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China’s rise is driving a deeper shift in which Western emotional authority is fading and alternative visions for the international order are becoming increasingly possible, writes Astrid Nordin.

China’s rise shifts the global political vibe

China’s rise is driving a deeper shift in which Western emotional authority is fading and alternative visions for the international order are becoming increasingly possible, writes Astrid Nordin.

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The British Chamber of Commerce in China host their annual UK-China summer conference on Tuesday 7 July. Hear from Ruby Osman @tonyblairinstitute.bsky.social, James Kynge @chathamhouse.org, Dr Olivia Cheung, Prof Kerry Brown (KCL) + more. Book www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-ch...

It is becoming more difficult for Europe to balance its relationships with Washington and Beijing.

Europe is caught in a squeeze between the US and China

It is becoming more difficult for Europe to balance its relationships with Washington and Beijing.

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There's still time to register for our event with Dr Chao-yo Cheng from Birkbeck University discussing how institutional reforms in autocracies shape access to justice, specifically China. 📆 Weds 20 May, 4.30pm, KCL Bush House. Sign up to attend: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/legal...

Talk - Rightful resistance co-opted? Legal mobilisation and stratified citizen engagement in China | King's College London

Dr Chao-yo Cheng (Birkbeck University) explores administrative litigation reforms in China, designed to make courts more accessible and transparent.

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New research by @drjanehayward.bsky.social examines China's urban-rural divide and why its at the heart of renewed policy debates around China's economic development. Read the findings: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/when-stree...

When Street Stalls Shake a Development Model

What debates over informal work and family farms reveal about China’s next economic turn

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EVENT - We'll be joined by Dr Chao-yo Cheng, Birkbeck, for a discussion on administrative litigation reforms in China and how these affect local people. 📆 4.30-5.30pm, Wednesday 20 May, Bush House South East Reserve your place: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/legal...

Talk - Rightful resistance co-opted? Legal mobilisation and stratified citizen engagement in China | King's College London

Dr Chao-yo Cheng (Birkbeck University) explores administrative litigation reforms in China, designed to make courts more accessible and transparent.

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Thanks again for the invite! I really enjoyed the conversation with students and colleagues at @lauchinainstitute.bsky.social and look forward to more visits in the future.

Lau China Institute, King's College London@lauchinainstitute.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We were pleased to welcome Dr @yixiansun.bsky.social last week for a discussion on the findings of his research programme @sgain.bsky.social examining China's leadership in global environmental governance.

We were pleased to welcome Dr @yixiansun.bsky.social last week for a discussion on the findings of his research programme @sgain.bsky.social examining China's leadership in global environmental governance.

Congratulations to our PhD students Shuran Zhao, Natasha Lock and Ji Shi who were selected as winners and runners up in @kingssocialscience.bsky.social 'Research in Action' photography awards.

King's Social Science & Public Policy@kingssocialscience.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📸 Selected entries from our photo competition are now on show at The Exchange, Bush House, until 1 May. The winning photo was 'Where Carnival Becomes Care' by Delia Da Mosto. Read more about the competition and the other winners ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...

♻️How is China reshaping global environmental governance and expanding its leadership initiatives? @yixiansun.bsky.social, Associate Professor in International Development at University of Bath discusses. 📅5.30-6.30pm, Thurs 16 April at KCL King's Building. Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/talk-...

🚨1 week to go! 📚Prof Gerda Wielander asks 'Is China a fundamentalist state?' on Wed 4th March, 5-6pm at KCL Bush House. 🙌Get your free ticket: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #event #london #china #research #kingscollegelondon

Talk - Is China a fundamentalist state? | King's College London

Prof Gerda Wielander argues that China has taken a fundamentalist turn to reinforce state power amidst a shifting global order.

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Gerda Wielander@gerdawielander.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join me as I ask this only slightly provocative question! Looking forward to a healthy debate next week!

📖How does the Chinese Communist Party control its history? Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt, Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Zurich discusses, chaired by KCL's Dr Olivia Cheung. 📅 Fri 13 March, 12-1pm 📍 King's Building, KCL Strand campus. Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/histo...

Historical Nihilism as a Political Technology in China | King's College London

This talk asks how the Chinese Communist Party administers the past.

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👏Join us as Professor @gerdawielander.bsky.social, University of Westminster, examines whether China has taken a fundamentalist turn as a means of reinforcing state power to "make China great again". 📅Wed 4 March, 5-6pm at KCL Bush House Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #China #event

Lau China Institute, King's College London@lauchinainstitute.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📚Has China taken a fundamentalist turn to reinforce state power? @gerdawielander.bsky.social, Professor of Chinese Studies at University of Westminster discusses, chaired by KCL's Dr Olivia Cheung. 📅5-6pm, Wed 4 March 📍KCL Bush House Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #lauevents #china

🧧 Happy Lunar New Year from everyone at the Lau China Institute. Wishing you all the success in the Year of the Horse! 春节快乐, 马到成功! 🐎 @bkerrychina.bsky.social

🚨Last few tickets remaining! @cartercenter.bsky.social's Yawei Liu and @nickzeller.bsky.social share their findings on Chinese public opinion on international relations next Mon 16 Feb, 2-3.30pm at KCL Bush House. Get your ticket before it's too late: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china...

Talk - China watches back: Chinese public opinion on international relations | King's College London

Experts from The Carter Centre discuss what Chinese people think about US-China relations, the trade conflict, Russia, Taiwan and more.

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Lau China Institute, King's College London@lauchinainstitute.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What do Chinese people really think about US-China, the trade conflict, Russia, Taiwan and more? The @cartercenter.bsky.social's Yawei Liu & @nickzeller.bsky.social present the findings from their research. 📅 Mon 16 Feb, 2-3.30pm 📍 KCL Bush House Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #lauevents

"In the longer term, the key thing is to watch is who replaces the figures already felled." Our Director, @bkerrychina.bsky.social commented on Xi's purge of military general Zhang Youxia for @theconversationuk.bsky.social. READ: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

COMMENT: Why Xi purged China's top military general | King's College London

Zhang Youxia, a top military general and vice-chairman of the body in overall command of China’s military forces, was removed from office on January 23. His departure means all but one of the seven me...

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📚Has China taken a fundamentalist turn to reinforce state power? @gerdawielander.bsky.social, Professor of Chinese Studies at University of Westminster discusses, chaired by KCL's Dr Olivia Cheung. 📅5-6pm, Wed 4 March 📍KCL Bush House Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #lauevents #china

📚 EVENT - Dr Ed Pulford @manchester.ac.uk will be discussing his new book Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea. 📆 5-6pm, Thursday 19 Feb, KCL Bush House. Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-... @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Book talk - Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea | King's College London

Dr Ed Pulford discusses his book, exploring the complex historical dynamics at the triple border between China, Russia, and Korea.

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Our Director @bkerrychina.bsky.social on why Britain and China need to talk to each other for @theconversation.com.

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 6mo ago

As the UK tries to make sense of a world in which the US is not a wholly reliable ally, a realistic stance on China is essential.

"The visit did not reset relations, but it revealed that the world has entered a new era of global power dynamics, which is already reflected in diplomacy." @bkerrychina.bsky.social on President Xi's meeting with Starmer. Read: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Starmer’s visit to China was not a reset, but a new way forward

The UK prime minister’s China visit reflects the realities of a new global order that has upended traditional alliances.

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What do Chinese people really think about US-China, the trade conflict, Russia, Taiwan and more? The @cartercenter.bsky.social's Yawei Liu & @nickzeller.bsky.social present the findings from their research. 📅 Mon 16 Feb, 2-3.30pm 📍 KCL Bush House Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china... #lauevents

WATCH: Astrid Nordin spoke to @cnbc.com about what both the UK and China can gain from Starmer's trip to China. www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...

UK's China trip due to changing risk calculation amid Trump: analyst

Astrid Nordin, Lau Chair of Chinese international relations at King's College London, says recent visits by Western leaders to China are a boost for the country, as it signals the importance of Beijin...

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"..clarity on the practical issues – some form of trade deal, a better understanding of how Britain can get access to China’s new technology, and more balanced political links, then that will count as a success" says @bkerrychina.bsky.social on Starmer trip. READ: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-uk-...

The UK cannot see its relations with China as purely about problems it sees in China, says expert | King's College London

Sir Keir Starmer's arrival in China this week is the first visit from the UK to the People’s Republic since Theresa May in 2018. This is a significant gap; prior to this, visits usually had occurred e...

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Astrid Nordin, expert in Chinese International Relations at the Lau China Institute, spoke to @itvnews.bsky.social following the government's approval of China's mega embassy. Read her comments: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

COMMENT: Concerns over new Chinese 'mega-embassy' in London | King's College London

The UK government has approved plans for China’s new ‘mega-embassy’ site at Royal Mint Court in London. Critics have raised concerns that the embassy will be used by China, among other things, for esp...

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🗣️EVENT: How have colonial legacies influenced protests in #HongKong over the last two decades? 📚Prof Ching Kwan Lee (UCLA) discusses, chaired by the LCI's Dr Charlotte Goodburn. 📍Mon 9 Feb, 1.30-3pm, KCL Waterloo campus. 👉Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-s... @kings-sga.bsky.social

🌬️Dust storms, desert walls, and a billion trees - can China and Mongolia cooperate to tackle desertification, and what would this entail? 📚Read the article by the Lau's Dr Thomas White, Prof @andreasbaas.bsky.social (KCL) and Han Cheng in @uk.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/china-and-mo...

China and Mongolia are battling to control massive dust storms

Some in China are blaming Mongolia for the dust storms they are experiencing. But what are the real causes?

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🌸Last month we hosted an exhibition with QueerPatch and The Wishing Fountain exploring the everyday realities & intimate spaces of Chinese diasporic women and LGBTQ+ communities. 📖Read about it & how we're working to support #Chinese #communities in the #UK: kcl.ac.uk/news/white-n...

'White Noise of Belonging' - amplifying the voices of Chinese diaspora in the UK | King's College London

A new art exhibition aims to raise the voices of emerging Chinese diaspora artists - especially women and those who identify as LGBTQ+. The exhibition, which was held at King’s College London in Novem...

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EVENT by Young China Watchers: Where will EU-China relations be in 2026? 👉Sam Goodman (China Strategic Risks Institute), Dr Olivia Cheung (KCL) and Trey McArver (Trivium/China) discuss, moderated by YCW's Clement Ngu. 🗓️11 Dec, 6.30-8pm, KCL Bush House. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/partner-co...