Dear all, 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 _________________________ Dr. Miao Lu Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies Lingnan University, Hong Kong Recent Publications Lu, M. (2026). Infrastructuring the last mile: State, Chinese tech, and densification of Ghana's rural network<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517261421479>. Big Data & Society, 1-14. Lu, M. (2025). The Transsion Approach: Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa<https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c046926>. University of Illinois Press (Geopolitics of Information Series). Lu, M. (2025). Connecting the last mile in Africa: A volumetric analysis of internet balloons and rural base stations.<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437251351791> Media, Culture & Society, 47(8), 1653-1673. Lu, M. & Xie, Z. (2025). Gaming the mobility regimes during COVID-19: Border-making and crossing between China and Africa<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2449012>. Information, Communication & Society, 28(7), 1137-1156.