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Chinese unofficial poetry journals now accessible in Digital Collections10 June 2021Leiden University Libraries has made a large number of unofficial poetry journals from China accessible online in its Digital Collections. This opens ...
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Reading list - The Rise of China and the New Global Order16 April 2021In the past half a century, China has transformed from an underdeveloped and inward-looking country to a major player in world politics. The country a...
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Amnesty International gives masterclass to Leiden students29 March 2021The annual Amnesty International Masterclass on China took place recently in Leiden. The masterclass, which looked at China’s impact on human rights, ...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires 16th-century Chinese imperial edict from Robert van Gulik’s collection18 February 2021Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict ...
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Leiden University signs agreement with Tsinghua to co-foster PhDs in astronomy03 November 2020On 26 October, Leiden University held its first online signing ceremony, signing an agreement with China’s top university Tsinghua to establish a join...
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Video meeting with Judge Xue Hanqin, Vice President to the International Court of Justice20 May 2020A group of Chinese law students currently study this semester at the Leiden Law Faculty with a special focus on public international law. These top ta...
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The corona crisis through the eyes of social scientists14 April 2020The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the social sciences and humanities. SSH Beraad, a consultation body that...
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The Yenching Academy selects Honours Student of LUC The Hague09 April 2020Sylvie Ramakers of Leiden University College The Hague has been accepted to the prestigious Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing China, ma...
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Why the WTO ban on China’s export duties should be ‘greened’14 February 2020China is prohibited from using export duties to address any environmental problems. This is unfortunate, according to PhD candidate Fengan Jiang (Rich...
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A look at the communication strategies of a Chinese state-owned media outlet21 November 2019How does the Chinese government communicate with its citizens? Yuxi Nie obtained her PhD with her thesis on communication strategies of the Chinese st...
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Guest Lecture Ambassador Ron Keller12 November 2019On Friday 8 November 2019, Ron Keller, former ambassador of the Netherlands to China, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia gave a guest lecture at the Institute...
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A visit to our partners in China29 October 2019China is an important partner of Leiden University. We collaborate with more than 20 Chinese universities and welcome around 400 Chinese Bachelor’s, M...
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Chinese delegation visits International Institute of Air and Space Law04 September 2019From 26 August until 5 September 2019, a group of 20 Chinese government officials, industry representatives and academics attended an intensive course...
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LUC Alumnus admitted to the Prestigious Yenching Academy29 April 2019LUC Alumnus, Vera Kranenburg, from the Class of 2018 is admitted to the prestigious Yenching Academy. Vera has been selected as one of the Yenching Sc...
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Leiden University to end agreement with Confucius Institute19 February 2019Leiden University will not extend the present partnership agreement with the Institute, which comes to an end on 31 August 2019.