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    The EU and China in 2025: We asked five experts for their views on the outcomes and disappointments of the summit marking the 50th anniversary of ties between the European Union and China:

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    A European Union-China Summit took place in Beijing on July 24, 2025, marking the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations. European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. What are the implications for trade and security, and for how Europe has to balance its

    What Did the EU-China 50th Anniversary Summit Achieve? | ChinaFile

    A European Union-China Summit took place in Beijing on July 24, 2025, marking the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic relations. European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. What are the implications for trade and security, and for how Europe has to balance its
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    Trains are a motif that runs through Zha Jianying's memoir and family history, of which the final and fifth part is here:

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    23. China is a powerful nation now. Decades of fast GDP growth. The second largest economy in the world. Yet another “New Era” has been declared by yet another strong and wise leader (Mao Zedong used the phrase “New Era” as early as 1940).The official drumbeat about “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”—Xi Jinping’s version of “Make China Great Again”—has been

    Trains: A Chinese Family History of Railway Journeys, Exile, and Survival | ChinaFile

    23. China is a powerful nation now. Decades of fast GDP growth. The second largest economy in the world. Yet another “New Era” has been declared by yet another strong and wise leader (Mao Zedong used the phrase “New Era” as early as 1940).The official drumbeat about “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”—Xi Jinping’s version of “Make China Great Again”—has been
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    On July 2, the Dalai Lama released a statement about the process of selecting his successor. What's going to happen next? A ChinaFile Conversation with Ian Johnson, Isabel Hilton, Tashi Rabgey, and Robert Barnett:

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    How might the battle over succession play out over the coming months? If the Dalai Lama announces a successor, how will Beijing respond? How robust is the institutional framework for maintaining legitimacy without the Chinese government’s recognition, and what are its potential vulnerabilities? What are the ramifications for China’s relationship with India, which hosts the

    The Dalai Lama’s Succession | ChinaFile

    How might the battle over succession play out over the coming months? If the Dalai Lama announces a successor, how will Beijing respond? How robust is the institutional framework for maintaining legitimacy without the Chinese government’s recognition, and what are its potential vulnerabilities? What are the ramifications for China’s relationship with India, which hosts the
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    Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social

    I've written an article on the films of the young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet at ChinaFile @chinafile.bsky.social . Ikram is in prison in China; his four brilliant films explore inhabiting Uyghur identity within China in complex and powerful ways. 1/

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    The Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet Ikram is behind bars on political charges. Shelly Kraicer reviews his four short films, and explores what they tell us about how “ethnic minority” artists can—and cannot—work inside China's system:

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    The young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet is now in a Chinese prison for “actively participating in terrorist activities.” He was likely targeted because he had studied in Turkey between 2010 and 2016. It is always difficult for what China calls “ethnic minority” (i.e. non-Han Chinese) filmmakers to make the films they want to make inside China, where review by the state Film

    Balancing What Can Be Said with What Can Only Be Implied | ChinaFile

    The young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet is now in a Chinese prison for “actively participating in terrorist activities.” He was likely targeted because he had studied in Turkey between 2010 and 2016. It is always difficult for what China calls “ethnic minority” (i.e. non-Han Chinese) filmmakers to make the films they want to make inside China, where review by the state Film

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    The Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet Ikram is behind bars on political charges. Shelly Kraicer reviews his four short films, and explores what they tell us about how “ethnic minority” artists can—and cannot—work inside China's system:

    www.chinafile.com/re...

    The young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet is now in a Chinese prison for “actively participating in terrorist activities.” He was likely targeted because he had studied in Turkey between 2010 and 2016. It is always difficult for what China calls “ethnic minority” (i.e. non-Han Chinese) filmmakers to make the films they want to make inside China, where review by the state Film

    Balancing What Can Be Said with What Can Only Be Implied | ChinaFile

    The young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet is now in a Chinese prison for “actively participating in terrorist activities.” He was likely targeted because he had studied in Turkey between 2010 and 2016. It is always difficult for what China calls “ethnic minority” (i.e. non-Han Chinese) filmmakers to make the films they want to make inside China, where review by the state Film
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    Mareike Ohlberg @mareikeohlberg.bsky.social

    I highly recommend this piece on internet censorship in China by Jessica Batke and ‪@whiskeyocelot.bsky.social‬ locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/... Whether you're an expert on the topic or completely new to it, I can guarantee you will come away with a better understanding.

    The man gazes earnestly into the camera, the glow from his computer monitor reflecting off his black-rimmed glasses. “This is more than just a cultural moment,” he says with a smile. “It’s something t...

    The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters

    The man gazes earnestly into the camera, the glow from his computer monitor reflecting off his black-rimmed glasses. “This is more than just a cultural moment,” he says with a smile. “It’s something t...
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    Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social

    👇 "The [PRC censorship] system...intertwines human and machine into a complex apparatus that pervades the online and offline worlds/At the same time, the system is a resource-constrained, best-guess, partially-deployed patchwork, every component of which is imperfect and subject to failure"

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