Patricia M Thornton

@PM_Thornton · Oxford, UK · joined 16 Jul 2016

Professor in the Politics of #China at @Politics_Oxford, @ox_chinacentre, @MertonCollege @BACS_China Council member https://t.co/OFBGH2qRJ1

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Patricia M Thornton@PM_Thornton7 Jul

A koan: There was a collective study session of #China's Central Military Commission yesterday to 学习 XJP's speech at the anniversary of the CCP founding. Atm, the CMC has only two members: 张升民 and 习近平. Did XJP attend? Did Zhang study on his own? https://t.co/Qye8VgdS8X https://t

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Patricia M Thornton@PM_Thornton4 Jun

#China's "one-child regime was not a simple high-modernist failure: it was an intrusive, brutal, and, in many respects, effective project of social engineering that sowed the seeds of its own demise." My latest, Why Xi's Pro-Natalist Turn is Failing https://t.co/psPljxJzJ3 1.5K views · 17 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Patricia M Thornton@PM_Thornton8 May

The brilliant Olivia Cheung on Ideological Governance in #China? Xi Jinping’s Uphill Battle Against Indiscipline https://t.co/8hgezoibVh 2.5K views · 23 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Patricia M Thornton@PM_Thornton9 Feb

NYT's David Pierson: #JimmyLai’s 20-Year Sentence Follows Beijing’s Playbook on Dissent The sentence for the media mogul, along with long prison terms for his editors, shows how #HongKong enforces Xi Jinping’s red lines with a new severity. #香港 https://t.co/OPcoIUDiiU 791 views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Patricia M Thornton@PM_Thornton1 Jan

The Guardian: Xi Jinping vows to reunify #China & #Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, Xi says, a day after the conclusion of intense military drills #台灣 https://t.co/UF5jagmub1 1.2K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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7919 Feb

2.5K8 May

1.5K4 Jun

1K7 Jul

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Engagement rate per post

0.26%1 Jan

1.14%9 Feb

1.26%8 May

1.30%4 Jun

0.49%7 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes50.5%51 in total

Reposts10.9%11 in total

Replies4.0%4 in total

Quotes2.0%2 in total

Bookmarks32.7%33 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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