SOAS in the Media: 19-25 May

26 May 2020

Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, has spoken extensively about China's plans to clamp down on protesters in Hong Kong to over 400 global media outlets including BBC News, The Guardian , The Independent , Al Jazeera , ABC News , Deutsche Welle , The New York Times , Taiwan News and VICE .

Items related to Asia

  • TIME , Al Jazeera , Observador , The New York Times , Modern Ghana and over 70 other global media outlets: Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute comments on China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic - 19-25 May
  • Times Higher Education : Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute comments on China's pressure on Chinese scholars to not criticise the country's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic - 22 May
  • Indian Strategic Studies : Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute comments on the WHO's praising of China's handling of the pandemic and the speculation around the organisation's relationship with the country - 22 May
  • Lampost : Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institure comments on China's leader Xi Jinping's plans to return the country back to 'normal' - 21 May
  • BBC Chinese : Dr Dafydd Fell, Reader in Comparative Politics comments on the first four year's of Taiwan's President Tsai's administration - 20 May
  • Global Policy Insights : Dr Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at SOAS China Institute writes about China’s Soft Power and an East/West Divide in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic - 19 May
  • NK Chosun , Naver , Zum.com : Dr Charlotte Horlyck, Senior Lecturer in the History of Korean Art, looks at the identity of 'Korean art' - 21 May
  • Indian Strategic Studies : Interview with Dr Ayesda Siddiqa, Research Associate, SOAS South Asia Institute on Pakistan's handling of the coronavirus - 24 May
  • Daily Telegraph Australia , Queensland Times , New Zealand Herald and over 40 other global media outlets: Quotes Dr Yuka Kobayashi, Lecturer in China and International Politics, discussing China's economic and political strategy in investing in other countries infrastructure in exchange for political concessions - 24 May
  • South China Morning Post , China Daily : George Magnus, Research Associate at SOAS' China Institute, comments on China's active role in global monetary system’s reform - 20 May
  • Bloomberg , Gulf Business , India Global News , Hindustan Times and over 50 other global media outlets: Burzine Waghmar, Member of the Centre for the study Pakistan comments on the recent plane crash in the country - 22 May
  • Times of India , Economic Times , Dailyhunt , Eastern Eye and over 15 other media outlets: Tridip, an undergraduate student at SOAS, comments on life in India during the Covid-19 pandemic - 19 May

Items related to Africa

Items related to the Middle East

  • Jacobin : Dr. Rafeef Ziadah, Lecturer Comparative Politics of the Middle East writes about Covid-19 and Palestinian workers - 23 May
  • The Jewish Chronicle : Colin Shindler, Emeritus Professor of Israel Studies, writes about Yigal Amir, Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin, who will celebrate his 50th birthday in prison on 23 May - 22 May

Items related to other regions/General SOAS

  • AsiaSource : Valerie Amos, Director of SOAS University of London, speaks at the online event 'COVID-19 as a Humanitarian Crisis' - 20 May
  • Business Day (South Africa) : Professor Adam Habib, SOAS's direct-elect writes about the role of universities in shaping a new world - 24 May
  • AgenParl : Dr Stephen Hopgood, Pro-Director (International) and Professor of International Relations contributes to The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory - 19 May
  • The Economist : Professor Guy Standing, Research Associate in Development studies, writes about the financial implications of lockdown - 20 May
  • Global , Eurasia Review : Subir Sinha, Senior Lecturer in Institutions and Development, comments on the findings on the UN report on the Sustainable Development Goals in the Covid-19 context - 21 May
  • Developing Economics : Book Review of 'Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East' by Adam Hanieh, Reader in Development Studies - 25 May
  • AgenParl : Announcement of the book, "The History of Negation in European and Mediterranean languages" of which Christopher Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Arabic Linguistics is an author - 25 May
  • Council On Foreign Relations : Professor Mary Boyce and Professor Hanels comment on Zarathustra - 19 May
  • From Poverty to Power : A SOAS ACE briefing looks at the COVID-19 response being undermined by corruption - 19 May
  • The Scotsman : Obituary: Dr Shirley Guthrie, ex-SOAS lecturer - 23 May
  • ChurchTimes : Obituary: Fuad Nahdi, SOAS alumnus - 22 May

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