Articles by Yuting Alina He

December 18, 2024

How livestreaming helped save South Korean democracy

Yuting Alina He

South Korean democracy recently escaped the imposition of martial law. The turnaround, argues argues Yuting Alina He, was helped by the livestreaming of events as they unfolded in Seoul. Livestreaming may not be new, but it has recently developed into a powerful instrument of political mobilisation and change

China’s boxing feminists: discipline and resistance in contemporary Chinese feminism

Yuting Alina He

As gender becomes an increasingly heated issue in China, He Yuting and Ruairidh Brown explore how the ‘female boxer’ has become a key disciplinary image in this struggle – and how it can be contested

Yuting Alina He

PhD Student, University of Sydney

Yuting's doctoral project focuses on social media, emerging technologies and global politics.

She is interested in non-orthodox-ish topics in IR, especially gender, technology and critical approaches to global politics.

Another recent strand of research focuses on the politics of China.

Prior to Sydney, she studied at the University of Cambridge and received an MPhil in Politics and International Studies.

She also obtained a BA (Hons) degree in International Studies from one of the global campuses of the University of Nottingham in Ningbo, China.

She has been an active content producer on Chinese social media with around 10k followers, where she writes and podcasts extensively about her personal experiences, gender, and current affairs.

@YutingHeALINA

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