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We're happy to announce that the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong will hold a hybrid book launch on April 8, 2026 (16:00-17:30 GMT+8). We will launch two new books about Africa-China tech engagement--<i>The Transsion Approach:
Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa</i> (University of Illinois Press, 2025,
<a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926" id="OWA9a324f57-a1c1-56d8-1fc4-8833d513eb02" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926</a>) and <i>Silicon Elsewhere: Nairobi, Global China, and the Promise of Techno-Capital</i> (University of California Press, 2026,
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https://www.ucpress.edu/books/silicon-elsewhere/paper</a>). If you want to join us online, please register via this link:
<a href="https://lingnan.zoom.us/meeting/register/_ooFXAYsSEacGD-8Y29rNQ" target="_blank" id="OWA0f93dcca-4ee8-57e8-0954-e61814a72230" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://lingnan.zoom.us/meeting/register/_ooFXAYsSEacGD-8Y29rNQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">
<u>https://lingnan.zoom.us/meeting/register/_ooFXAYsSEacGD-8Y29rNQ</u></a>. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!</div>
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Best,</div>
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Miao</div>
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Dr. Miao Lu </div>
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Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies</div>
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Lingnan University, Hong Kong</div>
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Recent Publications</div>
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Lu, M. (2026). <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517261421479" target="_blank" id="OWAaac254cd-94fb-e582-8b47-f7524d0d6347" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517261421479" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0px;">
<u>Infrastructuring the last mile: State, Chinese tech, and densification of Ghana's rural network</u></a>.
<i>Big Data & Society</i>, 1-14. </div>
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Lu, M. (2025). <a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926" target="_blank" id="OWA90f65909-5326-0ba1-48eb-ecdb524a2c29" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0px;">
<i><u>The Transsion Approach: Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa</u></i></a><i>.</i> University of Illinois Press (Geopolitics of Information Series).</div>
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Lu, M. (2025). <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437251351791" target="_blank" id="OWAf8d8d027-49b8-273f-6680-1fb2ea9859bd" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437251351791" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0px;">
<u>Connecting the last mile in Africa: A volumetric analysis of internet balloons and rural base stations.</u></a> <i>Media, Culture & Society</i>,
<i>47</i>(8), 1653-1673.</div>
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Lu, M. & Xie, Z. (2025). <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2449012" target="_blank" id="OWAb2927e52-9550-ba00-8e9c-0b1701ff3660" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2449012" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 0px;">
<u>Gaming the mobility regimes during COVID-19: Border-making and crossing between China and Africa</u></a>.
<i>Information, Communication & Society</i>, <i>28</i>(7), 1137-1156.</div>
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