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Policymakers and the media need rigorous research by independently minded scholars to make sense of Chinese politics and society.
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS) has launched, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant work on China’s politics, society and global impact.
Discover more about the network here:
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The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)
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November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Policymakers and the media need rigorous research by independently minded scholars to make sense of Chinese politics and society.
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
INCCS will tackle the big and difficult questions about "China's rise".
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Transnational Pressure Campaign Forces Closure of IndieChina Film Festival in New York City
"I did think it might be better here … It turns out I was wrong."
"I did think it might be better here … It turns out I was wrong."
Transnational Pressure Campaign Forces Closure of IndieChina Film Festival in New York City
The inaugural IndieChina Film Festival (IndieChina电影节, IndieChina Diànyǐngjié), which was set to run from November 8-15 in New York City, has been forced to close due to what appears to be a coordinat...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Transnational Pressure Campaign Forces Closure of IndieChina Film Festival in New York City
"I did think it might be better here … It turns out I was wrong."
"I did think it might be better here … It turns out I was wrong."
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The status and rights of Uyghur communities in Turkiye are deeply precarious, and overlooked by researchers and civil society organisations since 2017. It's now being more fully documented.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Protected No More
The 51-page report, “Protected No More: Uyghurs in Türkiye,” finds that Uyghurs’ previous access to international protection status, and indeed preferential treatment under the Turkish immigration sys...
www.hrw.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The status and rights of Uyghur communities in Turkiye are deeply precarious, and overlooked by researchers and civil society organisations since 2017. It's now being more fully documented.
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
BBC: A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said the force has referred the investigation on because the "allegations fall under Section 3 of the National Security Act".
Section 3 of the act deals with "assisting a foreign intelligence service".
Section 3 of the act deals with "assisting a foreign intelligence service".
China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
BBC: A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said the force has referred the investigation on because the "allegations fall under Section 3 of the National Security Act".
Section 3 of the act deals with "assisting a foreign intelligence service".
Section 3 of the act deals with "assisting a foreign intelligence service".
Dutch Ambassador for Human Rights and former Ambassador to China:
Joint statement with European colleagues on the succession of the #DalaiLama. @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social @nlinchina.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dutch Ambassador for Human Rights and former Ambassador to China:
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Research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region.
IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.
uhrp.org/report/it-do...
IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.
uhrp.org/report/it-do...
It Does Matter Where You Stay: International Hotel Chains in East Turkistan - Uyghur Human Rights Project
Five international hotel chains—Accor, Hilton, InterContinental (IHG), Marriott, and Wyndham—currently operate in the Uyghur Region amidst ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.
uhrp.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Research by @peterirwin.bsky.social @henrykszad.bsky.social + Ben Carrdus from April demonstrated the dramatic 📈 increase in international hotel chains in the Uyghur region.
IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.
uhrp.org/report/it-do...
IHG is operating—and dramatically expanding—its business amidst atrocities.
uhrp.org/report/it-do...
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The 'DeepChina' Substack account — which presents itself as “an elite academic initiative” — is in fact controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department.
Its goal is to spread propaganda & conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
Its goal is to spread propaganda & conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
‘DeepChina’ Substack exposed: covert United Front ‘opinion and cognitive warfare’ project targets international China scholars (Collective Study Issue 04)
A review by Collective Study of Party propaganda documents, journal articles, and other official sources reveals that the DeepChina Substack account — which...
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April 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The 'DeepChina' Substack account — which presents itself as “an elite academic initiative” — is in fact controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department.
Its goal is to spread propaganda & conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
Its goal is to spread propaganda & conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
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Unity Camps, Great Country Borderlands & Pomegranate Seed Families: How the CCP’s youth work promotes Xi’s assimilationist agenda, settler colonialism, and seeks to transform children into ‘little envoys’, ‘propagandists’ and ‘demonstrators’ of CCP-led ‘ethnic unity’.
Collective Study (Issue 03): CCP Youth Work, Settler Colonialism and Ethnic Assimilation
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April 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Unity Camps, Great Country Borderlands & Pomegranate Seed Families: How the CCP’s youth work promotes Xi’s assimilationist agenda, settler colonialism, and seeks to transform children into ‘little envoys’, ‘propagandists’ and ‘demonstrators’ of CCP-led ‘ethnic unity’.
These re-surfaced videos are raising concerns about Harvard speaker Jiang "Luanna" Yurong during a protest last year against Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng.
Did Harvard speaker help suppress 2024 campus protest?
Did "shared humanity" Harvard speaker help suppress 2024 campus protest? "Shame on Xie Feng! Shame on Xie Feng" a protestor yelled in front of the Chinese...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
These re-surfaced videos are raising concerns about Harvard speaker Jiang "Luanna" Yurong during a protest last year against Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng.
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#China's state-led #environmentalism 🌿 is reshaping life on its western frontiers — but often at the expense of #ethnic minority herders. Join our Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 9 May to learn how these environmental policies have been negotiated on the ground:
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#China's state-led #environmentalism 🌿 is reshaping life on its western frontiers — but often at the expense of #ethnic minority herders. Join our Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 9 May to learn how these environmental policies have been negotiated on the ground:
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
Xi commended volunteers at a Xinjiang boarding school in a letter marking Youth Day on May 4:
'more young people have chosen to serve as volunteers in the country's western regions and rural areas over the years, demonstrating their spirit of dedication and sense of responsibility.'
'more young people have chosen to serve as volunteers in the country's western regions and rural areas over the years, demonstrating their spirit of dedication and sense of responsibility.'
Unity Camps, Great Country Borderlands & Pomegranate Seed Families: How the CCP’s youth work promotes Xi’s assimilationist agenda, settler colonialism, and seeks to transform children into ‘little envoys’, ‘propagandists’ and ‘demonstrators’ of CCP-led ‘ethnic unity’.
Collective Study (Issue 03): CCP Youth Work, Settler Colonialism and Ethnic Assimilation
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May 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Xi commended volunteers at a Xinjiang boarding school in a letter marking Youth Day on May 4:
'more young people have chosen to serve as volunteers in the country's western regions and rural areas over the years, demonstrating their spirit of dedication and sense of responsibility.'
'more young people have chosen to serve as volunteers in the country's western regions and rural areas over the years, demonstrating their spirit of dedication and sense of responsibility.'
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Half of RFA’s language services will no longer produce new content: RFA Tibetan, Burmese, Uyghur, and Lao. Also, ceasing operations will be Asia Fact Check Lab, a special unit focused on picking apart false narratives seeded by the Chinese Communist Party.
www.rfa.org/english/abou...
www.rfa.org/english/abou...
RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services
Uyghur, Tibetan, Burmese will halt content production, programming on May 9
www.rfa.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Half of RFA’s language services will no longer produce new content: RFA Tibetan, Burmese, Uyghur, and Lao. Also, ceasing operations will be Asia Fact Check Lab, a special unit focused on picking apart false narratives seeded by the Chinese Communist Party.
www.rfa.org/english/abou...
www.rfa.org/english/abou...
"Tibetans have not witnessed such strong support for Tibet in a European parliament in many years, except in the Czech Republic."
Three Dutch parliament motions recently passed including appointing a special EU rep to Tibet, urging the government to repeatedly raise #Tibet with China, and reiterating that the CCP must have no say in the Dalai Lama’s succession.
Read more: savetibet.org/dutch-parlia...
Read more: savetibet.org/dutch-parlia...
May 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Tibetans have not witnessed such strong support for Tibet in a European parliament in many years, except in the Czech Republic."
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"During at least seven of Xi’s 31 international trips between 2019 and 2024, local law enforcement infringed on dozens of protesters’ rights in order to shield the Chinese president from dissent, detaining or arresting activists, often for spurious reasons."
As President Xi Jinping traveled the world, police swept peaceful protesters off the streets - ICIJ
In country after country, local authorities detained and silenced activists to shield the Chinese leader from dissent.
www.icij.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"During at least seven of Xi’s 31 international trips between 2019 and 2024, local law enforcement infringed on dozens of protesters’ rights in order to shield the Chinese president from dissent, detaining or arresting activists, often for spurious reasons."
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The DeepChina Substack account is controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department, and was created specifically to spread propaganda and conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
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‘DeepChina’ Substack exposed: covert United Front ‘opinion and cognitive warfare’ project targets international China scholars (Collective Study Issue 04)
A review by Collective Study of Party propaganda documents, journal articles, and other official sources reveals that the DeepChina Substack account — which...
buttondown.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The DeepChina Substack account is controlled and directed by the United Front Work Department, and was created specifically to spread propaganda and conduct “opinion and cognitive warfare” in support of the CCP’s ethnic affairs work.
buttondown.com/collectivest...
buttondown.com/collectivest...
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Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...
April 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...
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“In 2024, 33 Chinese NGOs showed up about 300 times on the lists of speakers at [#UN] Human Rights Council sessions. There were only three of them in 2018. None criticized #China [govt], #ICIJ’s review of their statements found.”
www.icij.org/investigatio...
www.icij.org/investigatio...
At the U.N., China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists - ICIJ
Beijing-backed “GONGOs” have transformed the Palais des Nations into a hostile environment for critics of President Xi Jinping.
www.icij.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“In 2024, 33 Chinese NGOs showed up about 300 times on the lists of speakers at [#UN] Human Rights Council sessions. There were only three of them in 2018. None criticized #China [govt], #ICIJ’s review of their statements found.”
www.icij.org/investigatio...
www.icij.org/investigatio...
See recent @collectivestudy.bsky.social pieces on various Party efforts to promote 'Community for the Chinese Nation' (中華民族共同體) domestically and abroad:
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political slogan-led knowledge production is not uncommon in the PRC, but the speed and scale with which a slogan is turned into an *entire discipline* is quite unprecedented
Xi first mentioned the term 中华民族共同体 (community of the zhonghua minzu) in 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
Xi first mentioned the term 中华民族共同体 (community of the zhonghua minzu) in 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
China expands initiative to stamp out Western bias in ethnic studies
Beijing approves 15 more universities to establish new academic programme as it works to consolidate national identity narrative.
www.scmp.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
See recent @collectivestudy.bsky.social pieces on various Party efforts to promote 'Community for the Chinese Nation' (中華民族共同體) domestically and abroad:
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