Yaoyao Dai quoted in NY Times article about China’s Heroes being attacked by nationalists
Yaoyao Dai, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, has studied Chinese populism and offered an expert opinion on the recent boycotts and online attacks by Chinese nationalists.
“While nationalism and populism are quite useful tools, they are pretty dangerous as well,” said Dai. “The government needs and wants to be the one that shapes the narrative. They cannot just give everyone this power to shape the narrative of who are ‘the people’ and who is ‘the enemy.’”