China Now: Recent Events in China’s Domestic Policy and Global Strategy

In this webinar, Professor William Hurst and Dr Alice Politi discussed recent developments in China’s domestic and foreign affairs. Among other topics, the discussion addressed the recent intensification of political purges, and examine China’s global posture, with particular attention to China-Europe relations. About the Discussants: Prof William Hurst is Co-Director and Strand Leader for the Indo-Pacific Strand, Centre for Geopolitics, and Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), University of Cambridge. Bill received his PhD in 2005 from the University of California-Berkeley and, following two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford, held tenured or tenure-track posts at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Toronto, and Northwestern University, in addition to a fellowship at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, before coming to Cambridge in January 2021. Dr Alice Politi is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate of the Indo-Pacific Strand, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge. During her PhD, she was also the 2024 Eisenhower Defense Fellow at the NATO Defense College and a Policy Advisor at the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Her doctoral research focuses on EU-China relations during the presidency of Xi Jinping, with a focus on China’s Belt and Road Initiative.