![Berlin – The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China. Sharp Power and its Discontents with Dr. Andreas Fulda (Nottingham University) [Friday, November 22, 2019]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Party.png)
Nov 18, 2019
The key question at the heart of this breakfast talk is to what extent Chinese political activists have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise mainland China’s state and society. This talk is informed by Dr Andreas Fulda’s new book...
![Berlin – Sino-Greek Romance: What’s Love Got to Do with It? With Plamen Tonchev [Wednesday, May 8, 2019]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/s200_plamen.tonchev.jpg)
Apr 30, 2019
The increasingly close relationship between Athens and Beijing has caused bewilderment and consternation in many western capitals. Hosting one of the most visible BRI investments in Europe, the COSCO-managed port of Piraeus, Greece has been called China’s...
![Berlin – Xi Jinping Thought and the return of ideology with Dr. Huong LE THU [Thursday, March 21, 2019]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Huong-190px.jpg)
Mar 18, 2019
During the 19th Party Congress in China in October 2017, the description of a “new era” was used some 34 times. The Congress also confirmed inclusion of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era into the Party’s constitution. The...
![Berlin – Battle of Images: The Sino-Hollywood Courtship with Dr. Ying Zhu [Wednesday, February 13, 2019]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rsz_1rsz_yingzhu.jpg)
Feb 10, 2019
The evolution of Sino-Hollywood relation reflects the evolving power dynamic between China and the US over the decades, with China emerging from an eager apprentice to an aspiring competitor and partner who wants market share as well as cultural influence. Hollywood...
![Berlin – Is Germany’s voice heard in China? Public diplomacy and China’s restrictive media environment With Alexander Roth [Thursday, January 31, 2019]](https://www.youngchinawatchers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/alexroth.jpg)
Jan 18, 2019
Ideological tightening, ever more effective censorship and ramped-up repression – under Xi Jinping the political climate in China has gotten harsher. While China is cranking up its own efforts to make its voice heard in the world, the shrinking space for public...
