Research

Technology
October 2023

Find the book here Edited by LAC’s Rogier Creemers and his fellow scholars Straton Papagianneas and Adam Knight. China’s emergence as a technology leader has become a major factor in geopolitics, transforming global political and economic relationships. In its bid…

World War II
October 2023

READ THE REPORT By Vincent K.L. Chang and Eric Siyi Zhang. This report is part of our larger project on World War II memory in Asia and Europe. Eighty years ago this month, the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union…

In the media
October 2023

LAC researcher Sanne van der Lugt was live today on the Dutch radio programme BNR Zaken to speak about the Belt and Road Initiative. You can listen to her interview here (in Dutch). Sanne is an academic researcher with a…

In the media
September 2023

Uitvoerend directeur van het LeidenAsiaCentre Floris Harm werd in de Volkskrant gevraagd naar het geplande bezoek van kunstenaar Ai Weiwei aan China. Hoeveel risico neemt de prominente dissident met zijn voornemen om in Beijing zijn moeder te bezoeken? ""

Cybersecurity
September 2023

READ THE REPORT By Daan Kingma. TikTok has become an archetypical example of Chinese digital companies going global. Its connection to China, however, has led to unprecedented scrutiny over the company’s policies regarding data collection and privacy, content moderation, and…

In the media
September 2023

Our researchers Vincent K.L. Chang and Eric Zhang have published a new article on World War II narratives in China-Russia relations on the thediplomat.com. In this article, Chang and Zhang take a closer look at the convergence of state media…