A response to @XinFan9 study of Global history, and whether it makes sense to say there is a uniquely Chinese view of the world. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🏦AIIB positions itself as "lean, clean, and green", but what are the #political dynamics shaping its #sustainability agenda? Matteo Cianforlini (University of Bologna) discusses, chaired by Lau China Institute's Dr Jan Knoerich. 📍9 Dec, 6:30pm, KCL Strand. 👉Register: kcl.ac.uk/events/asian...

Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership. A great honour to be published in Nature, one of the world's most respected science journals. The pace and scale of Chinese innovation and research and development is huge. It impacts on almost everything. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Out now with Penguin Random House paperback. The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island will Dictate the Global Future. www.penguin.co.uk/books/461752...

One thing most can agree on - the current multilateral system broadly in place since the end of World War Two needs change. The question is how: www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/05/...

Why Taiwan Matters is the essential book for understanding Taiwan’s unique story told in an accessible, expert and urgent way.' Review in Boston Review of Books. bostonreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/kerry-brow...

Talking to China:The Future of UK-China Relations A Book Talk with Kerry Brown An event is co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative for U.S-China Dialogue on Global Issues and Asian Studies Program at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. uschinadialogue.georgetown.edu/events/talki...

Trump stole the show, but Xi came out stronger. Reflections on the rumble in South Korea: time.com/7329834/trum...

全球战略对话（2025）| 英国伦敦国王学院中国研究所主任凯瑞·布朗：世界需要为不同类型的秩序留出. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VsokyHyJ0i...

🌏Sir Vince Cable delivered our opening keynote of #ChinaWeek2025 on Monday evening. He presented his new book on 'China, India and the forging of a new world' in conversation with our Director @bkerrychina.bsky.social 📹Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/live/uyKX99B... #China #India

A readout in the Ipaper for what to expect when @realDonaldTrump meets President Xi Jinping of China on 30th to talk about their potential new trade deal: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...

Why Did The Chinese Spying Case Really Get Dropped. Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC in an interview with Kerry Brown. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

The Royal Mint site, purchased by China for its proposed new embassy, is an impressive building. But as I argue, 22 minutes into this programme, if it isn't granted planning permission nor will Britain ever get a decent site for its long awaited new embassy in Beijing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Britain can't build a relationship with China based on fear. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

How does the UK balance its relations with China - a discussion with Tony Vaughan, Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and chair of the all-party parliamentary group on China, Mark Field, former minister for Asia, Kerry Brown, and Luke de Pulford. podfollow.com/politicshome...

Lessons From the UK’s China Spy Case Failure The British government needs to provide clarity over the rules around what information can be shared with China. Particularly in view of the fact it's now producing its own innovation and research we need access to. www.thewirechina.com/2025/10/08/t...

The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power is out now in Yale paperback. With a new epilogue. Fun fact: 'same old, same old" was from the pidgin English by means with which British and Chinese traders tried to communicate 200 years ago. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

📖Nick Hopkinson discusses new book, 'The Policies and Power of Public Diplomacy', about Wilton Park's role in shaping global policy since 1946. He will also discuss how discourse around #China has evolved with @bkerrychina.bsky.social as part of #ChinaWeek2025. Register: kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

China's military parade in early September: what's its meaning for international relations: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

China broadcast its might on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing looked on as the People’s Republic its latest military kit. More in Time Magazine time.com/7314427/chin...

Our Director, @bkerrychina.bsky.social, spoke to ABC News about China's military parade and how significant this moment is for the world's second largest economy. Listen: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Completely scaring the wits out of myself by reading 'Empire of AI' by tech journalist Karen Hao. Highly recommended. And this stuff is meant to be our salvation!!

Fifty Percent off the audio book, `The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power' A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

Fifty Percent off the audio book, `The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power' A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present. music-malling-ltd.paperturn-view.com/mwc1841-mam-...

Coming in early 2026 with Reaktion Books. An extended essay on the story and meaning of Mao Zedong.

Taiwan faces a precarious future – whether or not US and China continue on path to conflict. Article in The Conversation: theconversation.com/taiwan-faces...

Glad the Lau China Institute, King's College London is hosting this exhibition at King's College Bush House on the Chinese who fought with Britain in the Second World War, during which China was its ally.

We are pleased to announce that Journal of Current Chinese Affairs run by the GIGA and the Lau China Institute has been selected for inclusion in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and will receive an Impact Factor in 2026. journals.sagepub.com

'On Taiwan, China just has to win the psychological war. And for that, it needs no landing barges or hi-tech ballistics. It just needs the West to carry on ripping itself apart.' Article in Time Magazine. time.com/7304355/chin...

Delighted to announce Sir Vince Cable as our Opening Keynote for this year's #ChinaWeek. Sir Vince will discuss his new book 'Eclipsing the West: China, India and the forging of a new world' with @bkerrychina.bsky.social. Registration opens Sept: kcl.ac.uk/china-week @manchesterup.bsky.social

Article on Trump and China from the latest edition of the Foreign Office magazine.

15th language my work has been published in. 'Xi: A Study in Power' in Greek.

The British Parliament Foreign Affairs Commiittee had an enquiry on UK China relations. In the submission I prepared for @lauchinainst, I argued that Britain needed three elements: narrative, knowledge and strategic consistency. The evidence is here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

Out this month with Agenda Publishing, 'Talking to China: the Future of UK China relations.' £10 discount when you use the code KB40 on this website: agendabookshop.com/products/fut...

Event between the Lau China Institute, King's College London and the British Chamber of Commerce, Beijing at King's College, 3rd March from 6.30pm on the current economic situation in the world's second largest economy: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-ch...

'In telling The Taiwan Story, Kerry Brown has foregrounded the lived experience of the Taiwanese and the ideals they share with the international community.' Review of The Taiwan Story in the Taipei Times. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Kerry Brown has produced the most accessible and informative primer on Taiwan that is available to the market.' Kind review of The Taiwan Story from Caleb Weingarten in the Iowa State Daily. iowastatedaily.com/318865/opini...

Discussing Xi Jinping this week on the Spectator podcast. Porn Britannia, Xi’s absence & no more lonely hearts? www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/porn...

How did semiconductors become so central to Taiwan’s economic progress? Article for Economic Observatory. www.economicsobservatory.com/how-did-semi...

Excellent to see the beautiful cover of The Taiwan Story in its Polish edition.

Why Taiwan Matters Steve Yates speaks with Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese Studies at King’s College London and author of Why Taiwan Matters. youtu.be/bLAluBP11f8?...

Chinese education and the plan for technology dominance China's 5 million STEM graduates are its greatest asset and key to its plan for a high-tech, developed economic model. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/chinese...

A great honour to meet today with former president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen.

Taiwan's Trump Trouble: fee.org/articles/tai...

Great to be on home territory at the huge London Defense Conference discussing the largely woeful current global state of affairs. But for whatever other challenges there are, this is a great time for thinking now most assumptions that help to now are breaking down.

In Florence with Giulio Pugliese and Bill Emmott to discuss Taiwan. www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Debut for Fox News. Economically, China might be hurting from Trump's tariffs. But politically, Xi Jinping is getting a harvest from what Washington is doing: x.com/WillCainShow...

I don't think Chinese companies want to sabotage the British economy. But they want quick returns, and sometimes they might not be patient. Interview on ITN news. www.youtube.com/embed/OjqyxW...

Interview with South China Morning Post in Chinese.

Discussion at Science Po in Paris, Changing China: the Party, the State and its global role in Xi Jinping Era. m.soundcloud.com/ceri-5/chang...