The everyday lives of gay men in Hainan: sociality, space and time This talk presents ethnographic research on gay men in Hainan, an economically and socially marginal Chinese province.
Smashing statues as posthumous punishment in Imperial China In this seminar, Dr Desmond Cheung will examine cases of statue smashing in Hangzhou during the Ming dynasty, analysing their significance.
China’s heterosexual politics: between ambiguities of governance and everyday injustices Professor Stevi Jackson and Dr Kailing Xie's will talk about their forthcoming book, 'The Gendered Politics of Sexuality in China'.
WSD Handa Distinguished Annual Lecture 2026: The ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership The WSD Handa Distinguished Annual Lecture 2026 will focus on how the ASEAN-China partnership has developed throughout the years.
Capitalist development in Late Qing China: a reassessment of the 1883 financial crisis Zhiqing Hu's talk reexamines the 1883 financial crisis in Qing-era China within the global context of capitalism and financialisation.
What Do We Need to Know About the Chinese Communist Party? Professor Timothy Creek will explore the nature of the CCP in this webinar.
Is China’s Urban-Rural Income Gap Still Relevant? Professor Sicular discusses why, in the context of China's rapid urbanisation, standard approaches to measuring the urban-rural income gap have become less relevant.