Repurposing democracy: The European Parliament China friendship cluster
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Xinjiang crisis: Not a matter of politics, but of being human
Interview with Gene Bunin, scholar and human rights activist based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, working with victims of the Xinjiang crisis.
Lennon and the Leninists: Prague’s Lennon Wall repurposed to celebrate the founding of the PRC
The battle for Lennon walls spreads from Hong Kong to the original in Prague.
Mapping China-in-Germany
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Appeal to stop the execution of three Uyghur intellectuals
Statement of solidarity with Tashpolat Tiyip, Halmurat Ghopur and Sattar Sawut.
The CCP’s Grand United Front abroad
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Are we real friends? Albania-China relations in the Xi Era
United front work plays an important role in Xi Jinping’s “New Era” foreign policy. Like water on limestone, united front work will seek out the cracks and weak spots in each society. As each society has different fault lines, so the vectors of united front work may be different. Albania is an interesting case study for understanding how CCP united front work adapts, but also, how societies respond to it. Albania and China were famously close in the Mao and Hoxha years, until an ideological split in 1977 ruptured relations.
Mapping the footprint of Belt and Road influence operations
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
China’s Xinjiang work in Turkey
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee: A new tool in China’s anti-human rights strategy
Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.