hurting America
From thehill.com
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Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Mar 24, 2021
This does constitute a real shift in rhetoric and has implications for China studies. The Party is now making it explicit that if you study the wrong thing, you will face consequences.
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Feb 16, 2021
Happy to contribute this piece to the @TheAtlantic today on how concern about China has lead us to lose our way and forget what makes American science special. The U.S. needs Chinese scientists, and we should be welcoming them, not targeting them.
The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic
Feb 16, 2021
"If Americans cordon off our scientific communities in the name of security," @rorytruex writes, "we will be sacrificing our greatest advantage, and the core of who we are." on.theatln.tc/HcTWqH6
Rory Truex
@rorytruex
Jan 6, 2021
This is why Republican criticism of the CCP always rings hollow to me. How can they claim to support democracy in China and abroad when they subvert it at home?
Ben Rhodes
@brhodes
Jan 6, 2021
Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz constantly bash the Chinese Communist Party. They have just done more to undermine democracy worldwide and promote the CCP's authoritarian model than any US Senators in my lifetime.