<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div style="font-family:inherit">Dear all,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">I am delighted to share that my book <i>Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism</i> has recently come out with Columbia UP. It is the first book that studies China's Internet from the perspective of authoritarian legitimation. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9);font-size:15px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">On the Chinese internet, millions of writers and readers fantasize about going back in time and changing their country’s fate. One envisions saving the Southern Song Dynasty from the Mongols and turning China into a capitalist democracy. Another portrays a contemporary traveling to 1905 and sparking a communist revolution before the Chinese Communist Party was even founded. These stories share a theme of national revival that echoes both the official narrative of the “Chinese dream” and populist movements around the world. Why is alt-history so popular in China, and what does it reveal about politics and culture under authoritarianism? This book examines the production and consumption of online alt-history fiction in China, offering new insight into how authoritarian rule gains popular consent. Combining in-depth digital ethnography with analysis of dozens of alt-history novels, it explores how state intervention, market forces, and consumer preferences interact. It argues that citizens play a crucial role in constructing and maintaining the state’s dominance. Introducing readers to the uncanny world of alt-history, this book underscores how aspirations for the rebirth of the nation can bolster undemocratic politics—in China and elsewhere.</div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,8,9)"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-size:15px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="font-size:15px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">The book is available on multiple platforms including Amazon. If you order it from the publisher, use CUP20 to get 20% off.</div></div><div class="gmail-x14z9mp gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1lziwak gmail-x1vvkbs gmail-xtlvy1s gmail-x126k92a" style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0.5em"><div dir="auto" style="font-size:15px;font-family:inherit">
<a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/make-china-great-again/9780231220552/">Make China Great Again | Columbia University Press</a>

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-China-Great-Again-Authoritarianism/dp/0231220553/">Amazon.com: Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction and Popular Authoritarianism: 9780231220552: Han, Rongbin: Books</a>
<br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:15px;font-family:inherit"><br></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><font size="3">Thank you for your time and attention! I hope you will find the book relevant and interesting.</font></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><font size="3">Rongbin</font></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>____<br>Rongbin Han</div><div>Professor<br></div><div>Department of International Affairs</div><div>University of Georgia</div><div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><i><a title="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/make-china-great-again/9780231220545/" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/make-china-great-again/9780231220545/" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Make China Great Again</a></i> (Columbia UP, 2026)</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><i><a title="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/contesting-cyberspace-in-china/9780231184755" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/contesting-cyberspace-in-china/9780231184755" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Contesting Cyberspace in China</a></i> (Columbia UP, 2018)</div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,133,215)"><i><a title="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/directed-digital-dissidence-in-autocracies-9780197680384" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/directed-digital-dissidence-in-autocracies-9780197680384" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Directed Digital Dissidence in Autocracies</a></i></span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">(Oxford UP, 2023) with J. Gainous, A. MacDonald, and K. Wagner</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;color:black"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><i><a title="https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295752815/the-xi-jinping-effect/" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295752815/the-xi-jinping-effect/" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">The Xi Jinping Effect</a></i> (U. Washington Press, 2024), co-edited with A. Esarey</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>