Lizhi Liu

New podcast out! @ningleng.bsky.social on how local governments in China pressure private firms to serve the interests of the party-state. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @mccourtschool.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/politicizing...

How do China's tech firms balance between the demands of the state and the expectations of their users? Danie Stockmann and @Ting Luo explain in my latest interview on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Happy to share this workshop on 'Time Inheritance Mapping' as part of #ESRCFestival 25: It'll will change your mind about how you perceive your time use and your time resources. Suitable for 6th form ss, teachers, parents, career advisors etc! 8 Nov 11 am-See you
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What does China’s emerging governance regime for big tech look like & how does it differ from that of the US?
My new article explores these questions by tracing Alibaba’s evolving ties with central and local governments, and theorizes this dynamic as a MARKET IN A FRAGMENTED STATE.

Podcast with Lizhi Liu, author of “From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China” Alibaba. Tencent. JD. Pinduoduo. Run down the list of China’s most valuable companies and you’ll find, for the most part, that they’re all e-commerce companies—or at least facilitate e-commerce. Th…

Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with @lizhiliu.bsky.social, author of “From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China” asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

Thanks for reviewing my book!

I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) had such a strong 1st week!

What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n

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Excited to announce that my book has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Globalization/International Business category at the 2025 Axiom Business Book Awards (axiomawards.com/about). I'm honored and humbled to be recognized alongside other exceptional works that I admire.

I am deeply grateful to Professor Yue Zhu, a legal scholar, for his extensive (>9k words!) and very generous review essay on my book, published in the Shanghai Review of Books by The Paper (澎湃新闻), titled "e-commerce platforms' harsh winter and comeback.

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How China’s E-Commerce Boom Charts a Digital Path to Growth - Politics and Rights Review In merely 20 years, China leapfrogged developed economies to build an e-commerce market with 800 million users, capturing nearly 50% of global online retail sales.

Professor Lizhi Liu ( @lizhiliu.bsky.social ) examines how China’s e-commerce grew despite weak legal frameworks. Digital platforms built private institutions, shaping governance and consumer trust. Available in open access in English, French, and Spanish. #PoliticsAndRightsReview

Interestingly, the term '大众评审' (public assessor) was borrowed from the Chinese singing show Super Girl, which used 31 public assessors to determine the contest winners. Taobao’s jury system similarly started with 31 assessors (later lowered to 13)

My interview suggests that it was not a direct replication but more of a platform innovation inspired by studying the jury system in the United States.

Thanks for sharing!! Yes, noted the interactions of taobao’s online institutions and courts in the book - many collaborations on that front.

You Be the Judge: How Taobao Crowdsourced Its Courts In this excerpt from Lizhi Liu’s new book, “From Click to Boom,” the author explores how Taobao tried to democratize its dispute resolution system.

Sixth Tone just published an excerpt of my book "From Click to Boom," where I explore the rise of online institutions in China, their role in addressing governance gaps left by the state, as well as their limitations.

www.sixthtone.com/news/1016578

即刻小红书的创业往事：生为小众，我很抱歉-36氪 突出重围很难，产品创新、产品生存更难。

Ok, Xiaohongshu (Rednote) is NOT named after Mao’s Little Red Book but after the dominant color of Stanford where the founder got an MBA. It has a capitalist origin! m.36kr.com/p/1724258762...

@jeremywallace.bsky.social’s written a truly intelligent and original book.

Great to know that my book was selected by the China-Britain Business Council’s magazine as one of the best books of 2024 on China

Thanks, Yeling, for sharing the news that my book is being sold and ranked #20 in the business section at Singapore Airport! It’s a delightful surprise to see an academic book—even with its long appendix of statistics and regressions—capturing interest beyond academia.

LSE: The Ballpark | China’s evolving approach to economic security with Professor Yeling Tan In October 2024 the LSE Phelan US Centre spoke to Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. They spoke about how China understands econo...

Good interview with Yeling Tan www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i...

Click, Trust, Prosper - The Wire China In this book excerpt, Lizhi Liu takes a look at how e-commerce platforms filled a crucial void in China's political economy.

In her new book, From Click to Boom, @lizhiliu.bsky.social tells the story of eBay vs. Taobao in the early 2000s, and how the combination of the platform’s clever innovations with Beijing’s strategic non-action allowed China’s commerce to flow in ways it never had before. https://buff.ly/3B5xNDp

How did China's e-commerce model become the best in the world? - Focus - China Britain Business Council Just how did China's e-commerce market get so sophisticated, and what lies in its future? A new book by Lizhi Liu looks for answers

Focus Magazine, published by the China-Britain Business Council, just featured an interview about my book

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Thanks a lot, @weisenthal.bsky.social

Thanks, Blake! Looking forward to reading your book :):)

Highly recommend anyone interested in digital governance and state-firm partnerships in China read this excellent book! Congrats Lizhi!

It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Peter on the New Books Network podcast. Thank you so much, Peter!

very interesting!

Thanks a lot, Carwyn! Would love to know more about your work.