Commentary: Return of tensions in the South China Sea was a matter of time
Commentary: Return of tensions in the South China Sea was a matter of time
Clashes on the water between China and the Philippines have become sharper and more frequent after two years of relative quiet, says Andrew Chubb from the Asia Society Policy Institute.
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Joint Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts on Transnational Repression www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
#Breaking: Over 130 human rights experts issue global call for States to end transnational repression They warn of its increasing impacts on human rights, democracy and the rule of law and those who take action to defend them and urge all actors to prevent it. 🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updat...
Delighted to present my latest research at BACS2026 at Lancaster Uni this week on how corruption is constructed as a governable object in political discourse. Thanks for all the engagement and discussion. Looking forward to developing the project further. Special thanks to @zhubochubo.bsky.social!
Authoritarian Public Opinion, Vividness, and International Crisis Signaling www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... open access, based on a detailed study of China's use of online nationalist public opinion the Scarborough Shoal crisis, one of the key moments in the South China Sea dispute
Authoritarian Public Opinion, Vividness, and International Crisis Signaling
How can public opinion in an authoritarian state deter or compel adversaries? Existing theories based on rationalist bargaining frameworks suggest that authoritarian domestic audiences are likely t...
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My report on #StopTransnationalRepression was adopted by a broad majority in the @europarl.europa.eu 🇪🇺 We’re demanding: ➡️ a coordinated EU response ➡️ the closure of legal loopholes ➡️ better protection for those targeted ➡️ consequences for perpetrators 1/7
Wanning Sun examines in @crikey.com.au ASIO’s foreign interference approach & its implication for 🇨🇳 🇦🇺 communities. Drawing on views from @zhubochubo.bsky.social & @redrabbleroz.bsky.social, she makes the case for a rights-based framework protecting diaspora communities🔗Read: bit.ly/4tJaaGk
Side Event: Host States’ responsibility to prevent and respond to transnational repression - important developments going on in Geneva on TNR, which is finally being recognised as the serious human rights issue that it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yzv... @ishr.ch @hrw.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
#HRC61 Side Event: Host States’ responsibility to prevent and respond to transnational repression
YouTube video by ISHRGlobal
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Italy expels 8 Chinese nationals over transnational repression against Teacher Li (the famous 李老师不是你老师 on twitter) www.asianews.it/news-en/Ital...
Italy expelled eight Chinese nationals for spying on opponents and dissidents via China overseas 'police stations'
After a lengthy investigation, Italy expelled eight Chinese nationals accused of monitoring and intimidating Chinese dissidents. The case puts the spotlight on so-called overseas police stations, part
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Who would defend Kinmen and Matsu (and what is Wuchiu?): Taiwanese public opinion on outlying islands - new article (open-access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Who would defend Kinmen and Matsu (and what is Wuchiu?): Taiwanese public opinion on outlying islands
Since the early 2020s, Chinese paramilitary activities, military drills, and on-water incidents have reopened a question that dominated the early Cold War: whether small Taipei-controlled islands i...
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中国全球形象：历时25年、覆盖159国民调揭示了什么 China’s Global Image—What 25 Years of Polling Across 159 Countries Reveal @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org webinar www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJp...
中国全球形象：历时25年、覆盖159国民调揭示了什么 China’s Global Image—What 25 Years of Polling Across 159 Countries Reveal
YouTube video by Asia Society
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Transnational Repression Escalates: Sexual Violence and Threats Against Zimbabwean Journalist in Exile in Sweden ldsf.info/blog/2025/11...
Transnational Repression Escalates: Sexual Violence and Threats Against Zimbabwean Journalist in Exile in Sweden - Law and Democracy Support Foundation e.V.
Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) strongly condemns the sexual and physical assaults, threats, and surveillance targeting journalist and human rights defender Sophia Tekwani and her family i...
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In a new paper, CCA Fellow @zhubochubo.bsky.social draws on over 1,300 survey data taken in the developing world since 2000 to examine long-term trends in positive views of China across the Global South, assess the impact of COVID-19, and identify the region that diverge from the overall pattern.
Views of China across the Global South: The Rule and the Exceptions
In his latest analysis, Andrew Chubb examines long-term trends in positive views of China across the Global South, assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify the regions and countries th...
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Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation - Kirsten Roberts Lyer on the link between academic freedom violations, human rights, and transnational repression (TNR) theconversation.com/why-threats-...
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
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Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Model code of conduct: protection of academic freedom and the academic community in the context of the internationalisation of the UK HE sector
Published in The International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 26, No. 10, 2022)
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Andrew chubb@zhubochubo.bsky.social · 11mo ago
“Australia has largely refrained from using unilateral sanctions, visa bans, and other accountability measures for perpetrators,” write Grady Vaughan and Andrew Chubb in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression
Closing the gaps in Australia’s approach to transnational repression
Diaspora communities say a security-focused response to foreign intimidation misses their basic rights concerns.
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I wanted to share some of the sources and inspirations for my new @jodemocracy.bsky.social essay this week on transnational repression. Like with anything, there are citations but then there's also stuff that doesn't make it into the piece www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
The Golden Age of Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy
Authoritarian regimes are targeting exiles and diaspora communities in more places than ever before. Activists, journalists, and regular people living abroad must watch their backs…
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What’s the global narrative on China? Is its rise seen as positive? Is China-skepticism in the U.S. & Europe part of a broader global backlash? In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️
Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan
"We saw a camp, we were followed, no Hijabs, no beards, mosques closed, secret rooms..."
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The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - Saipira Furstenberg fpc.org.uk/the-challeng...
The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - The Foreign Policy Centre
From Chinese unofficial police stations to the assassination attacks perpetuated by Russian or Iranian secret agents on their citizens and diaspora communities residing abroad, authoritarian states ha...
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We welcome today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on #transnationalrepression in the UK, which suggests several important ways to counter TNR, including by adopting a formal definition, monitoring and recording incidents, training police, and preventing Interpol abuse. (1/3)
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · last yr.In a report published on Wednesday, the Joint Committee on Human Rights said transnational repression had increased in recent years, with foreign states using online harassment, lawsuits and physical violence to intimidate people in the UK www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative
U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult
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Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.
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Tijdens Trumps eerste termijn had hij weinig aandacht voor de Zuid-Chinese Zee, maar was er ook sprake van accommodatie aan China door de Filipijnse president Duterte. Nu is de situatie anders, schrijft @zhubochubo.bsky.social, en Trump is onvoorspelbaar. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/s...
Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching
The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time things are different, says Asia Society’s Andrew Chubb.
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ICIJ investigation of PRC transnational repression, based on interviews with more than 100 people targeted across 23 countries www.icij.org/investigatio...
Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ
Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.
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Many in the Global South view China favorably, in part due to the Belt and Road Initiative—but not all. Journalist Cindy Yu explores why Iran and Brazil stand out using ASPI Global Public Opinion on China tool by @zhubochubo.bsky.social. #CCA
How have recent incidents in the South China Sea increased scrutiny of the Trump administration's commitment to U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific? Fellow on Foreign Policy and National Security Andrew Chubb explores in a new paper. Read here⬇️
The South China Sea and the Trump Factor
Andrew Chubb examines whether a transactional U.S. foreign policy leaves countries vulnerable to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea.
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