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--The Transsion Approach:
Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa (University of Illinois Press, 2025,
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926) and Silicon Elsewhere: Nairobi, Global China, and the Promise of Techno-Capital (University of California Press, 2026,
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/silicon-elsewhere/paper). If you want to join us online, please register via this link:
https://lingnan.zoom.us/meeting/register/_ooFXAYsSEacGD-8Y29rNQ. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
Best,
Miao
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Dr. Miao Lu
Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies