bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m2wjlkzplo 🇨🇳🇬🇧 China’s influence in the UK under scrutiny once again. See @methorley.bsky.social's 'All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain' & @urbanmorph.bsky.social's ‘Uneasy Streets: How Chinese Money Is Remaking Urban Britain’ 👉 tinyurl.com/y5nxb5cs

I'm looking for a part-time research assistant to support an externally funded, international project on the instrumentalization of anticolonial discourse in Asia and beyond. remote work OK but needs to be UK based. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

I wrote about China’s expanding social media monitoring and manipulation industry: the firms building and deploying bot networks for party-state actors and expanding into Western platforms. You can read the piece here: www.gmfus.org/news/outsour... A few points about the industry🧵

Many thanks to Charles Parton OBE for the mention on Sky News this morning - discussing the Mandelson case and China. The revolving door, political donations, All-party parliamentary groups - we don't know it yet but these are the frontline in a significant geopolitical battle.

"In the UK at this time, the so-called ‘money men’ seem to have outmaneuvered those responsible for issues closer to security and sovereignty." Read our Q&A with @methorley.bsky.social on the UK-China "golden era:" buff.ly/364ywAI

Published today: I sat down with The Wire China for an interview - we discussed my new book, engagement with authoritarian states, the UK's 'golden era' with China, and the financialisation of liberal democracy. www.thewirechina.com/2026/04/12/m...

In a Q&A with @methorley.bsky.social, the UK-China “Golden Era” is revisited: how financial interests and pro-engagement elites drove closer ties with Beijing in the 2010s, sidelining security concerns until a later political backlash. www.thewirechina.com/2026/04/12/m...

for no reason at all Youtube sent me the Beijing Olympics song "Beijing welcomes you". 78 celebrities from China, HK, TW, Singapore sang the song in 2008. and the comment section, wow, it's all nostalgia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6gs...

#China #1980s In case you are not aware of it, you can find my podcasts and historical, China films (8mm) on The G.B. Lee Archive on Youtube. www.youtube.com/@theg.b.leea...

With news of the Chinese 'mega' embassy approval in London, time to re-up @edwardlucas.bsky.social's review of @methorley.bsky.social's new book, 'All That Glistens' in @thetimes.com Order your copy at 25% off w/code GLISTENS25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/34wdtpp2 tinyurl.com/2fekbznm

Yesterday evening I joined @yaldahakim.bsky.social to discuss her colleagues’ report on unrest in China as well as transnational repression. One eye on an expected UK PM visit to China later this month.

A photo sent over by a friend - taken at Piccadilly Waterstones in London. First time seeing All That Glistens out in the wild… @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

🎙️'As with Russia, an authoritarian state of this nature will push until it encounters resistance.' @methorley.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk discussing the latest Chinese hacking scandal and his book All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain👇 www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...

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🎄Our latest December releases are available in time for the holidays. Order by midnight December 15th to guarantee UK Christmas delivery. 👉 hurstpublishers.com @methorley.bsky.social @irgarner.bsky.social

#histbookchat #China New arrival! All That Glistens: China Party-State Influence in Britain by Martin Thorley @methorley.bsky.social from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social as supplied by Aunty Lesley of Bridge Books @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social the shiniest bookseller on the Emerald Isle!!

Received a special delivery: ‘All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain’ with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social Expect to see some reviews and interviews next week. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/all-tha...

One month today, my book 'All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain' is published with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. I’m including some of the quotes from the back cover. More info available via the link. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/all-tha...

A 2 day mini book tour to promote my new @columbiagr.bsky.social slim volume, Tuesday talk at the Hoover (video already up here www.hoover.org/events/milk-... ) & then Wednesday at @cwclub.bsky.social (event co sponsored by @dissentmag.bsky.social (podcast to come)

1/3 Today is the final day you can get 25% off All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain with @waterstones.bsky.social @newchinabooks.bsky.social We’ve started to receive early feedback: “One of the most important books to have been published on the UK-China relationship”

1/3 @waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off my book if pre-ordered by Thursday: All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State influence in Britain. With @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

1/3 @waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25% off my book if pre-ordered by Thursday: All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State influence in Britain. With @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

The GI-TOC is hiring in Asia. Field Coordinators in: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand Vietnam; Legal Consultant in Malaysia. Further details about the positions are available via the link. globalinitiative.net/about-us/jobs/

A reminder that GI-TOC is running a special issue of our LSE Press academic journal JIED on the topic of geocriminality We’ll need a short letter of intent by Monday 21 April if you’d like to contribute to the debate on state use of criminality abroad. globalinitiative.net/announcement...

1/6 Introducing geocriminality. In my latest short article, I highlight a change we’re witnessing in state instrumentalization of criminality. While states have used criminal networks in various forms since their genesis, this relationship is transforming. globalinitiative.net/analysis/the...

1/6 Introducing geocriminality. In my latest short article, I highlight a change we’re witnessing in state instrumentalization of criminality. While states have used criminal networks in various forms since their genesis, this relationship is transforming. globalinitiative.net/analysis/the...

👇 Publishing June 10, with a few additions in the form of at least three bits of advance praise, deeply gratifying blurbs by @eosnos.bsky.social Emma Larkin & Thongchai Winichakul

Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air

Sheffield has a truly excellent East Asian Studies school that is in danger of downsizing and redundancies. Please sign and share!

HTS anti-narcotics officers say they found several tons of the drug captagon made by Assad-linked factories and other precursors today. They burned it all while we tried not to breath and recorded tape for @npr.org

1/21 After days of speculation about #PrinceAndrew, Pitch@Palace, and links to China, Chris Yang's (Yang Tengbo/ 杨腾波) identity is now public knowledge. As ever, there is more to the story than meets the eye...

an incident that resembles the "chained woman" scandal emerged recently in China; outrage online seems to have made local govt change their approach a woman with mental illness was lost 13 years ago. she was recently found and the police initially said she was "taken in" 收留 by a villager. apparently

1/3 Good work from the @nytimes here. This is in fact, one case of many - the use of criminal channels by states may be ancient but it has evolved and become a far wider phenomenon relatively recently. This is not simply sporadic use of criminality but.. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...

#FromtheChinaFiles In 2013, Document 9 or Document No. 9 set the ideological tone for Xi Jinping's government, and we're still living in the world it shaped. Here is our translation of it:

Xi presided yesterday over the 4th symposium on the construction of the #BeltandRoad, calling for coordinating hard and soft connectivity. The Health Silk Road is an exemplar of this approach. As I explain in my latest report, it illustrates BRI's systematic structure: www.nbr.org/publication/...

"I declare martial law to protect the Republic of Korea from the threats of North Korean communist forces, to immediately eradicate the unscrupulous pro-Pyonygang antistate forces that pillage the freedom and happiness of our people and to protect free constitutional order"

Some great news: #China releases 3 Americans wrongfully detained for years. Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung will finally return home! Huge kudos to @StateSPEHA! 🍾

In the 🧵 below, you will find all China-related starter packs that I know of, reverse sorted by number of people today. I occasionally search for new ones, but won't find them if the post (!) which introduces them doesn't contain certain keywords. Adding #Chinastarterpack facilitates search.

Hi everyone, I too just joined Blue Sky. Am excited to see so many China hands here. For those who hadn't seen, after leaving Freedom House for the world of freelancing, I started a newsletter project called UnderReported China. You can find my latest writings there. underreportedchina.substack.com

This looks like some good hunting by @bloomberg.com Dark fleet vessels “come here daily to transfer cargo away from prying eyes. It’s how billions of dollars of sanctioned Iranian oil finds its way to China annually". www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A starter pack of GI-TOC researchers - working on transnational organised crime and connected themes - geopolitics, state threats, narcotics, illicit finance, etc.

Welcome new followers! China Digital Times has been publishing news and translations focused on human rights and freedom of expression in China for more than 20 years. For those new to our work, get started with our Translations...
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The GI-TOC’s new report on the future of organized crime is out. It's a sobering read, identifying some unwelcome trends: "By 2040, organized crime may thrive like never before, exploiting climate crises, geopolitical conflicts, and technological advancements”. globalinitiative.net/analysis/org...