"When a university's termination decision was informed by concerns about undue interference, this most often constituted a precaution in light of a subjectively anticipated undue interference risk, rather than a reaction to an actual, lived experience of undue interference."

🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Harlan et al. call for new approaches to engaging China’s aspiration to become a global environmental leader, while asserting clear expectations and responsibilities. doi.org/10.1177/1868...

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Rochat challenges depictions of China's economic engagement in Africa as monolithic and centrally-directed with a new typology of Chinese capital journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Drawing on national survey data collected during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in China, we show that Hubei residents and non-state-sector workers were more likely to experience job insecurity and income loss, two crucial risk factors for mental distress. "

"This study identifies two variations of guanxi work processes. [...] The first pattern features a style of guanxi work that stresses the declaration of pseudo-kin or friendship, ritualistic toasting and drinking, and top-down driven emotion work."

Always good to see a new bit of descriptive linguistic work on one of the minoritized languages of Tibet - this time on Easter Minyag. ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

What's trending in #JCCA Journal of Current #Chinese Affairs? @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Check out these trendy articles here: journals.sagepub.com/home/cca

Come to work at @giga-hamburg.de as our #AI and #DigitalResearch Officer! Job ads see below

#JobOpportunity at GIGA's IT Department: We seek to appoint an #AI and #DigitalResearch Officer (m/f/d). The successful candidate will support the development and implementation of AI-based services and digital research tools at the #GIGA. ➡️ Info and application: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/ai...

🗣️ Join us online on Monday, 01 December 2025, at 11:00 am (CET) to listen to Prof. Matteo Dian and Prof. Silvia Menegazzi unpacking #China's #GSI, #GDI, and #GCI. Dr. Sebastian Biba will moderate the talk. @giga-hamburg.de events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6b0d76...

"By involving citizens as both participants in and targets of oversight, the platform attempts to create a system of mutual surveillance where citizens monitor each other and report misconduct, while officials are held accountable for addressing public complaints."

The December issue of #JCCA is out! Many thanks to all the authors and reviewers for their hard work!

📢 Job Opportunity at the #GIGA & @uni-hamburg.de within the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS): We seek to appoint a #PostDoc in Economics or Political Science. ➡️ Apply by 1 December: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...

🌐 Global IR Series: Join #GIGA conversation with guests on how #GlobalIR can move beyond Western-centric views. We’ll explore analytical eclecticism, area studies, and inclusive approaches to world politics. 🗓️ 6 Nov | 4 p.m.📍 Online ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co... #InternationalRelations

#Job opportunity at the #GIGA: We seek to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in #DevelopmentEconomics, working on economic & political impacts of geo-economic fragmentation & #geopolitics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, or Middle East. ➡️ Apply now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...

🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Jørgen Delman examines how Xu Zhiyong's political activism prompted the party-state to suppress him with specifically designed governance tools. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Who shapes the future of the Horn of #Africa? At our next #GIGATalk, leading experts will discuss how alliances, both global and regional, are influencing political and economic developments in the Horn of Africa. 📅 Thursday, 9 Oct in Berlin ➡️ Register now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...

How do global and regional powers compete & cooperate in the #HornofAfrica? What role do alliances play in shaping the region’s future? Join us for #GIGATalk in #Berlin! 📅 Thursday, 9 October | 4:30 p.m. (CEST) ➡️ Register here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/gi...

I wrote a short piece on #ChineseIR and good international citizenship #GIC. Many thanks to Charalampos Efstathopoulos and Hakan Mehmetcik for their kind invitation & support throughout the entire project. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

The recent study by Tabitha Speelman @tabithaspeelman.bsky.social "Skilled Migrants Wanted? Policy Tensions in the Implementation of Shanghai’s 'New Talent Regime'" gives a good overview of the difficulty of international talent migrating to China doi.org/10.1177/1868...

In case you are in Vancouver this Friday (Sep 26), I will be giving a talk around noon time (12.30-2.30 pm) on knowledge decolonisation and identity politics in Chinese IR at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia/UBC. sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...

Join us online on 30 September 2025, 2.00 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. (CET) to hear Lina Benabdallah talk about China's influence in the Global South, moderated by Julia Gurol-Haller. A 45-minute Q&A will follow the talk. #GIGAChinaSeries @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

My new paper, Digital Mourning and Civic Engagement: Emotional Dynamics on China’s Virtual Wailing Wall shows Dr. Li Wenliang’s Weibo wall shifted from talk to grief & remembrance under censorship, regions & diaspora, in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"[...] this study advances understanding of online engagement by showing a clear temporal shift in the Chinese public's interactions – from initial negative, epidemic-focused discussions to more positive emotions and expressions of gratitude."

🚨Jobangebot: Das #GIGA sucht eine:n studentische:n Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) für #Wissenschaftskommunikation und #Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Unterstütze uns bei #SocialMedia & der Website-Redaktion, bei Veranstaltungen und Rechercheaufgaben. ➡️ Hier bewerben: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/karriere/...

New issue of @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social out! A decade after the #BeltAndRoadInitiative’s launch, this special issue shows the complexity not only of the idea itself but also of China’s global influence and the range of attitudes and responses to it. ➡️ Access: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...

The latest issue of #JCCA, "Belt and Road Initiative #BRI - Ten Years On" is out! Four research articles, one analysis, all #OpenAccess, covering Africa, Central Asia, Europe, complex interdependency, corporate social responsibility, public opinions, maritime narratives, soft power, etc.

🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de David O’Brien & Melissa Shani Brown explore how #CCP #narratives around #Xinjiang are perpetuated via seemingly apolitical texts produced by non-government actors journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"By avoiding this designation [of terrorism] in cases of politically sensitive violence, the state preserves the façade of domestic stability and minimises public alarm." Chi Zhang, "(Not) Naming Terror? Xianzhong and the Politics of Terrorism Designation in China"

🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @chizhang.bsky.social investigates the politics of terrorism designation in China using the case of 'Xianzhong' incidents journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

All publications since 2023, starting from volume 52, issue 1, will be included in #ESCI. As a result, #JCCA will receive its first #ImpactFactor beginning in 2026.

"This model does not signify a shift towards decentralisation or recentralisation but reflects a recalibration of central–local relations, emphasising functional responsiveness over rigid hierarchy." #JCCA #OpenAccess #Chinese #ShenZhen #Central-local

How Pakistani think tanks disseminated state-endorsed narratives to help legitimise policy decisions on the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)? Check out the new #OpenAccess Analysis by Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Ayesha Khalid Chaudhry in #JCCA

What's trending in #JCCA Journal of Current #Chinese Affairs? @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com @chusinan.bsky.social #CCP #institution #elite #faction #CultureEntrepreneur #media #geopolitics #renminbi #dollar #foreignpolicy #Ukraine #EU journals.sagepub.com/home/cca

Join us online on 24 July 2025, 11.00 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. (CET) to hear Dr. Jérôme Doyon (Sciences Po CERI) and Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel (Institut Montaigne) discuss Chinese views of the Indo-Pacific strategy(ies) #GIGA #China Series @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

@coralinglingxu.bsky.social discusses her new book, The Time Inheritors, on #GIGA #China Series, moderated by @jgurolhaller.bsky.social Wednesday, 2 July 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (CEST) @giga-hamburg.de Registration link: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

Join us online this Friday afternoon 3:00 pm (CET) to hear Aaron Glasserman talk about China's strategy in the #MiddleEast! Registration link below 👇 #GIGA #China Series @giga-hamburg.de events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c2b8e3...

Happening NOW! #GIGA #China Series | @giga-hamburg.de

How do #AuthoritarianRegimes use #SocialMedia to legitimise power and destabilise democracies? Dechun Zhang and Jun Liu analysed over 2.8 million posts from Chinese and Russian accounts on X. ➡️ Join their talk online, GIGA China Series, 30 May: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

Speelman on Shanghai's immigration policy “The narrow focus on 'top talent,' while neglecting the policy needs of other labour migrants, will further impede the formation of the type of labour market associated with a 'global city.'”

PhD opportunity in the #history of #crime during #Qing dynasty #China, hosted by the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO); part of Franco-Taiwanese research project #CRISOLIC Application deadline: 30 May 2025 www.gis-reseau-asie.org/sites/gisasi...

Taylor on RMB internationalization in #JCCA "Should this instability [under Trump 2.0] persist over the next four years, the pace of de-dollarisation could accelerate dramatically. What might otherwise have taken decades could, under such conditions, unfold within a single presidential term."

🚨 Job offer: We seek to appoint a #PostdoctoralResearchFellow (m/f/d) in comparative politics, focusing on #SubSaharanAfrica with a doctoral degree in #SocialSciences. Applications are invited for a full-time position, 3 years of contract. ➡️ More info: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...

#GIGA is hiring! Apply until this Thursday, 22 May, for a joint assignment at @giga-hamburg.de and the University of Göttingen! Job based in #Hansastadt #Hamburg

🌏 Curious about non-Western perspectives in international relations? Speak to #GIGA researcher Sinan Chu at @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de's #BookAScientist on 3 June about how Chinese scholars approach global politics. ➡️ Book your free session now: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne...

If you work on the evolving presence and influence of #China in LAC, consider submitting to this #JCCA special issue edited by a fantastic team of researchers from #AidData at William & Mary. Abstract due on 20 June. @giga-hamburg.de

My heartfelt thanks to Marco Fumian for inviting me to give a talk on China’s ethnic policy debate at L'Orientale in 2023, which became a chapter of this edited volume. Leggere la Cina, capire il mondo Narrazioni (Mimesis Edizioni 2025) www.mimesisedizioni.it/libro/979122...

"Although #China as a country was perceived predominantly positively [...] public opinion on Chinese vaccines seems to reflect deeper-seated views of China and #Chineseinvestments in #Pakistan."

Join us on 30 May (11.00-12.15 CET) to listen to @dechunzhang.bsky.social and Jun Liu talking about state-sponsored propaganda based on posts from Chinese and Russian accounts on X @giga-hamburg.de #GIGAChinaSeries