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'The Political Thought of Xi Jinping' by Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung will be available from 9 January 2024. You can get 30% off if you purchase it directly from OUP using the discount code ASFLYQ6 👉 global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Jonathan Fulton, professor of international relations at Zayed University and senior fellow at the @AtlanticCouncil, joins us to assess how recent events in the Middle East will affect China in the longer term. Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod… #SOAS

On this #SOAS China Institute podcast Todd Hall, director of @ox_chinacentre and Hannah Bailey @Hannah_LSBailey, assistant professor at @cmist_cmu join us to discuss China’s global ambitions. Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

Seminar on 'Smashing Statues as Posthumous Punishment in Imperial China' with Dr Desmond Cheung @SOAS @SOASHistory 🗓️Mon 20 Apr 2026 |5.15pm 📍Room RB01, SOAS All welcome, but registration is required: tinyurl.com/yjc2w3mj

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Evelyn Cheng @chengevelyn, senior correspondent for @CNBC in Beijing, and Christopher Mittelstaedt @jcmittelstaedt, Professor of Chinese politics at the University of Zurich @UZH_en, discuss China's Five Year Plan and the ethnic unity law. Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

On this podcast Andy Rothman @RothmanAndy, senior China fellow at the @AsiaSociety Northern California, discusses China’s economic prospects — and the challenges for consumer confidence and private enterprise. Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

Tomorrow, join us from (5–7pm) for “A New Global Order? Implications of the US-Israeli Attacks on Iran for the Middle East, China, & Southeast Asia”. Co-hosted by @SOAS_MEI, @SOAS_CI, & the Centre of South East Asian Studies. For registration & details:soas.ac.uk/about/event/ne…

🎙️New episode: SOAS Global Developments Podcast How is China shaping Africa’s industrial future? In our first video episode, @estariade (Carlos Oya) joins @nomhossain (Naomi Hossain) to unpack the opportunities, challenges & labour dynamics of China’s engagement in Africa, drawing on his new book "China for Africa’s Industrialization?" ▶️ Watch the full episode here: soas.ac.uk/soas-global-de… @SOAS @SOASEconomics @devcomms @EADI @SOASalumni @FeministOnMarx @sndeall @CAAC_Network @SOAS_CI @RoyPallavi2

On this podcast we talk to @JosephTorigian, a specialist on Chinese politics at American University @AmericanU in Washington DC, who offers an unusual insight into Xi Jinping’s backstory in his new book, 'The Party’s Interests Come First' Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

@JosephTorigian Analysts say Xi is unlikely to try to launch an attack on Taiwan just because of the U.S. war on Iran. “Xi has not in the last 13 years demonstrated a tendency towards recklessness,” said Steve Tsang, director of the @SOAS_CI in London. wsj.com/world/for-xi-i…

Seminar: Capitalist Development in Late Qing China: A Reassessment of the 1883 Financial Crisis 🗓️Next Mon 9 March ⏰5pm 📍Room RB01, SOAS Main Building Find out more and register today: tinyurl.com/53ybf4r6

A new book by Jieyu Liu @JieyuLiu3 offers a comprehensive overview of Chinese family practices, including sexual behaviour seen through the eyes of three generations. #SOAS blogs.soas.ac.uk/china-institut…

New podcast: I spoke to @SOAS_CI Duncan Hewitt about The Party's Interests and recent developments in Chinese politics soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

What is “analogue social media”? Avital Avina comments on the sharing of information and propaganda in China, and argues that social media has pre-internet roots. blogs.soas.ac.uk/china-institut…

Happy #LunarNewYear! The Year of the Fire Horse. #ChineseNewYear #SOAS