The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies is now accepting submissions for our December Conference on Grounding Global China. Submit your proposed title, abstract (up to 200 words), and a brief biography on or before 30 June 2024.
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In this thread, Bill Figueroa assesses China’s reaction to the recent rise in tensions between Israel and Iran. See below for his country profile of Iran for People's Map of Global China, along with our Made in China Journal articles related to each country. 1/

Last week, representatives of Chinese state-owned firm CITIC met with Burmese officials to discuss infrastructure construction in the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a BRI project along the coast of Rakhine state, Myanmar. 1/
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thanks Sinica Podcast for the shoutout to my Made in China Journal essay!
and this: Niall Ferguson literally said 'what the U.S. is trying to do to China right now with advanced semiconductor export restrictions is what the Trisolarans were trying to do to Earth'.
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In this essay, Zifeng Liu | 劉紫豐 interrogates the gendered and sexualised terms under which Mabel Robinson Williams, an African American radical woman, appears in Chinese archives, recovering her as a key figure in the history of Black internationalism in China. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/04/10/tra…

People's Map of Global China has profiled several of the 24 Chinese megaprojects assessed by the The Lowy Institute’s report. See this thread for more details on the background to these projects and the relations between China and their host country. 1/

Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto made his first post-election foreign trip to Beijing on Monday. He and Xi Jinping signaled their intent to promote cooperation and maintain close ties between their respective countries. 1/
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So grateful to discuss Dissident at the Doorstep, a narrative podcast hosted by Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, & me, with Ivan Franceschini Made in China Journal: on the power & limitations of legal activism, meanings of Chinese-ness in exile, who needs heroes, & why I'm hopeful.
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In the 2000s, Chen Guangcheng became a global icon of freedom and democracy; a few years later, we find him among US MAGA fanatics. A new podcast examines Chen's trajectory and wonders: how could this happen? A conversation with show cohost Yangyang Cheng.madeinchinajournal.com/2024/04/04/dis…

If you are in Taipei tonight, don't miss this event jointly hosted by us and New Bloom Magazine!

This month, the Laos-China Railway Company Limited opened two new stations on the cross-border service, namely Xay station on the Lao side of the border and Yuxi station in China. 1/
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A suicide bomber killed five Chinese construction workers and engineers, along with their Pakistani driver, in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday. This marks the third deadly attack on Chinese nationals and interests in Pakistan this week. 1/ apnews.com/article/pakist…

In 'Transpacific Reform and Revolution', Zhongping Chen traces the networks of reformers around Kang Youwei and revolutionaries around Sun Yat-sen, discussing their business activities and funding , lawsuits against each other, and even assassinations. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/03/25/tra…

Now that '3 Body Problem' is out on Netflix, reread Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️'s essay on how the theories, plot, and characters of the original books are used in Chinese digital discourse to illustrate visions of authoritarian, conservative, and misogynistic politics. madeinchinajournal.com/2023/12/11/the…

According to the latest data released by SAIS-CARI, the number of Chinese workers in Africa has dropped to its lowest point since 2009 and to a third of its peak in 2015. The DRC, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, and Angola have the most workers as of 2022. 1/
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Drawing from oral histories, in 'The Master in Bondage' Huaiyin Li reconstructs the realities of factory life in China in the Mao era and after, reassessing the extent to which workers were becoming ‘the masters’. Read the conversation with Jenny Chan. madeinchinajournal.com/2024/03/20/the…

Last month, the African Union approved a 15-year continent-wide ban on the slaughter of donkeys for their hides. These hides are a key component in a traditional Chinese medicine called ejiao, whose demand in China decimated African donkey populations. 1/
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Following a meeting in Beijing between Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Angola and China agreed to upgrade their bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. 1/
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Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine is set to receive a US$400-450 million investment in 2024 to help develop the new Chalcobamba pit, according to China’s MMG, which owns a majority stake in the mine. 1/
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A new study finds that regressive erosion has accelerated in Ecuador’s Coca River since the construction and implementation of the Coca Codo Sinclair Hydroelectric Project (CCSHP), revealing more evidence of the project’s negative environmental impact. 1/
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