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‘If you want to understand China, read what Chinese scholars are writing’ 13 November 2023Contrary to what one might expect, societal actors influence China’s foreign policy. PhD candidate Sabine Mokry investigated how Chinese academics and...
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What is the Chinese government’s approach to immigrants? 28 September 2023The rapid economic development of recent decades has made China a destination for migrants from all parts of the world. What does Chinese migration po...
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Browsing Chinese policy documents with AI: 'There is more public than you might think' 23 June 2023Corona travel restrictions and increased political pressure: research into China has become considerably more difficult in recent years. University le...
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Struggle in the region: China and Taiwan fight for support in Central America 01 June 2023Honduras recently severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 82 years. In doing so, the country is following the trend of other Central American countr...
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Cultural genocide: 'I see no scenario in which Uyghur culture can revive in Xinjiang' 26 April 2023Within just a few years, the Chinese government's policy towards the Uyghurs deteriorated sharply. From control and marginalisation, it shifted to vio...
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Student lectures for senior citizens: ‘You can learn a lot from other generations’ 19 April 2023Connecting generations, reducing loneliness and slowing mental decline: these are goals of the Oud Geleerd Jong Gedaan foundation’s lectures, which ar...
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Weidong Zhang on achieving decent work in China 04 April 2023On 23 March 2023 Weidong Zhang defended his thesis in Leiden on achieving decent work in China. This research analyses to what extent China is achievi...
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Deconstructing a more assertive China: How did its foreign policy change? 20 March 2023Since 2009-2010, the West viewed China as more assertive. Especially after Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, the country abandoned Deng Xiaoping’s ‘lo...
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Who spoke what language in north-western sixth-century China? 14 March 2023Fifteen hundred years ago, the north-west of what we now call China was a jumble of peoples. How did those Indians, Khotanese and Tocharians influence...
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How do teachers learn in a work placement programme? 13 February 2023Na Zhou (PhD at ICLON) researched how vocational teachers’ learning takes place in a work placement programme and how their learning supports their te...
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Protests in China: Politicians afraid of not the population but colleagues 05 December 2022That it was students who started the protests in China against its zero Covid policy makes things more dangerous for politicians. China expert Frank P...
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Yao Yuan speaks at conference in Rome 07 November 2022On 28 October 2022, Yao Yuan spoke at the conference in Rome on 'Understanding national security concerns in light of FDI screening', jointly organise...
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All eyes on China: the Communist Party Congress is coming up 06 October 2022The world’s attention will shift to China as the Communist Party is set to hold its five-yearly congress beginning on 16 October. We talk to Senior Un...
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...
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Tensions between China and Taiwan: what's behind it? 08 August 2022For a while, it was uncertain whether prominent American politician Nancy Pelosi would travel to Taiwan. But last Tuesday, she did visit – much to the...