China’s embrace of elites helps it to bounce back
Rowan Callick reflects on the PRC’s successful hold over its high-value elite partners.
2711, 2020
0411, 2020
Can China seize the moment?
George Magnus comments on the Fifth Plenum of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee.
2810, 2020
The Great Decoupling
Will China’s drive to achieve global technological dominance unravel the world order? A new book by Nigel Inkster explores China’s technological rise in light of tensions with the USA.
2209, 2020
The Politics of COVID-19: Reflex vs. Reflexion
Is China’s political system really the problem? Dr Dic Lo examines the contrast between China and the West, particularly the US, in their performances of containing Covid-19.
0308, 2020
The Ice is Three Feet Thick
John Gittings reflects on what China in the 1980s can tell us about its present condition at a time of crisis.
0308, 2020
Covid-19’s impact on China and Central & Eastern Europe
SOAS alumna Alicja Bachulska writes about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on China’s relations with Central & Eastern Europe.
3007, 2020
Surveillance, Repression and Re-Education in Xinjiang
An interview with Professor Rachel Harris about state repression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
3007, 2020
A 2020 vision of China’s relations with Europe
As 2019 comes to a close and a new year and decade dawns four SOAS alumni share their views on what 2020 might bring for China-Europe relations.
3007, 2020
‘Systemic Rivals’: Brussels at odds with Beijing
Aki Elborzi speaks to SOAS alumna, Ilaria Maria Sala, about recent developments in China’s relations with the European Union.
2307, 2020
Italy charts its own course along China’s ‘New Silk Road’
Aki Elborzi speaks to SOAS alumna, Ilaria Maria Sala, about Italy signing an MoU with China on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).