SOAS China Institute
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#SOAS China Institute is one of the world-leading centres for China expertise and research with more than 55 academics based at @SOAS, University of London.
London, UK
Joined January 2014
'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 👉 https://t.co/Xc21g0usMC
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Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed. As “soft resistance” becomes a political label, artists face hard consequences—and a censorship culture increasingly aligned with the mainland | By Eric Otto Wear https://t.co/59uvXjtfTE
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Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed, writes Eric Otto Wear.
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Podcast: Innovation in China — After the 'DeepSeek moment' with guest, Duncan Clark @duncanclark, author of the book ‘Alibaba — The House that Jack Ma Built’ and co-chair of the Asia Society France @AsiaSocietyFR. Listen here: https://t.co/hMdxiJJ4OM
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China is set to launch the Hainan Free Trade Port in December 2025, billing it as a rival to Hong Kong. But five major challenges—in law, finance, taxation, openness, and governance—could limit its ambitions, comments Xiaoyang Zhang. https://t.co/kcZEEZx2HE
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China is set to launch the Hainan Free Trade Port, billing it as a rival to Hong Kong. But five major challenges could limit its ambitions.
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Professor Steve Tsang participated in the 2025 Helsinki Security Forum @HelSecForum in a panel discussion on 'Are We Living in a Chinese Century?' which took place on 21 September. #HSF2025 #SOAS
https://t.co/RP8wMCeCNf
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Spot Crypto ETP Staking has arrived, only at Grayscale. Grayscale now enables staking in Ethereum and Solana products, specifically Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (Ticker: $ETHE), Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (Ticker: $ETH), and Grayscale Solana Trust (OTCQX: $GSOL)*.
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Podcast: Innovation in China — After the 'DeepSeek moment' with guest, Duncan Clark @duncanclark, author of the book ‘Alibaba — The House that Jack Ma Built’ and co-chair of the Asia Society France @AsiaSocietyFR. Listen here: https://t.co/hMdxiJJ4OM
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Professor Steve Tsang participated in the 2025 Helsinki Security Forum @HelSecForum in a panel discussion on 'Are We Living in a Chinese Century?' which took place on 21 September. #HSF2025 #SOAS
https://t.co/RP8wMCeCNf
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Dr Yuka Kobayashi (#SOAS) spoke to @abcnews about China's announcement to stop seeking special treatment from the World Trade Organization. https://t.co/uE9R8A9pIL
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Aisya A. Zaharin comments on “Uncle Red” – a viral online sex scandal in China shocked millions, but beneath the headlines lies a deeper story of gender performance, class inequality, digital exploitation, and social isolation. https://t.co/qXnpMrmgE1
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"Uncle Red” a viral online sex scandal shocked millions, but beneath the headlines lies a deeper story of gender, class and social isolation.
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Melinda Liu, veteran Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek, and Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society in Beijing, discusses China, the US and WWII — Wartime memories and contemporary resonances. Listen here: https://t.co/xHdLSlelDZ
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Dr Yuka Kobayashi (#SOAS) spoke to @abcnews about China's announcement to stop seeking special treatment from the World Trade Organization. https://t.co/uE9R8A9pIL
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Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed. As “soft resistance” becomes a political label, artists face hard consequences—and a censorship culture increasingly aligned with the mainland | By Eric Otto Wear https://t.co/59uvXjtfTE
blogs.soas.ac.uk
Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed, writes Eric Otto Wear.
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Melinda Liu, veteran Beijing bureau chief of Newsweek, and Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society in Beijing, discusses China, the US and WWII — Wartime memories and contemporary resonances. Listen here: https://t.co/xHdLSlelDZ
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Zhou Enlai, Mao’s long-serving premier, was neither pure loyalist nor hidden liberal. He was a pragmatist who kept Mao’s China afloat—balancing ideology with survival through famine, revolution, and Cold War isolation. | By Tang Men Kit https://t.co/xKkuRGQpB4
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Tang Meng Kit explores Zhou Enlai's survival politics, moral ambiguities and why his legacy matters for understanding 20th century China.
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Experts Steve Tsang, @Rory_Medcalf, @DCKristiina & @Mattlin_M discuss China's role in the global order with Bobo Lo as the moderator at #HSF2025. 💡 "What China wants is what Xi Jinping wants" Tsang explains, "China has no intention doing what the US requires."
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From Cannes to Berlin, Chinese-language films have become festival powerhouses. Beyond the red carpet, they expose censorship, inequality and shifting identities while reshaping China’s global image. | By Peter Chai (Kai Shibata) https://t.co/w94CX9MpiV
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Chinese films have become festival powerhouses. Beyond the red carpet, they expose censorship, inequality and shifting identities.
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What does it mean to be Chinese? In this lunchtime lecture, Prof Steve Tsang (@SOAS_CI @SOAS) examines and contrasts the very different political realities of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. 🎟 Free, in-person tickets now available: https://t.co/bVtgPI9NKy
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🇮🇳 🇺🇸 How are #US tariffs on #India likely to change the dynamic of the countries' relationship, and bring the latter closer to other international partners? On #F24ParisDirect, @GenieGodula spoke with Steve Tsang, Director @SOAS_CI for more ⤵️
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Aisya A. Zaharin comments on “Uncle Red” – a viral online sex scandal in China shocked millions, but beneath the headlines lies a deeper story of gender performance, class inequality, digital exploitation, and social isolation. https://t.co/qXnpMrmgE1
blogs.soas.ac.uk
"Uncle Red” a viral online sex scandal shocked millions, but beneath the headlines lies a deeper story of gender, class and social isolation.
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Growing demand for feed grains has increased China’s dependence on international trade and its vulnerability to external economic and political factors, writes Jane Du. #SOAS
https://t.co/XBToxociLv
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Growing demand for feed grains has increased China’s dependence on international trade and its vulnerability to external factors.
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The CCP’s revival of anti-Japanese war memory serves as more than historical commemoration—it is a strategic instrument for consolidating political legitimacy and managing domestic and international pressures in Xi Jinping’s China, writes Rahul Pandey. https://t.co/3kAL2qItY2
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The CCP’s revival of anti-Japanese war memory serves as more than historical commemoration, writes Rahul Pandey.
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