Jeffrey Wasserstrom at Boston University

The Contested Meaning of Symbolic Spaces in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Shanghai

Join the BU Center for the Study of Asia for a roundtable discussion about the importance of symbolically important spaces of urban centers. The discussion will move from Bangkok and Hong Kong with activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and For the Love of Hong Kong author Hana Meihan Davis, before moving to Shanghai with The Milk Tea Alliance author Jeffrey Wasserstrom. The conversation will be moderated by Robert Weller, professor of anthropology at BU.

Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
121 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215

The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Yet, many young activists and exiles from these regions feel that their struggles are connected. How do these activists, each facing their unique situations, find common ground and sustain one another? For The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom traveled globally to interview members of this loosely constituted alliance, finding them united by the rising influence of a common adversary—the Chinese Communist Party.

“A story of resilient defiance against not just local oppression but the expanding shadow of Xi Jinping’s China—a defining battle of the twenty-first century.” —Evan Osnos

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