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  • Ekstern Podcast: Arven efter Tiananmen-massakren

    2022.12.15

    Kina har i de seneste uger været genstand for omfattende protester i flere af landets storbyer.

  • New ThinkChina Video: A World Safe for Autocracy?

    2022.12.06

    New ThinkChina Video lecture by Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on what China wants and where the U.S.-China tensions are headed.

  • Nyt Blog Post: Kinesisk science fiction

    2022.11.29

    Bo Ærenlund Sørensen, adjunkt i Kinastudier på Københavns Universitet, stiller i dette blogindlæg skarpt på science fiction i Kina.

  • New ThinkChina Lecture: Researching urban-digital life in/on/from China

    2022.11.25

    Dr Carwyn Morris from Leiden University will discuss researching urban-digital life in contemporary China.

  • New ThinkChina Video: The Agricultural-Migration Nexus in China

    2022.11.22

    New ThinkChina Video Lena Kaufmann, PhD, University of Zurich gives an insight in to the Agriculture-Migration Nexus in China: A Socio-Technical Perspective on Land Use.

  • Ny op-ed: Ro på – atomkrigen er nok ikke lige om hjørnet

    2022.11.14

    Kronik af professor emeritus Bertel Heurlin: Putin truer med atomkrig. Kina truer med krig, hvis Taiwan erklærer sig uafhængig. Det kan føre til atomkrig, men den kommer nok alligevel ikke. Medmindre ...

  • Ny ThinkChina Analysis: Nancy Pelosi’s besøg ryster forhold mellem USA og Kina

    2022.11.08

    Camilla T. N. Sørensen analyserer i denne udgivelse Nancy Pelosi’s besøg til Taiwan i august.

  • New ThinkChina Policy Brief: Xi Jinping’s Moment of Glory - Winner Takes All

    2022.11.04

    ThinkChina Policy Brief by professor emeritus Jørgen Delman, about the 20th party congress and the new members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

  • New Blog Post: What We Have Learned From the 20th Party Congress

    2022.11.01

    What have we learned from the 20th Party Congress? ThinkChina sat down with two China experts from UCPH to find out.

  • New ThinkChina Video: The New Normal in the Taiwan Strait

    2022.10.26

    In this talk, Camilla T. N. Sørensen will give an assessment of the security situation and the evolving military balance in the Taiwan Strait and discuss how to avoid a military conflict in the Taiwan.

  • New ThinkChina Podcast: the 20th Party Congress

    2022.10.14

    Coordinator of ThinkChina, Casper Wichmann interviews Jørgen Delman, professor emeritus of China Studies, University of Copenhagen, about the forthcoming 20th Party Congress.

  • New Op-ed: Kina og USA's globale sikkherhedsinitiativ: hvem vinder?

    2022.09.27

    Kronik af professor emeritus Bertel Heurlin omhandlende Kina og USA's aktuelle, globale sikkerhedsinitiativer.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Development, Debt, and Distress

    2022.09.20

    What can the situation in Sri Lanka tell us about China’s “Belt and Road” Initiative (BRI)? Read PhD student Tabita Rosendahl's analysis on the topic in this ThinkChina Analysis.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Implementation Variations Under Authoritarianism

    2022.09.06

    Yi Ma and Chunrong Liu investigate provincial differences in policy reformulation in China.

  • New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - The Long Farewell 1912-1928

    2022.08.26

    The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry. This is the fourth and last…

  • Ny ekstern podcast: voksende nationalisme i den kinesiske middelklasse

    2022.08.19

    Casper Wichmann er gæst hos P1 Orientering og diskuterer en ny undersøgelse der tyder på en voksende nationalisme i den kinesiske middelklasse. Lyt til programmet her.

  • New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - Making BAT Great 1903-1911

    2022.08.12

    The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry. This blogpost series will…

  • New ThinkChina Student Insights: China’s Changing FDI Policy

    2022.08.08

    This article investigates how the policy environment on FDI has been shifting in the past few years, potentially benefitting foreign companies.

  • New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - the Bonsack Years 1890-1902

    2022.08.03

    The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco industry. This blogpost series will…

  • New Blogpost: Laurits Andersen - the Birth of an Entrepreneur

    2022.07.22

    New blogpost series about The Danish entrepreneur Laurits Andersen (1849-1928) who lived most of his life in China, where he became one of the leading figures in the establishment of the country’s modern tobacco…

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Taiwanproblemet og Ukrainekrigen hænger sammen

    2022.07.12

    Asien er nøglen til, at USA kan forblive den ledende supermagt. Kina ønsket et samlet Kina, men tør Kina gå i krig af frygt for, hvilke globale konsekvenser det vil få?

  • Call for Applications: NIAS SUPRA Programme

    2022.07.04

    Call for applications to the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies' SUPRA programme.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: The Rise and Fall of Wu Manyou

    2022.06.30

    Bo Ærenlund Sørensen, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, tracks the spectacular rise and fall of Wu Manyou, one of the earliest labour heroes.

  • ThinkChina på Folkemødet 2022

    2022.06.27

    ThinkChina havde i samarbejde med Politiken arrangeret en paneldebat på Folkemødet 2022, hvor Danmarks forhold til Kina nu og i fremtiden blev diskuteret.

  • New Blogpost: The Anaconda in the Chandelier

    2022.06.27

    The Anaconda in the Chandelier A review of Isaac Stone Fish’s book America 2nd: How America’s Elite Are Making China Stronger.

  • Ekstern Podcast: Rusland og Kina vil styrke Ikke-vesten

    2022.06.24

    Camilla Nørup Sørensen, lektor på Forsvarsakademiet og Casper Wichmann, daglig leder af tænketanken ThinkChina, diskuterer Kinas tætte alliance med Rusland og ser nærmere på forholdet mellem de to lande.

  • New Video: Virker den vestlige økonomiske model i Asien?

    2022.06.20

    Se eller gense Jørgen Ørstrøm Møllers forelæsning om den vestlige økonomiske model i den asiatiske kontekst.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Leading with Hearts and Mind: Emotion Contagion in China's Online Activism

    2022.06.13

    In this exploratory study, Nian Lu and Jun Liu examine networked patterns of anger diffusion within the Red-Yellow-Blue kindergarten child abuse scandal on the Chinese social media Weibo.

  • Understanding China From Afar: Reflections on the Development and Status of China Studies in Denmark

    2022.05.16

    Professors Jørgen Delman and Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg from China Studies at University of Copenhagen and University of Aarhus, respectively, have co-edited a volume introducing Danish social science and humanistic…

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Global City Agency and Multilevel Governance in China

    2022.05.02

    Over the past few decades, cities have become increasingly active in global climate governance. This article examines how the Chinese Party-state’s institutions and governing instruments shape cities’ global agency and…

  • New ThinkChina Video: New Danish Foreign Investment Screening Regime

    2022.04.21

    Watch or re-watch the ChinaTalks lecture covering what kind of transactions that are now restricted and who will be considered foreigners under the Danish legislation on foreign investment screening.

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: Unravelling the Interplay between Communication Technology and Society

    2022.04.19

    Prof. Ran Wei will present findings from two large-scale comparative studies on consumption of mobile news and diffusion and impacts of COVID-19 misinformation in four of Asia’s IT savvy societies.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Danish-Chinese Knowledge Collaboration at a Critical Juncture

    2022.04.15

    We experience more intense scrutiny of Chinese scientists working in Denmark and more critical attitudes towards the benefits of knowledge cooperation. At the same time, we note that the Chinese authorities impose…

  • Offentlig forelæsning: Virker den vestlige økonomiske model i Asien?

    2022.04.14

    Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab og ThinkChina har inviteret Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller til at tale om: Virker den vestlige økonomiske model i Asien?

  • New ThinkChina Video: US-Chinese Strategic Competition and the Consequences for Europe

    2022.04.04

    ChinaTalks lecture with Liselotte Odgaard on the US-Chinese Strategic Competition and the Consequences for Europe.

  • Collaborative Damage: An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization

    2022.04.01

    Torsdag den 21.april inviterer Antropologforeningen i samarbejde med Nationalmuseet til happy hour og lancering af bogen ‘Collaborative Damage: An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalization’ (2022) af Mikkel…

  • Student Insights: Luxury Consumption and Identity Creation in the Chinese Middle Class

    2022.03.31

    In 2018 the Chinese luxury consumption constituted one third of the global consumption for luxuries and this is predicted to rise in the future. Additionally, the demand for luxury goods is increasing globally. China ha…

  • The Epic Fairy-Tale Narrative of the Communist Party of China

    2022.03.25

    Narratives are an integrated part of society. This blogpost explains how the newest resolution of the Communist Party of China narrates China’s contemporary history with the CPC as the main protagonist in a fairy-tale…

  • Documentary: Outcry and Whisper: Kvinder og Frihed

    2022.03.09

    Mød filminstruktøren Zeng Jinyan der har instueret dokumentarfilmen Outcry and Whisper.

  • New Analysis: Privacy Lost; Appropriating Surveillance Technology in China’s Fight Against COVID-19

    2022.03.07

    Jun Liu and Hui Zhao analyze the lack of domestic public resistance in China about technology-related privacy risks during the pandemic.

  • Seminar: Krigen i Ukraine – set fra Rusland, Østeuropa og verden

    2022.03.02

    Ruslands invasion i Ukraine og krigens dramatiske begivenheder følges tæt i hele verden, men er der mon enighed om, hvordan krigen bedst kan forstås, og hvad den betyder for verdens lande og befolkninger?

  • New Policy Brief: US-Chinese strategic competition and the consequences for Europe

    2022.02.28

    In this ThinkChina Policy Brief, Liselotte Odgaard investigates the strategic competition between the United States and China and analyses the implications for Europe.

  • New Analysis: The Rise of Smart Courts in China; Opportunities and Challenges to the Judiciary in a Digital Age

    2022.02.24

    Associate Professor Wen Xiang, UCPH, and Junlin Peng investigates the progress made so far with regard to digitalization of courts in China, and analyzes the opportunities and challenges during the digitalized process o…

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: US-Chinese Strategic Competition

    2022.02.17

    This lecture will look at the economic and security dilemmas which Europe face under US-China strategic competition and if these dilemmas engender more or less unity within the European Union.

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: New Danish Foreign Investment Screening Regime

    2022.02.16

    This ChinaTalks lecture will cover what kind of transactions that are now restricted, who will be considered foreigners under the Danish legislation, on foreign investment screening.

  • External Podcast: Hvordan kolliderer sport, politik og covid-19 ved vinter-OL i Beijing?

    2022.02.09

    Mikkel Bunkenborg, lektor i Kinastudier på Københavns Universitet, gæstede i fredags 4. Division på P1, hvor han gav sit besyv på hvordan sport, politik og covid-19 interagerer ved vinter-OL i Beijing.

  • Presset på kinesiske atleter under vinter-OL er enormt

    2022.02.09

    ’Zhu Yi has fallen’ – sådan lød et af de mest brugte hashtags på det kinesiske sociale medie Weibo efter at den kinesiske skøjteløber Zhu Yi faldt under sit skøjteløb til vinter-OL.

  • New video: Paneldebat Dansk Industri om Kinas nye Norm

    2022.01.25

    Daglig leder af ThinkChina, Casper Wichmann, deltog i en paneldebat hos Dansk Industri om Danmarks fortsatte samarbejde med Kina.

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    2022.01.19

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  • New Analysis: More Than Plain Text; Censorship Deletion in The Chinese Social Media

    2021.11.30

    Jun Liu and Jingyi Zhao critically review censorship studies and presents one of the first studies on censorship of both plain text and multimedia content on the Chinese social media.

  • New Analysis: Afkobling fra Kina er gift for Danmark [Danish]

    2021.11.16

    Bertel Heurlin undersøger betydningen af afkoblingen mellem Kina og Vesten.

  • New Analysis: Spinning China's Communist Party History in favour of Xi Jinping

    2021.11.16

    Jørgen Delman, professor emeritus, PhD, China Studies, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, gives his analysis of the recent sixth plenum of China's Communist Party.

  • Aflysning af "Hvordan fortsætter Kina sin økonomiske udvikling?"

    2021.11.11

    Grundet sygdom er vi desværre nødt til at aflyse foredraget "Hvordan fortsætter Kina sin økonomiske udvikling?"

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: Xi Jinping’s leadership - political ‘supermanship’?

    2021.11.08

    ChinaTalk with professor Jørgen Delman about the leadership of Xi Jinping

  • Upcoming External Event: China after COVID-19 and a changing world order

    2021.11.08

    This conference gathers researchers and postgraduate students in Denmark to share their China-related expertise, debate important issues, and discuss the implications for Denmark and beyond

  • Kommende foredrag: Hvordan fortsætter Kina sin økonomiske udvikling?

    2021.11.01

    Foredrag med Ras Tind Solvig Jansen, der på baggrund af sin nye bog vil fortælle, hvordan Kina kan fortsætte sin økonomiske udvikling.

  • New ThinkChina Policy Brief: 100 years with China’s Communist Party

    2021.10.25

    New policy brief by Jørgen Delman looks at the Communist Party of China that celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 1st, 2021, and has been ruling the People’s Republic of Chinas for more than 70 years.

  • New Analysis: USA og Kina; Kampen om menneskerettighederne [Danish]

    2021.09.12

    Bertel Heurlin undersøger de menneskerettighedsproblematikker der udfoldes i rivaliseringen mellem USA og Kina.

  • Upcoming event: After the War - Regional Perspectives on Afghanistan

    2021.09.06

    Roundtable discussion with regional perspectives on Afghanistan by scholars from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies.

  • New Analysis: Kold krig eller kold fred? [Danish]

    2021.08.26

    Professor Bertel Heurlin undersøger forholdet mellem USA og Kina, og de mekanismer der er med til at bevare freden under den stadig heftigere amerikansk- kinesiske rivalisering.

  • New Op-ed: Battle of the BRI's

    2021.08.18

    New Op-ed on how the West plans to challenge China’s rise through infrastructure, and why it might not succeed.

  • We are looking to hire a new student assistant!

    2021.08.17

    We are looking to hire a new student assistant for ThinkChina!

  • Blogserie: Mit Liv med Kina

    2021.08.17

    Læs blogserien om Professor emeritus, Jørgen Delmans, liv med Kina.

  • New Podcast: Who is next in Beijing's crackdown on the corporate sector?

    2021.08.17

    ThinkChina coordinator, Casper Wichmann, discuss what is behind Beijing's campaign against domestic tech companies, which has spread from Alibaba to all tech companies - and subsequently to educational companies.

  • Ny Blog Post: ThinkChina Student Forum Læseklub - 20 brudstykker af en hungrende ungdom [Danish]

    2021.07.12

    ThinkChina Student Forum læseklub 2021-1: 20 brudstykker af en hungrende ungdom blog post.

  • New Analysis: To Kinafortællinger; Det rige Kina og det sårbare Kina [Danish]

    2021.06.01

    New analysis by Bertel Heurlin on the two competing China stories: the strong and the vulnerable China.

  • New podcast: What a failed EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment could mean for European companies in China

    2021.05.06

    The situation for European companies in China has turned significantly more complicated after the EU-China investment deal has been put on hold by Brussels.

  • Ny Blogpost: WeChats røde konvolutter - Social kapital, symbolsk magt og gaveudveksling [Danish]

    2021.04.27

    Hvad er hongbaos og hvilken betydning har de som gaveudveksling i Kina på medieplatformen WeChat?

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: China Goes Green - Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet

    2021.04.15

    ChinaTalks lecture by Judith Shapiro and Yifei Li: China Goes Green - Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet.

  • New Publication Slides from Webinar: China's 14th Five-Year Plan

    2021.04.15

    New Publication Slides from Webinar: China's 14th Five-Year Plan

  • Ny blogserie: Mit liv med Kina del 2

    2021.04.06

    I denne serie af blogindlæg fortæller Jørgen Delman om sit arbejde med og i Kina, og hvad han har lært af det. Dette er anden del.

  • Upcoming event: The Bishan Commune and the Practice of Socially Engaged Art in Rural China

    2021.03.29

    Online talk and book discussion 5 May 2021, 15:00-16:30

  • Ny blogserie: Mit liv med Kina

    2021.03.29

    I denne serie af blogindlæg fortæller Jørgen Delman om sit arbejde med og i Kina, og hvad han har lært af det. Anden del kommer i denne uge.

  • Upcoming event: Making It Count - Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China

    2021.03.29

    Talk and book discussion with Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University 15 Apr. 2021, 14:00-15:15

  • Upcoming external event: New Type of Great Power Relations

    2021.02.26

    China’s global economic and political power has expanded. How will China use its new position to change the world? How does the country’s rise change its self-perception?

  • Upcoming event: Asian Futures - Seminar in honor of Jørgen Delman

    2021.01.29

    Jørgen Delman is retiring from his position as Professor of China Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. With this seminar we wish to honor Jørgen and his journey through Asian Studies.

  • Upcoming event: Shenzhen as a New Global Development Model?

    2021.01.29

    Shenzhen was declared China’s first special economic zone 40 years ago. Which path does the city take? What is its role as a development model today?

  • New Analysis: Drop pessimismen - USA vinder over Kina [Danish]

    2021.01.28

    I denne analyse undersøger Professor Bertel Heurlin hvad vi ser udspille sig mellem de to supermagter, USA og Kina.

  • New China Study Project Policy Brief: Approaching Svalbard - An Examination of Chinese Interests in the Far North

    2021.01.28

    How increased Chinese interests in the Arctic region affects the governance of Svalbard and how Chinese conduct can help us better understand Chinese motives within the Arctic realm.

  • New Blog Post: Xi Jinping calls out President Biden at World Economic Forum

    2021.01.26

    A quick analysis and reaction to the Special Address by Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2021.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Fører et stadigt stærkere kinesisk militær til krig? [Danish]

    2021.01.25

    Denne analyse af professor Bertel Heurlin undersøger om det kinesiske militær er ved at overgå det amerikanske militær.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Diplomacy of Indignation

    2021.01.15

    In Chinese foreign diplomacy, emotions sometimes run high, fueled by a mixture of anger and humiliation to produce what we may call a “diplomacy of indignation”.

  • Upcoming virtual discussion: Between Gender, Solidarity and Legality

    2020.12.09

    Upcoming virtual discussion: Between Gender, Solidarity and Legality

  • Upcoming event: SDC’s 10 year anniversary / SDC International - Cooperating for Energy Transition Report 2020

    2020.12.09

    SDC’s 10 year anniversary / SDC International - Cooperating for Energy Transition Report 2020

  • New Blog Post: Blog Post: China’s one-child policy – how effective was it really?

    2020.12.07

    Is China’s fertility decline really the result of government intervention, or can it be partly or even better explained by socioeconomic development?

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: In Between - Gender, Solidarity and Legality? Part II

    2020.12.07

    Part II (of II): Simona Novaretti investigates the way in which a stronger emphasis on traditional Chinese values has influenced the interpretation given to the concepts of solidarity and gender in China, and how this…

  • Nyt CMS Notat: Forværringen af det kinesisk-amerikanske forhold - en strategisk udfordring for Danmark

    2020.12.04

    Et nyt CMS Notat tager udgangspunkt i en række forskeres fælles bekymring for, hvilke strategiske konsekvenser det forværrede forhold mellem Kina og USA kan få for Danmark.

  • New Blog Post: Konfucius og hans tanker er fundamentet under kinesisk kultur [Danish]

    2020.11.26

    Den kinesiske tænker Konfucius kan i betydning sammenlignes med Jesus, Muhammad eller Buddha. Han er med andre ord uomgængelig, hvis man vil forstå det kinesiske samfund og kinesisk kultur.

  • Upcoming seminar: The WTO Appellate Body and the International Rule of Law

    2020.11.20

    The seminar will address legal issues related to the WTO, and China-US trade relations, and much more.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: In Between - Gender, Solidarity and Legality? Part I

    2020.11.11

    Part I (of II): Hanne Petersen discuses similarities between EU and China - especially in the 21st century - a period of globalisation and politics strongly influenced by neoliberal ideas in both these parts of the …

  • Nyt forum: Strategisk refleksionsforum om Kina (SRK)

    2020.10.02

    SRK tager udgangspunkt i USA-Kina-forholdets udvikling, og diskuterer, hvordan det skaber nye rammer for Danmark, og identificerer udfordringer og muligheder for danske beslutningstagere og offentligheden.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Xi Jinping's response to complex challenges - China's 14th 5-year plan on the way

    2020.10.01

    Professor Jørgen Delman, China studies, UCPH, gives his analysis on the upcoming 14th 5-year plan in China that will be Xi Jinping's response to complex challenges.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Danish–Chinese Relations: 'Business as Usual' or Strategic Disruption? Part II (of II)

    2020.09.10

    Andreas Bøje Forsby takes a closer look at Danish-Chinese relations. This second part explores two key drivers that may undermine the partnership; the re-politicization of political differences and the strategic effects…

  • ThinkChina China Study Project Policy Brief: Between the Dragon and the Tiger: Nepal’s Prospects as a Small State with Rival Great Power Neighbours

    2020.08.24

    Recent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the high-altitude valleys of Ladakh has thrust the simmering geopolitical tensions between these two rising superpowers into sharp global focus. At the same time,…

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Danish–Chinese Relations: 'Business as Usual' or Strategic Disruption? Part I (of II)

    2020.08.21

    Andreas Bøje Forsby takes a closer look at Danish-Chinese relations. This first part focuses on historical relations between the two countries as well as their joint development of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

  • New Op-ed: [In Danish] Videnskabelig afkobling fra Kina?

    2020.08.18

    Videnskabelig afkobling fra Kina? Danske og kinesiske forskere må fortsat samarbejde.

  • New Blog Post: ThinkChina Student Forum Læseklub - Opråb [Danish]

    2020.07.17

    ThinkChina Student Forum læseklub 2020-1: Opråb

  • New Blog Post: ADI Academic Profiles - Sarah Christine Swider

    2020.07.10

    ADI Academic Profiles: Sarah Christine Swider - Research and career

  • New Blog Post: Digital Borders - The Banning of Chinese TikTok in India

    2020.07.08

    The border dispute between India and China have now escalated into the digital world with India banning TikTok and numerous other Chinese apps and social media.

  • New Blog Post: ADI Academic Profiles - Ayo Wahlberg

    2020.07.02

    ADI Academic Profiles: Ayo Wahlberg - Research and career

  • New Blog Post: A New Cold War?

    2020.07.01

    Professor Jørgen Delman, China studies, UCPH, argues that China will not go away; we must find new ways to do research on China and work with our Chinese partners in responsible and transparent ways.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Climate Resilience Strategies of Beijing and Copenhagen

    2020.06.29

    This paper presents an overview of the recent flood control strategies of Beijing and Copenhagen, and examines whether the suggested measures are combined with any alternative approaches.

  • New External Report: Survey of Danish Companies in China

    2020.06.24

    A comprehensive Survey of Danish Companies in China

  • New ThinkChina Video: Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China (Book Talk)

    2020.06.18

    Book Talk on Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China by Joel Andreas, Professor at the Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University.

  • Two positions as tenure-track assistant professor or associate professor in China Studies

    2020.06.17

    The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Copenhagen University (UCPH), Denmark, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship or associate professorship in China…

  • New Blog Post: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its role in battling COVID-19

    2020.06.15

    Dr. Hui Zhang gives and introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its role in battling COVID-19 (in China).

  • Ny Blog Post: Den danske Kina-satsning er under voldsomt pres

    2020.06.11

    Stærke kræfter i Trump-administrationen trækker mod en afkobling mellem USA og Kina, hvor resten af verden må vælge side. Der er derfor behov for en selvstændig dansk stillingtagen til Kina.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Uncivilized - On the Issue of Racism in the 2019 Hong Kong Protest Movement

    2020.06.11

    In this analysis, Mai Corlin investigates the overlooked issue of racism in the new Hong Kong protest movement.

  • The Global Consequences of the Coronavirus Crisis

    2020.06.08

    Researchers from the University of Copenhagen show how the virus has affected the countries of the world – from Mexico to Mongolia.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Underneath the Mask

    2020.05.29

    In this analysis, Jørgen Delman explores the critiques by Xu Zhiyong, Xu Zhangrun, and Ren Zhiqiang of China's handling of the corona crisis - evolving into actual criticisms of Xi Jinping and the Chinese leadership.

  • New ThinkChina China Study Project Policy Brief: China’s New World Order? Chinese Governance Practices of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road

    2020.05.14

    This China Study Project Policy Brief explores the dynamics of the Chinese governance practices of three ports in the Maritime Silk Road part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

  • New Event: Just Hierarchy - Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World

    2020.05.12

    Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World

  • 70 Years of Diplomatic Relations With the People's Republic of China

    2020.05.11

    70 years ago today, on May 11th, 1950, Denmark established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China as one of the first countries in the World.

  • New Analysis: Precautionary Principle and Regulation of GMOs in China

    2020.05.04

    Wen Xiang will in this analysis explore the concept of precautionary principle at international level and its application on the regulating GMOs in China.

  • New Blog Post: Five Chinese books that helps you understand modern China

    2020.04.23

    ThinkChina has asked one of the Danish experts on modern Chinese literature, PhD in China studies and current lecturer at UCPH, Peter Damgaard, for his suggestions for five modern Chinese works that can help you…

  • New Blog Post: ADI Academic Profiles - Jun Liu

    2020.04.21

    The ADI - Academic Profiles series puts spotlight on individual researchers working on Asia related issues in the social sciences and humanities, and promotes remarkable publications and innovative research projects.

  • External Podcast: Informationskrig om coronadødstal mellem USA og Kina

    2020.04.20

    Professor i Kinastudier Jørgen Delman, Københavns Univeristet, giver sin analyse af informationskrigen omkring coronavirussen mellem Kina og USA til P1 Orientering.

  • New analysis: After the Mask

    2020.04.16

    In this analysis Professor Jørgen Delman focuses on the potential topics that could be addressed at China's next "Two Sessions".

  • New ThinkChina Podcast: Cold Games - The Emergence of Sino-American Strategic Competition in the Arctic

    2020.04.07

    Over the past year, the Arctic has begun to assume a higher place on the US security agenda, largely prompted by fears of being leverages out of the region by growing China-Russia cooperation in the far north.

  • External Report: China Renewable Energy Outlook 2019

    2020.04.02

    China Renewable Energy Outlook 2019 illustrates how China can transform its energy system to a clean, low-carbon, safe, energy efficient and cost efficient energy system by 2050.

  • Ny ThinkChina blogpost: Tæthedens styrke og svaghed - pandemi i en ny tid [Danish]

    2020.03.25

    Lige nu skal vi holde fysisk afstand til hinanden. Det er en udfordring, når flere og flere bor i de store byer. Men samtidig viser coronakrisen også, at Trumps ”America First”-strategi har overladt indflydelse til Kina…

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: The Honorary Doctor Zhang Xihua and Her Academic Career and Background

    2020.03.24

    Professor Dr. Zhang Xihua, Beijing International Studies University, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Humanities.

  • New ThinkChina Video: Cold Games - The Emergence of Sino-American Strategic Competition in the Arctic

    2020.03.13

    Watch or re-watch the ChinaTalks lecture by Marc Lanteigne on the emergence of Sino-American strategic competition in the Arctic.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: ”America First”; Denmark’s Strategic Navigation in the Era of US-Chinese Rivalry

    2020.03.12

    New analysis by NIAS researcher Andreas Bøje Forsby on Denmark’s Strategies in the Era of US-Chinese Rivalry

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: Unleash 2019 - A Journey from Romania to Copenhagen and Shenzhen

    2020.03.12

    Bogdan Birgovan was the ThinkChina/UCPH nominee to apply for Unleash 2019 in Shenzhen. He got picked as one of the 1000 talents to participate and tells his story here.

  • New Podcast: Motherhood in Urban China

    2020.03.10

    Listen or re-listen to the ChinaTalks Lecture with Chen Meng, assistant professor of sociology at the School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, on Motherhood in Urban China.

  • External Report: Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry

    2020.03.06

    Report by ETNC (European Think-tank Network on China) on Europe in the Face of US-China Rivalry from January 2020.

  • Ny ThinkChina blogpost: Fem klassikere fra Kina

    2020.03.04

    Associate Professor i Kinastudier, Bent Nielsen, giver sit bud på fem klassiske kinesiske værker, man bør læse for bedre at forstå Kina i dag.

  • New Op-ed: [In Danish] Klar til Fremtiden - Kina som Fag på Københavns Universitet

    2020.03.02

    Professor i Kinastudier ved Københavns Universitet, Jørgen Delman, giver et indblik i hvad Kinastudier er. Han forklarer fagets historiske rødder, og hvad faget tilbyder sine studerende i dag. Kinastudier har udviklet…

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: Translating the Hard-Working Chinese and China’s Competitive Culture

    2020.02.27

    The Chinese are known for being diligent, hard-working and competitive, but why is that?

  • Upcoming public lecture: The Meaning and Function of Apologies in Danish and Chinese; Intercultural Conflicts and Crisis Communication

    2020.02.27

    March 12th, 16:00-17:00, Public lecture at UCPH South Campus by Xia Zhang from CBS: "The Meaning and Function of Apologies in Danish and Chinese; Intercultural Conflicts and Crisis Communication."

  • Ny ThinkChina Analyse: Et Nyt Arktis

    2020.02.25

    ThinkChina analyse af professor Bertel Heurlin om den nye rolle Arktisregionen har indtaget på den internationale scene.

  • Updated Top China Sources 2020

    2020.02.24

    ThinkChina has updated our list of all of our favorite sources on Chinese politics for 2020.

  • New ThinkChina Podcast: China’s Propaganda Campaign in Sweden, 2018–2019

    2020.02.18

    Podcast from Björn Jerdén's talk on China’s propaganda campaign in Sweden, 2018–2019, from October 7th.

  • Upcoming External Event: SDC SPOT event "Take your Master's degree in China"

    2020.02.07

    Join the SPOT event at the University of Copenhagen and get to know all about your opportunities at SDC in China.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Banking on the Future; Everything you always wanted to know about sperm donation in China

    2020.01.31

    China has gone from trying to minimize the number of births, to now being characterized by an alarmingly low fertility rate, the “sperm crisis”. In this analysis, professor Ayo Wahlberg sums up everything you always…

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Blue-Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management; Lessons from Six Municipality-Led Pilot Projects in Beijing and Copenhagen

    2020.01.30

    Managing stormwater on urban surfaces with blue-green infrastructure is increasingly being adopted as an alternative to conventional pipe-based stormwater management. This paper examines pilot projects from Beijing and…

  • Lunch Talk Seminar this coming Monday: A New Chapter in Cross-Strait Relations? Lessons from the Taiwan Presidential Elections

    2020.01.22

    Lunch talk by Arthur S. Ding, emeritus Professor from the National Chengchi University in Taipei.

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: Cold Games - The Emergence of Sino-American Strategic Competition in the Arctic

    2020.01.14

    ChinaTalks lecture with Marc Lanteigne on Cold Games - The Emergence of Sino-American Strategic Competition in the Arctic. February 13th, 16:00-17:30. NIAS meeting room: 18-1-08. CSS, Center for Health and Society.…

  • New ThinkChina video: Political Economy and Military Power

    2020.01.02

    Watch or re-watch the ChinaTalks lecture by Professor Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller on Political Economy and Military Power. Watch or re-watch to learn how the world is transitioning towards a new power structure from…

  • Job opening for ThinkChina student assistant

    2019.12.27

    Open position as ThinkChina student assistant. Deadline for application is January 10th.

  • New ThinkChina Video: The New Superpower Rivalry

    2019.12.23

    Professor Øystein Tunsjø's ChinaTalks lecture on bipolarity and the new superpower rivalry is now available to watch as video.

  • New ThinkChina Video: The Visual Resistance of the Hong Kong Protest Movement - From Post-it Notes to PR Machine

    2019.12.19

    Video from ChinaTalks Lecture by Mai Corlin on The Visual Resistance of the Hong Kong Protest Movement.

  • New ThinkChina Video: China’s Propaganda Campaign in Sweden, 2018 – 2019

    2019.12.12

    Video from ChinaTalk lecture by Björn Jerdén, Research Fellow and Head of the Asia Program at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, on China’s Propaganda Campaign in Sweden, 2018 – 2019.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Stealth Leadership: Silence on Key Challenges at China’s Recent Central Committee Meeting

    2019.11.29

    In spite of signs showing varied policy requests among party members, Xi Jinping presents the picture of a united party to the world, and continues to be in full command, with backing of the Central Committee to his…

  • UCPH Spring semester course: Introduction to Chinese Law and Chinese Legal Culture

    2019.11.29

    The goal of the course is to provide students with a theoretical understanding and practical perspective of the Chinese legal system and legal culture. In spite of the Chinese long history, the modern Chinese legal…

  • New ThinkChina Podcast: Frauds, fakes and fentanyl - How profits and corruption have driven dangerous medicine in China and beyond its borders

    2019.11.22

    Podcast from public lecture with Kathleen McLaughlin on how profits and corruption have driven dangerous medicine in China and beyond its borders.

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks Lecture: The New Superpower Rivalry

    2019.11.21

    ChinaTalks lecture with Øystein Tunsjø on The New Superpower Rivalry between China and the US. December 5th, 15:00-16:30. NIAS meeting room: 18-1-08. CSS, Center for Health and Society. University of Copenhagen, Øster…

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: ADI Academic Profiles - Jørgen Delman

    2019.11.21

    ADI - Academic Profiles series put spotlight on individual researchers working on Asia related issues in the social sciences and humanities, and promotes remarkable publications and innovative research projects.

  • Ayo Wahlberg receives the 2019 CAR Book Prize for his book on the Chinese fertility industry

    2019.11.18

    Ayo Wahlberg has been awarded the 2019 Book Prize by the Council on Anthropology & Reproduction (Society for Medical Anthropology) for his monograph 'Good Quality – the Routinization of Sperm Banking in China'. The book…

  • New ThinkChina Video: Frauds, fakes and fentanyl - How profits and corruption have driven dangerous medicine in China and beyond its borders

    2019.11.14

    Video from public lecture with Kathleen McLaughlin on how profits and corruption have driven dangerous medicine in China and beyond its borders.

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: China’s Corporate Social Credit System: Level Playing Field or Forced Digital Hand?

    2019.11.08

    This article presents an analysis of not only the challenges and risks foreign companies face after the corporate social credit system is carried out, but also the possibilities it presents for all companies operating i…

  • New ThinkChina Podcast: Sino-Danish collaboration on energy policies and the critical policy challenges in China’s energy transition

    2019.10.29

    Podcast from seminar with Prof Jørgen Delman and Prof Xia Jianjun on how policy learning, policy transfer and policy translation helps address the policy problems associated with China’s energy transition.

  • Ny ThinkChina Analyse: Kina går ikke væk

    2019.10.23

    I denne analyse bidrager professor Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard og professor Jørgen Delman til den offentlige debat og opmærksomhed på Kina som indflydelsesrig stormagt.

  • Upcoming seminar 27/11 on China's "360-degree" Digital Governance and Information Operation: An update

    2019.10.23

    Talk by Dr. Kingwa Fu, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University. This is the third and final lecture in the Frontier Seminar Series: "An interdisciplinary approach to digital threats”.

  • Upcoming seminar 1/11 Digitalization and Legal Culture: Western and Chinese Perspectives

    2019.10.23

    This seminar aims to reflect on the current discussion on digitalization, geopolitics, law and legal culture as perceived from Western and Chinese perspectives. It wants to contribute to an understanding of the processe…

  • Upcoming ChinaTalks Lecture 31/10: Wrongful Conviction and Judicial Reform in China

    2019.10.23

    Through telling the story of a real case of “back form the dead”, Professor He Jiahong, who is both a lawyer and a writer, will introduce his empirical study of wrongful convictions in mainland China, make comments on…

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: Inside Chinese AI, Part 2; The Industrial Internet of Things

    2019.10.21

    China is charging ahead and fast becoming the dominant player on the Industrial Internet of Things, but it needs to work on process optimization, and that's where foreign AI startups can help.

  • New ThinkChina Blog Post: Center for Denmark Studies and Research Work at BISU 中国北京第二外国语学院丹麦研究中心简介

    2019.10.18

    Center for Denmark Studies (CDS) has been established in Beijing International Studies University in 2015. CDS has been playing an active academic and collaborative role in the friendly partnership between China and…

  • New ThinkChina Analysis: Social Science in China; Between a Rock and a Hard Place

    2019.10.17

    Although heavily investing in research and development, China keeps the Party line straight. University research is acquiring a level that compares to the world with high-end universities, but the state’s political…

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