SOAS in the Media: 15-21 March

22 March 2022

Items related to Asia

  • Bloomberg , The Straits Times : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Hong Kong migrants settling in the UK following the UK's British National (Overseas) visa route - 18 Mar
  • The Guardian : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on the Chinese reporter embedded with Russian troops on the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war - 16 Mar
  • TIME : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on China's doubling down on the country's Zero-Covid policy - 16 Mar
  • Daily Express : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Russia and China's relationship - 15 Mar
  • Spiked , Redaction Politics : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on Xi Jinping's monitoring of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and what it might mean for China and Taiwan - 16 Mar
  • Asia Sentinel : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute comments on the Ukraine-Russia crisis as a prompt for Taiwan to double down on the buildup of its own missile force - 16 Mar
  • GB News : Steve Tsang, Director of the China Institute, discusses Russia reportedly asking China for military aid - 14 Mar
  • Taiwan Insight : Dafydd Fell, Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies writes about the Sunflower movement's legacy on Taiwan's party system - 18 Mar
  • Pikiran Rakyat : Yi Li, Teaching Fellow in History, comments on the history of Singapore as a trans-Pacific trading point during the colonial period - 19 Mar
  • The Wire - India : Rachel Dwyer, Professor Emerita of Indian culture and cinema, writes about Holi in Indian films - 18 Mar
  • BBC Brasil , BBC Portuguese , La Nacion: Dr Lauren Johnston, Research Associate at the China Institute, comments the 'lying flat' phenomena of workers taking time out from work in China in the wake of the pandemic - 19 Mar
  • Financial Times : Burzine Waghmar, Member of the South Asia Institute, writes a letter to the FT about India’s strategic autonomy over Russia and Ukraine - 16 Mar
  • Japan Forward : Duncan Bartlett Research Associate at the China Institute considers the chances of a rapprochement in the relationship between Japan and South Korea following the election of Yoon Suk-yeol, who will take office in May - 18 Mar
  • Kootneeti : Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate at the SOAS China Institute, updates viewers on developments in US-China relations in the wake of the war in Ukraine - 14 Mar
  • China In Context : Duncan Bartlett, Research Associate at the SOAS China Institute, discusses the way in which the Chinese Communist Party interprets history with Zeyu Xu from the Xinhua news agency in Beijing - 14 Mar
  • ThePrint : Aadil Brar, MSc student in International Politics with a focus on China, writes about the difference of opinion within the Chinese government on the Russia-Ukraine war and why this is problematoc for Xi Jinping - 21 Mar

Items related to the Middle East

  • The Daily Telegraph , Daily Mail , France24 , Arab Weekly : Seyed Ali Alavi, Teaching Fellow in Politics and International relations, comments on the UK government's change in strategy in Iran following the payment of a £393 million debt in exchange for the release of British-Iranian prisoners - 17 Mar

Items related to other regions/SOAS General

  • The Times : Dr Ida Hadjivayanis, Narguess Farzad, Dr Nada Elzeer and Naresh Sharma from the Department of Languages, Cultures and Lingusitics, share their tips and tricks to learning a new language - 21 Mar
  • New Statesman : Mushtaq Khan, Professor of Economics, comments on hidden threat climate corruption and fraud - 21 Mar
  • BBC Guernsey : Julia Sallabank, Professor of Language Policy and Revitalisation, discusses Guernsey French and how it has been taught in schools over the years - 16 Mar
  • TRT World : Dr Marie Rodet, Reader in the History of Africa, comments on Google's digitisation of Timbuktu manuscripts - 18 Mar
  • Financial Times : Nicholas Westcott, Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD), writes a letter to the FT about why Russia might fail to emulate tactics used in Syria against Ukraine - 18 Mar
  • The Jewish Chronicle : Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor in Israel studies reviews "In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution and the Rise of Nazism" by Michael Brenner - 18 Mar
  • BBC Radio 4 : Dr Maya Goodfellow, Research Associate, discusses why Elena Ferrante’s novel ‘My Brilliant Friend’ makes her joyful. - 21 Mar

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