In the media
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Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history'in the media 14 October 2025A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asi...
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Svetlana Kharchenkova on The Diplomat about decreased number of U.S. books in China23 September 2025The number of books by U.S. authors released in China has drastically decreased in recent years. Assistant professor Svetlana Kharchenkova wrote an ar...
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Vincent Chang in various media outlets on Chinese commemoration of World War II23 September 2025Assistant professor Vincent Chang spoke in various media outlets about the Chinese commemoration of World War II.
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Colleagues on The Conversation03 July 2025Over the past year, twelve articles by Leiden humanities scholars have been published on The Conversation, an English-language platform that translate...
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Research by Willemijn Waal in various media13 May 2025Research by Assistant Professor Willemijn Waal has gained attention from various media outlets. Waal investigates, among other things, whether the Gre...
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Henk Schulte Nordholt on BBC News Indonesia: 'Nyepi is about giving nature a moment to rest'15 April 2025Emeritus professor Henk Schulte Nordholt of Leiden University discusses in BBC News Indonesia the unique traditions of Desa Tenganan Pegringsingan dur...
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Rogier Creemers in The Economist: 'Corruption is as much an issue as incompetence'15 April 2025Assistant professor Rogier Creemers of Leiden University discusses in The Economist the vulnerabilities in China’s handling of personal data.
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Rogier Creemers in Times Higher Education: 'Chinese companies are expected to support national goals'27 March 2025Assistant professor Rogier Creemers discusses in Times Higher Education how China’s universities and companies collaborate to advance AI.
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Rogier Creemers on CNBC about China’s big tech policy30 January 2023Chinese State-backed entities have taken tiny stakes in parts of two Alibaba subsidiaries that oversee a video platform and web browser. Professor Rog...
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Maurits Berger on Ruetir about national holidays04 January 2023Why are the majority of our national holidays based around Christian festivities? Arabist Maurits Berger talks about this in an article on Ruetir.
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Nira Wickramasinghe on the protests in Sri Lanka19 July 2022Sri Lanka is experiencing unprecedented economic and political crises. Months of protests came to a head earlier this month when protesters occupied P...
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Remco Breuker in Time on South Korea’s presidential compound21 June 2022The president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, has chosen not to use his presidential compound. Professor Remco Breuker states in Time that this marks a...
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Casper Wits in Politico on Europe's relations with China21 June 2022Europe must be prepared to stand up for its values in its relationship with China, argues University Lecturer Casper Wits in an article in Politico.
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Christopher Green on ABC Australia about COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea02 June 2022Assistant Professor Christopher Green was interviewed on ABC Australia about the recent COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea. Green says that the statisti...
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Maghiel van Crevel in Jacobin about migrant worker poetry02 May 2022Hundreds of millions of Chinese workers have moved from the countryside to the city. This social transformation has birthed a tradition of migrant wor...