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Welcome to week two of UM Press Annotates. For the first month, we’re exploring the theme of COVID 3.0. Last week, we invited readers to share the digital margins of Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Andre Peralta, and Elize Massard da Fonseca’s edited collection, Coronavirus Politics (University of Michigan Press, 2021).

This week, we ask readers to join us in scholarly conversation around Jing Sun’s Red Chamber, Dream World: Actors, Audience, and Agendas in Chinese Foreign Policy and Beyond (University of Michigan Press, 2021). Sun’s interdisciplinary work traces the global impact of the Chinese Dream.

UM Press Annotates will focus on Sun’s chapter, “Riding on Dragon’s Back: Celebrities, Masses, and Foreign Policy.” Sun argues that the Internet has helped to connect the Chinese people more closely to the world than ever before. Sun also points to the growing tourism industry–both inbound foreign travelers and outbound Chinese tourists, that helps shape foreign policies.

With the Beijing Winter Olympics opening in just a few weeks, “Riding on Dragon’s Back” offers an opportunity to explore the continuing impact of COVID on international travel and foreign policy.

Please join us in annotating Jing Sun’s chapter, “Riding on Dragon’s Back ” from Red Chamber, World Dream this week, from January 30 th through February 5 th .

How to Participate

The University of Michigan Press looks forward to engaging with readers through UM Press Annotates. To help make the conversation productive for all, we ask annotators to follow these community guidelines:

• Seek to understand differing perspectives. Questions can inspire meaningful conversation and help us develop shared understandings, even where we may disagree.
• We welcome scholarly disagreements, but ask all annotators to engage in respectful communication practices.
• Help make the conversation searchable across social media with the hashtags #UMPAnnotates and #COVIDYear3.

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