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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.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pays lightning visit to Leiden University17 October 2018During his two-day visit to the Netherlands, the Chinese Prime Minister paid an unexpected visit to Leiden on 16 October. Li Keqiang spoke with Rector...
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Leiden strengthens collaboration with China16 October 2018A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities ...
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Archaeologist teaches Honours Course in The Hague: “The past is still alive.”01 October 2018This semester archaeologist Dr Marike van Aerde teaches an Honours Course at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague. “In the cours...
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Call for Paper Proposals China: Global Leadership Diplomacy19 June 2018A more powerful and prosperous China is exerting unprecedented influence on global affairs and the Chinese government is openly pursuing a proactive d...
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Universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam aiming to work together on cooperation with China09 April 2018Chinese universities have big ambitions to be among the leading international higher education institutions. What does this mean in terms of opportun...