For media appearances, quotes, or to speak on background about a topic, feel free to email me at jamesevans [at] fas.harvard.edu.
I regularly speak with journalists about China, Taiwan, and global affairs, and I am happy to speak on record or on background about topics within my research interests.
Recent Media Appearances
Quoted in: The Rise And Rise Of Cai Qi: Xi’s Right Hand, Not Successor?, StratNews Global, Sep 8, 2025
Research referenced in Capitalism vs. Communism: Can They Coexist? China’s Economic Miracle Reveals the Answer, Himpunan Mahasiswa Ilmu Ekonomi (HIMIESPA) UGM, June 15, 2024
Quoted in: Violence in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan might sabotage China’s plans to move Middle Eastern oil to Xinjiang, The China Project, Sep 28, 2023
Quoted in: UK Foreign Secretary leaves Beijing Empty Handed but Relieved, The China Project, Sep 4, 2023
Quoted in: Autocratic leaders use politics of fear to silence rivals, critics, The Korea Times, Aug 30, 2023
Op-ed: A Plane Crash and Prigozhin’s Lin Biao Moment, The Diplomat, Aug 23, 2023 (referenced in RFI Vietnam)
Quoted in, “Why fewer university students are studying Mandarin,” The Economist, Aug 24, 2023
Research referenced in “Arise Africa, Roar China: A Conversation with Yunxiang Gao,” Global China Pulse, May 25, 2023
Interviewed in, “McCarthy affirms US support of Taiwan in meeting with President Tsai Ing Wen | Rush Hour,” NewsNation, Apr 5, 2023
Research referenced in “会议︱记哈佛大学“超越边界：文本、思想和人的跨区域运动.” 澎湃新闻, March 2021
Quoted in “Xi Jinping Is Awarded a 3rd Term as President of China,” Money Talks News, March 10, 2023
Quoted in “Xi Jinping secures historic third term as leader of China,” NBC News, Oct 23, 2022
Quoted in “Xi Jinping amplía su poder como líder chino al ser reelegido para un tercer mandato,” Noticias Telemundo (in Spanish), Oct 23, 2022
Quoted in “Xi Jinping, Tokoh Terkuat di China Pasca Mao Zedong,” Republika (in Bahasa Indonesia), Oct 23, 2022
Quoted in “Academics and students in the West consider future China studies without access to China,” South China Morning Post, Nov 22, 2021
Quoted in “Cent’anni di partito unico,” Il Foglio (in Italian), Jul 1, 2021
Quoted in “Chinese Law Professor Fired for Views Receives Harvard Job Offer,” Voice of America (in English), “被清华扫地出门，许章润感谢哈佛发聘书：心照神交，吾道不孤,” 美国之音 (Voice of America: Chinese), Aug 21, 2020
Quoted in “罵習近平「無恥」遭清大開除 許章潤獲哈佛聘書,” Taiwan Daily, Aug 21, 2020
Research referenced in “選後觀察 美國學者指國民黨面臨2大立即挑戰,” Taiwan Central News Agency, Jan 17, 2020
Research referenced in “Sino-Black relations and the politics of identity: Q-and-A with scholar Keisha Brown,”SupChina, Feb 1, 2019
Quoted in “1960s-Era Chinese Political Posters Put on Display at Fairbank Center,” Harvard Crimson, Nov 28, 2017
Research referenced in “When words kill: ‘Big-character posters’ are testament to tenacity and suffering in one of China’s darkest periods,” SupChina, Nov 14, 2017
Podcasts
Guest with Emily Matson on “Revisiting China’s Historical Narratives” at the Initiative for US-China Dialogue on Global Issues at Georgetown University on the importance of China’s narratives surrounding the “Century of Humiliation,” the enduring legacy of Maoism, and the tools with which Chinese authorities shape official history.
I am the founding host and producer of the Harvard on China Podcast at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Since launching the podcast in 2016, I have interviewed over 30 scholars and practitioners who work on China with 70,000+ listeners. In 2017, the podcast was named “Eight Brilliant Podcasts about China” by TimeOut Beijing.
I co-organize a lecture series with Nargis Kassenova, co-sponsored by Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, on “China’s Belt Road Initiative from the Regions.” This public-facing series is designed to invite new voices from around the globe to discuss China’s global impact through its contemporary foreign policy initiatives.
I have also appeared as a guest, on the Eurasian Enigma Podcast at the Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, speaking with Yuval Weber about Russia and Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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