SOAS in the media 12-18 Sep
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- Kate Bayliss appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about the problems of water company debts.
- Hazel Smith spoke separately to Sky News, Radio 5 Live, and RTE about Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia by train.
- Gurharpal Singh was interviewed by BBC World Service (31:32:00) on the Canada-India tensions over the killing of a Sikh leader.
- Nick Westcott was interviewed by Arise News about President Putin's relationship with North Korea and how they might help Russia with the war.
- Olivia Cheung and Steve Tsang provided comment for this Guardian analysis on the disappearance of the Chinese defence minister.
- SOAS mentioned as a "biggest riser" in the Guardian's University League Table following our jump in the rankings by more than 30 places
- Jim Hoare appeared on Sky News, Times Radio, BBC Radio Wales, and TVP World to speak about Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia by train.
- Fiona Adamson and, former SOAS PhD student, Catherine Craven, were interviewed on the Spotify podcast "Who Do You Think We Are?" on the topic of migration diplomacy.
- Steve Tsang's comments to the UK’s parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee were quoted in Prospect Magazine for their article about China and the rule of fear.
- Javed Akhtar's honorary degree award was covered in Eastern Eye, ABP Live, the Times of India, and My Kolkata, amongst many others.
- Steve Tsang spoke to the Telegraph about how the alleged Chinese spy affects UK reputation and British companies in Hong Kong.
- Gurharpal Singh provided comment to the Sunday Times about the Leicester riots one year ago and whether the city is still divided.
- Xiaoning Lu spoke to the Telegraph about how Chinese children are vastly outperforming their white British peers.
- Steve Tsang spoke to the Independent about how now the Chinese defence minister has gone missing, so soon after the foreign minister went missing.
- SOAS's independent inquiry into the Leicester violence was mentioned in this Leicester Mercury article about the various reviews being held.
- Lina Khatib appeared on BBC Newsnight (26:33:00) to speak about the growing protests faced by Syria's president, Bashar al Assad.
- Stephen Chan wrote an analysis for African Arguments about Zimbabwe’s August 2023 elections.
- Charlotte Horlyck spoke to CNN about imperfect Korean ‘moon jars’ and why they sell for millions.
- Duncan Bartlett discussed China’s spies with Jonathan Berkshire Miller from the Macdonald Laurier Institute - China in Context podcast.