Panel 3: China’s Security Interests and Activities in the Middle East

⋄ Grant Rumley with Washington Institute

⋄ Maria (Mary) Papageorgiou with University of Exeter

⋄ Alessandro Arduino with Lau China Institute, King's College London King's College London

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Looking forward to this event tonight in London!

If you're in Hong Kong this month, don't miss Lau Affiliate, Dr Tim Summers, discussing his report on the portrayal of #China in UK media.

🗓️Thurs 18 April, 1-2pm HKT

Read the findings: kcl.ac.uk/lci/assets/202…

📚Don't miss our upcoming event w/
Ed Cavanough on #China 's presence in the Solomon Islands.

🗓️Weds 18 April, 5.30pm, Strand
🎟️Tickets via kcl.ac.uk/events/china-p…

📢Funding opportunity📢

King’s is pleased to announce the CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education

🎓The scholarship will fund Lebanese nationals on Masters or MPhil/PhD programmes in the 2024/25 academic year

More here 👇
kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/f…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
we are recruiting a PhD student to work on the international activity of the Chinese Communist Party, understood quite broadly. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions.

Here is the call: sciencespo.fr/ecole-recherch…

🆕 blog post ▶️ Global strategies of Alibaba, Tencent and Bytedance in the past decade

Learn more about how China's #techgiants have expanded overseas through this analysis of investment patterns

🔗 bit.ly/4agtaD7

#DigitalSilkRoad #GlobalChina #economy

The West (and in this case Europe) and China: Why their long history engaging with and knowing about each other is not an impediment, but a huge asset, and needs to be better remembered:
chinadaily.com.cn/a/202403/29/WS…

Prolific author, former diplomat and King's College London professor on Chinese Studies Kerry Brown talks to Kaiser Kuo about what the West wants from a China that has already risen. buff.ly/3x2coJ4

Please note, this event now starts at 5pm

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

Honored to speak at 'Polycrises Interrogated' 4 the launch of Finsbury Institute - new policy-oriented research centre City, University of London. I will present on return of geopolitical blocs. Well done Inderjeet Parmar for setting this great event/timely research agenda
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China's presence in the Pacific is growing. What does it look like on the ground?

Join Ed Cavanough at King's College London's Lau China Institute, King's College London for a public talk to launch his new book 'Divided Isles: Solomon Islands and the China Switch'.

Register here: kcl.ac.uk/events/china-p…

My latest commentary discusses the latest developments in the South China Sea. Worrying signs of potential further escalation of the non-military frictions in the blue waters.

How can East Asian medical thought and practice facilitate #political healing in #EastAsia ?

Lau Chair Astrid Nordin, Ching-Chang Chen 陳慶昌 & Peter Meyer introduce the use of medical analogies to talk about conflict in thirdworldq.

Read via: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Ching-Chang Chen 陳慶昌, Astrid Nordin and PK Mayer on finalizing an amazing special issue on political healing in IR in thirdworldq!🎊🤩

Since I played a small part in it (and many authors are not on Twitter), let me introduce the contributions. 🤗All OA! A thread🧵👇

For #IWD2024 experts from King's SSPP explored the role will women play in this unique year for democracy.
🤔Will parties focus on their priorities?
🤔What can we do about online abuse women politicians face?
🤔Will women's votes determine who wins?
Click👇
kcl.ac.uk/news/experts-e…

A great discussion and turn out for our event with Anne Stevenson-Yang on their latest book ‘Wild Ride’ about the opening and closing of China’s economy. Thanks to all those who joined us.

Bui Jones #Lauevents