Dealing with Decoupling from China: Business Strategies in a Changing World
READ THE REPORT By Frank Pieke and Bert Hofman. Supported by the Dutch China Knowledge Network. In collaboration with the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore. This report discusses the findings of a research project of the Leiden Asia Centre in the Netherlands and the East Asian Institute in Singapore on the extent and impact […]
Towards a UN-Centric Cybercrime Treaty
READ THE REPORT By Eric Siyi Zhang and Rogier Creemers. Since 2021, an international convention on tackling cybercrime is being negotiated at the UN. As positions of states for the UN Cybercrime Treaty vary, this report focuses on China’s role at the negotiations. While there is a long list of issues at stake at the […]
The Chinese Police Organization at Home and Abroad
READ THE REPORT By Suzanne Scoggins. Supported by the Dutch China Knowledge Network (CKN). Efforts of Chinese police to build connections in foreign countries have been growing for decades, but the issue reached peak salience in the Netherlands in 2022 when local news media reported that Chinese “police service stations” were operating on Dutch soil. […]
Undercurrents: essays below the surface of China’s geopolitics
READ THE REPORT The tide of great power strife is rising once again. When tensions between rivals increase, the need to understand each other becomes greater. Where newspapers write about geopolitical considerations, Undercurrents dives deeper below the surface. It argues that we need to persist in our attempt to comprehend what is obscured and asks: […]
The Emergence of China’s Smart State
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 to achieve digital great power status, China’s government has reformed laws and policies, drastically increased […]
Shared Histories, Distinct Memories: A comparison of Chinese and Russian official media discourses on World War II
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 and Republic of China issued the Four Power Declaration. In this historic joint message amid […]