After a long day at the desk yesterday, walked through the park after finishing up. Northernhay Gardens in the moonlight.

Join us for an immersive learning experience at the Uniwersytet Warszawski! In collaboration with University of Groningen the Summer School of Illicit Trade offers a unique opportunity to explore the intricate economic, social, and security implications of illicit trade👇 globalinitiative.net/analysis/summe…

With 4 years of working on China-Central Asia from the ground, there are a lot of granular details I have never found a home for. This year from here in Tokyo I will be writing a 10-part series for Jamestown Foundation

Watch this space, first piece out soon👇
jamestown.org/program/introd…

We are advertising a new job - Data Hub Liaison at our Asia Pacific Observatory in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Sascha Klotzbücher @[email protected] N@Vogel John Lough Martin Thorley's Martin Thorley 马丁 investigative research on UK-China relations, which explores the role of elites in the international sphere, has opened my eyes to the significant influence these groups hold. I am absolutely delighted that he found my new book thought-provoking:

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I got my hands on a thousand files about training programs that China offers to foreign government officials. For Fikra Forum | منتدى فكرة Washington Institute I argue there are clear evidence revealing Beijing intention to export Chinese governance preferences & practices. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

The Asia-Pacific Observatory that I belong to at Global Initiative has started a monthly email update.
If you’re interested in transnational crime and resilience in the region (and beyond) then feel free to sign up.

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Just to say a big thank you to everyone who attended my talk at the Oxford Literary Festival yesterday. Received some great questions. OxfordLitFest University of Oxford Oxford Martin School
Thanks also to everyone who put the festival together.

Nice setting - took these pics walking back

Speaking tomorrow at the Oxford Literary Festival OxfordLitFest about my book: ‘All that Glistens: Chinese Party State Influence in Britain’.

We’ll be at Oxford Martin School

Everyone welcome.

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🚨 Scribble this into your diaries for November - the book Indulging Kleptocracy is on the way. High hopes for this one - good people involved.

Please note, this event now starts at 5pm

#China Lau China Institute, King's College London Edge Hill University EHU Business School

I’ll be speaking about my book at the Oxford Literary Festival later this month OxfordLitFest

Me: literally any take on 🇨🇳, no matter the topic, my knowledge, the amount of evidence I cite.

Some sinologists: your employer’s sanctioned so why should we take you seriously?

People, if you have a PhD, I really expect you to be able to sustain a good-faith argument 🤦🏻‍♀️

China's new AI 'Supermind' deepens challenge to U.S. newsweek.com/china-us-confl…

What's the China angle to George Galloway's election, I hear you ask? And why did it lead to wee Beijing to Britain getting slapped with a fat block?

(There's always a China angle)...

In 2021, Galloway set up China House | 中国之家

THOM & JONNY
Thom Yorke Jonny Greenwood

live Breezeblock Mix, Dec 2000
Friday 12noon @bbc6music
+ 30 days @bbcsounds

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Dear colleagues and friends: I am proud to share w. you that my new (short) book on #China -west relations and world order, titled Grand Strategy and the Rise of China: Made in America, will be out next week🧵⬇️
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Al Jazeera: #Google ’s retiring of Internet archiving tool draws ire of #China researchers
The search giant’s cached links long helped researchers keep track of China’s heavily censored internet. aje.io/nrwb8a via Al Jazeera English

UK-China Transparency is recruiting volunteers to verify machine-translated Mandarin material.

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UK-China Transparency today launches a Mass Translation Project, leveraging AI and volunteer power to increase the number of Chinese-language documents available as translated into English.

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