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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…

Podcast: Family and Relationship Trends in China — Across generations, across the urban-rural divide with Prof Jieyu Liu @JieyuLiu3 Available on Apple, Spotify and more: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod… #SOAS

Rowan Simons, author of the book Bamboo Goalposts, and chairman and founder of Club Football Beijing joins us to discuss the state of Chinese #football, and whether the country’s #WorldCup dream might ever become a reality. Listen here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod… #SOAS

Book talk "Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Public Opinion Management in China" w/ Prof. Lynette Ong 🗓️Next Mon 15 June, 5pm 📌Room R201, SOAS More details and registration: tinyurl.com/4vjuacvv

Melinda Liu, veteran Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek magazine, and Professor Steve Tsang, director of the #SOAS China Institute, discuss who got the most out of a summit described by President Trump as 'very successful' and by President Xi as ‘historic’. soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod…

China In Context Ep208: Did China trump Trump? — After the Beijing summit Listen to the podcast here: soas-china-institute.buzzsprout.com/1669327/episod… #SOAS

By preserving the underlying structures of the Leninist political system, Deng Xiaoping set the stage for the emergence of Xi Jinping’s strongman rule, observes @SOAS_CI’s Steve Tsang. bit.ly/4nxosZ4

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…