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The Made in China Journal is an independent #openaccess publication that seeks to facilitate critical discussion about Chinese politics and society. Visit us at https://madeinchinajournal.com.

A Global China Lab initiative (https://globalchinalab.com).
Don’t miss the first in our three-part webinar series on online gender-based violence in China, happening this Thursday. The event will be held in English and Chinese, with simultaneous interpretation. Register and help us spread the word:
globalchinalab.org/confronting-...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Join us for a webinar series on online gender-based violence in China. We will discuss how technology-facilitated sexual violence unfolds in China, who bears the brunt of it, and where legal and policy gaps persist, while also drawing on global experiences and promising practices.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The new issue of the Made in China Journal is out! This time we explore what it means to come of age in China today, at a moment when the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless. Download the whole issue at madeinchinajournal.com/2025/10/27/b...
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The new issue of Global China Pulse is now live! What does it mean to do fieldwork on Global China? This issue explores the methodological, ethical, and political challenges researchers face when studying China’s global presence from the ground up. Download here: globalchinapulse.net/download/glo...
July 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Have you listened to 开门见山|Gateway to Global China, our new podcast? Catch Ep. 1, ‘Legacies of Covid-19’, before Ep. 2, ‘Being a Journalist in China’, drops next Wednesday. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music so you don’t miss an episode! madeinchinajournal.com/gateway-to-g...
July 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A few of us at the Made in China Journal have been working on a very exciting new project. Stay tuned for the launch of our podcast, 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China, a monthly interview series hosted by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social. The first episode drops next week, wherever you get your podcasts.
June 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The new Made in China Journal is out! Is journalism in China dead? As state control grows and old outlets vanish, new forms are emerging—from citizen exposés to cross-border investigations. This issue explores journalism's reinvention. Download for free at madeinchinajournal.com/2025/04/22/c...
May 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The new issue of GCP is out! How is Mandarin evolving in a changing world? Our contributors explore its transformation at China’s frontiers and beyond—where state control meets public innovation, and global encounters spark new hybrids. Download for free at globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
March 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
From the 19th-century gold rushes to the current scramble for lithium, Chinese labour and capital have been key to the making of the global capitalist system.

Join us in Lund from 16-19 June for the 2025 Global China Summer School. Deadline 14 March, apply here: www.ace.lu.se/article/glob...
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The latest issue of Global China Pulse is out! This one delves deep into the online scam industry, and the human trafficking and cyber slavery that accompanies it. As always, it is fully Open Access and free to download. globalchinapulse.net/global-china...
December 23, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Over the years we have published several open access books. The latest is ‘Proletarian China’, a history of Chinese labour published with @versobooks.bsky.social and edited by @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and @csorace.bsky.social. Available to download at: madeinchinajournal.com/download/240... 5/
November 25, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The new issue of MIC is out! In it, we focus on what remains of cultural differences at the end of the dream of communist pluralism and ethnic autonomy and on how Blackness has been imagined, defined, or practiced in Chinese history. Download for free at madeinchinajournal.com/2024/08/27/b...
August 27, 2024 at 8:50 AM
We are happy to introduce the Global China Lab, a new nonprofit through which we will continue to spread open knowledge about China. GCL brings together all our initiatives, including the Made in China Journal, People's Map of Global China, Global China Pulse, the books, and more. globalchinalab.org
January 31, 2024 at 11:08 AM
We are now on Bluesky too! In our latest issue, you will find a focus on pandemic governance and the subjective experiences of living through lockdowns in China, a forum on Chinese civil society, and assorted essays and conversations. Download it FOR FREE at madeinchinajournal.com/2023/11/21/out
November 29, 2023 at 8:49 AM