Past Manchester China Institute events
Bingchun Meng - Gender discourse on Chinese social media: From Douban feminism to PUA tutorial
WEBINAR: This online talk will explore the ever-changing landscape of gender discourse on Chinese so...
Eradicating extreme poverty in China: A sociological account.
China has lifted more than 700 million people out of poverty since late 1970s and announced in 2020...
William C. Kirby - "Empire of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China," (Book Discussion)
WEBINAR: Today American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Yet...
Beijing's Global Media Influence (Virtual Panel Discussion)
WEBINAR: Freedom House, MCI & UoM's Critical Global Politics Research Cluster are co-hosting a virt...
Scott Moore - China’s Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China’s Rise and the World’s Future
WEBINAR: If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is that the world is bound together by shar...
The Chinese economy in the long run
Date: October 21, 2022 Conference title: The Chinese Economy in the Long Run Location: The Univ...
A Conversation with Maria Repnikova on Chinese Soft Power
WEBINAR: This multi-ranging talk between Dr. Maria Repnikova of Georgia State University & MCI Direc...
Kailing Xie - Love in the 'Chinese' way: making new national role models under Xi
WEBINAR: When the Western concept of "true love” first came to China at the beginning of the twent...
Dafydd Fell - How do Movement Parties Learn Lessons of Defeat in Taiwan? The Case of the Green Party
IN-PERSON: Electoral defeat is often viewed as the mother of party change. However, studies show tha...
Margaret Hillenbrand - Feeling Precarious in China
On the evening of November 18th, 2017, a blaze broke out in the basement of a two-storey building in...