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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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…

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.

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…

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

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 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…

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 to the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies' SUPRA programme.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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?

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

’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.

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

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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.

Bertel Heurlin undersøger betydningen af afkoblingen mellem Kina og Vesten.

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.

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

ChinaTalk with professor Jørgen Delman about the leadership of Xi Jinping

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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 for ThinkChina!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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

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 …

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.

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.

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…

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,…

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.

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

ThinkChina Student Forum læseklub 2020-1: Opråb

ADI Academic Profiles: Sarah Christine Swider - Research and career

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.

ADI Academic Profiles: Ayo Wahlberg - Research and career

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.

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.

A comprehensive Survey of Danish Companies in China

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.

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…

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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…

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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…

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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.…

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…

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

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

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

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.

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…

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…

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

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…

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 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…

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

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…

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.

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

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”.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…