HKU's Department of Politics and Public Administration is hiring for a tenure-track assistant/associate professor in international relations, ideally to begin in the next academic year.

Please share with anyone interested. Thanks!

Info: jobs.hku.hk/en/job/534578/…

China’s bilateral swap agreements and foreign policy, by Qi Liu, Xun Pang & @james_vreeland tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On 6 Mar I’ll present Global Africa as Method at #GloTechLab. Drawing on ethnography across Nairobi, Maputo & Guangzhou, it rethinks African fashion as a method for understanding creativity and value-making across China–Africa networks.
📍UMass Amherst
🔗 glotechlab.net/events-global-…

Rappel
Un capitalisme extractif sino-congolais
Penglei Su 苏鹏磊
Séminaire « Présences chinoises » 18 février 2026 (9h-11h)
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As China’s global footprint grows, so does the debate. But how do we connect big-picture narratives with what’s actually happening on the ground?

Join Ching Kwan Lee (@UCLA ) and @estariade (@SOAS ) for a timely conversation bridging global frameworks and grounded research, plus new book on China’s impact on African industrialisation through labour and policy lenses.

🗓 10 Feb | 🕕 6pm |📍SOAS KLT
🔗 Register here: rb.gy/2duoqu

Hello! I am hiring for two positions. One based at UCSD (first review of applicants next week) and one based in Mozambique (rolling review). Please see information here: saralowes.com/resources.html

What to Expect from Africa China Relations in 2026. Insights from Ambassador Fred Ngoga @NgogaFred
@SCMPNews @_AfricanUnion @ChinaGSProject @CedricdeConing @CAAC_Network @BBCAfrica @ftchina @alykhansatchu @ChinaAfricaBlog @The_EastAfrican @SAPESTrust10 @csmonitor @DailyMonitor @NgogaFred
africacenter.org/spotlight/afri…

For the new @nplusonemag issue, I wrote about Jia Zhangke’s latest feature and my growing up in a disappearing China. (Featuring nervous chickens in my grandparents’ yard and a vice premier who failed to keep our appointment) tinyurl.com/33bd6rn9

Réflexion sur le positionnement international de la Chine à l’égard du tiers-monde
Clément Broche
Séminaire « Présences chinoises », 21 janvier 2026, 14h - 16h
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US foreign aid is shedding moral pretence and revealing its strategic logic. Our new book, Aid for Dominance (with @santinoregilme) shows that despite different delivery models, both US & China use aid to shape & dominate recipient states @ChinaGSProject
@CAAC_Network @SCMPNews

The rise and fall of economic coalitions in the Belt and Road Initiative: case study of a flagship project in Kenya, by @Zhu_Keren tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My forthcoming book is now listed with the cover! cambridge.org/ga/universityp…

On China open.substack.com/pub/poststrate…

Demain
Les normes chinoises dans les marchés d’infrastructure en Afrique : un enjeu géopolitique, ou beaucoup de bruit pour rien ?
Laure Deron & Paola Pasquali
Séminaire « Présences chinoises » 17 décembre 2025 de 9h à 11h
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The scramble for Xiaobei: epistemic extraction, racialised knowledge, and representation in Africa–China urban encounters #SinoAfrica #AfricaChina #ChinaAfrica #AfricansinChina #Guangzhou #China #Africa #Xiaobei

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

La protection des intérêts chinois en Afrique
Carine Pina
Séminaire « Présences chinoises », mercredi 3 décembre 2025 (9h-11h)
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La protection des intérêts chinois en Afrique
Carine Pina
Séminaire « Présences chinoises », mercredi 3 décembre 2025 (9h-11h)
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'How is the shift from trade to investment among Chinese private firms in Ghana unfolding?'
@drelisagambino unpacks the trend in this clip.

#Chinesetrade #Chineseprivateinvestments #AfCFTA #Ghana #China #Research

This Saturday: ALA Lecture Series presents Duncan Yoon who will be discussing his book China in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African Literature. You can join the LIVE conversation at tinyurl.com/3uny2w76 on October 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST; 4:00 PM London/Lagos.