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Field Research and Governance in Xi’s China: Reflections from Middlebury’s Jessica Teets
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- Oct 8, 2025
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Summary
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Jessica Teets of Middlebury College about the challenges and benefits of doing fieldwork in China, and what she and her research partners have learned about the complexities of civil society in an authoritarian context and the unintended consequences of governance reforms under Xi Jinping.