China’s Belt and Road Initiative continues to unfold in a range of infrastructure projects on its periphery.  This seminar will consider a key project in the context of China-Southeast Asia economi

This event celebrates the publication of a new book, Xueqin and Xakespeare: Reading The Story of the Stone through Hamlet.

Proposed by Xie He of the Southern Qi Dynasty in about 500 CE, qi yun shen dong (“vividness of energy and rhythm”) is regarded as the highest aesthetic conception in Chinese art, both in p

Crisis moments like the 2019 Hong Kong protests or the COVID-19 pandemic have shone a spotlight on how divided political opinions are across the Chinese-speaking world, often along fault lines crea

China’s Social Credit System has fundamentally re-shaped global discussions of surveillance, with references to it spread across legislation and parliament

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series 

The 1990s in China saw the advent of “Republican Fever”, a popular nostalgia for perceived openness and freedom during the Republican era in mainland China (1912–1949), and

Since the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) a century ago there is much the country has achieved but some dispute over who did the heavy lifting, who should get the credit, and who get