#  Work in Progress 

 



"The Power of Limits: The Evolution of the State in China and the West," with [Gary Cox](https://gwcox.sites.stanford.edu/) (Stanford University) and [Mark Dincecco](https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/dincecco) (University of Michigan). Book manuscript.

“Oxford Handbook of State Building and State Capacity,” co-edited with [Mark Dincecco](https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/dincecco/home?authuser=0) (University of Michigan).

"[Blood is Still Thicker than Water: A Response to Lin's Reappraisal and Reflections on Historical Political Economy](https://ssrn.com/abstract=6755538)."

"[The Printed Word and the Rise of the Chinese State](http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5241327)," with [Cheng Cheng](https://wp.nyu.edu/chengcheng/) (New York University) and [David Stasavage](https://stasavage.com/) (New York University).

"[Maintaining Empire: The Examination System and Secessionist Conflict in Imperial China](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5521883)," with [Gary Cox](https://gwcox.sites.stanford.edu/) (Stanford University) and [Mark Dincecco](https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/dincecco) (University of Michigan).

"[Wedded to the State: Elite Social Networks and Territorial Integration in Early Modern Venice](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6249419)," with [Caterina Chiopris](https://www.caterinachiopris.com/) (Columbia University).

"Performative Compliance: How Chinese Scholars Navigate Ideological Control," with [Hanning Luo](https://www.gov.harvard.edu/directory/hanning-luo/?cp-dir-id=4513) (Harvard University).