In 'Chinese Espresso', Grazia Ting Deng draws from ethnographic fieldwork to examine one of the most characteristic Italian places, the coffee bar, highlighting it as a crucial terrain to shape racialisation processes and transform racial hierarchies in Italy.

In 'Chinese Espresso', Grazia Ting Deng draws from ethnographic fieldwork to examine one of the most characteristic Italian places, the coffee bar, highlighting it as a crucial terrain to shape racialisation processes and transform racial hierarchies in Italy.

||NEW PROFILE|| Despite several rows over human rights, in recent years relations between China and Norway have become more focused on trade. Now, with Beijing’s newfound interest in the Arctic Ocean and its vision for a ‘Polar Silk Road’, the relationship is gaining a new geopolitical dimension.

The launch of yuan-denominated crude oil futures in 2018 marked a significant step in the internationalisation of the renminbi, offering an alternative to the US dollar in the global energy trade and underscoring the shift towards a more multipolar world, writes Monique Taylor.

|| NEW PROFILE || From the arrival of Chinese indentured workers in the 19th century to recent substantial Chinese investments in infrastructure and natural resource industries, the relationship between China and Guyana has undergone dynamic shifts, writes Jared Ward.

Touching, absorbing, and at times hilarious, the 2023 documentary 'Eat Bitter' reveals the human face of Chinese involvement in Africa. Read this conversation between the directors Ningyi Sun and Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and our very own @driessenmiriam.bsky.social. thepeoplesmap.net/globalchinap...

China experts today increasingly describe the current linguistic landscape of the People’s Republic of China as one of ‘Mandarin hegemony’. But what does this term mean, how was it created, and how is it reinforced? A new essay by @dgtam86.bsky.social in our Global China Pulse journal.

We are now on Bluesky too! Download the latest issue of Global China Pulse for free at: t.co/J3Mxm4XbK8. Featuring a century of Chinese medical engagements overseas, a forum on the Belt and Road Initiative at ten, as well as book conversations and a discussion of Global China's 'dark side'.