Abstract: This forthcoming paper in The China Quarterly provides an analytical review of the social science literature on guanxi. The focus of this review is on the prevalence and the increasing significance of guanxi during China’s post-1978 reforms implemented to move to a market economy. Since then, researchers have engaged in debates on what guanxi actually means to Chinese people in the past and at present, how it has been adaptive to ongoing institutional transformations, and why its influence in economic, social, and political spheres can be stabling, increasing, or decreasing along with market reforms and economic growth. The author […]

Co-organised by Shanghai Art Film Federation and SOAS China Institute, 2017 Chinese Art Film Showcase presents four award-winning contemporary Chinese art films that center on the persistence of traditional values in the process of China’s rapid modernization. This film showcase intends to help contemporary Chinese art films reach a wider audience and to provide a platform for the discussion of issues related to contemporary Chinese culture and society.

After-screening discussion (Dr Marta Sernesi, SOAS, etc.)

The GCD IV is the only high-end forum in the world to take China’s ‘The Belt and Road’ as a global initiative and to discuss China and Chinese participation in building global society and comprehensive governance of global society

Please go to lunch

The Year of the Dog!! In London, the main event, with many accompanying activities, is the spectacular Parade on Sunday the 18th. London claims its celebration is the largest outside Asia. http://tinyurl.com/ycjecs2g Manchester will stage its biggest and best New Year celebration yet starting on Friday the 16th and culminating on Sunday the 18th with fireworks and the Dragon Parade. http://tinyurl.com/y9ax6e8o Newcastle kicks off its celebration with a launch event on Friday 16th. The city’s biggest ever (and newly ‘crowdfunded’) parade starts in Chinatown on Stowell Street on the 18th. http://tinyurl.com/yc5padw6 In Liverpool, between the 16th and 18th, “a three-day […]

Celebrate the Year of the Dog with this special family day. Learn how to ribbon dance, try your hand at traditional calligraphy, listen to traditional Chinese stories, watch a lion dance and much more. What better way to start the new year? Free drop-in. Every year since opening in 2003, the museum has hosted a celebration at the museum to mark the Chinese New Year. This is in recognition of the Chinese community in the area, and the cultural significance of Limehouse to the area.