SOAS in the Media: 3 - 9 Jan 2023

Expert comment on global news topics from the past week 

  

  • Adam Habib writes about rethinking university partnerships and international fees for International Higher Education Global Issues Magazine. 
  • Stephen Chan comments on the new Chinese foreign minister's recent visit to Africa for Al Jazeera.
  • Ha Joon Chang comments on the economic impact of washing machines, especially for women's financial liberation for Glasgow University Magazine.
  • Steve Tsang comments on China's interest in Afghan oil of i news.
  • Steve Tsang speaks to BBC Ulster about China's "panda diplomacy" as two giant pandas from Edinburgh zoo will return to China (listen from 55.09).
  • Steve Tsang comments on China's Covid-19 outbreak following the abadoning of the zero-Covid policy and what this means for Xi Jinping for Newsweek.
  • Steve Tsang comments on why Beijing want Jimmy Lai to be locked up for The Atlantic. 
  • Sanjay Srivastava writes for the Indian Express about the effect of demolitions and evictions on the poor in Haldwani, India.
  • Phil Clark appears on Monocle Radio to discuss the M23 violence and continuing violence in eastern DR Congo.
  • Antonio Andreoni discusses compressed development and innovating industrial policy on the Policy Matters podcast.
  • Colin Shindler writes about the new Israeli government for Plus61J.
  • Hazel Smith is referenced commenting on the food insecurity in North Korea in this Telegraph article. 
  • Dara Salam writes about the women's movement in Iran for the LSE Middle East blog.
  • John Parker comments on former Ghanaian President Nkrumah’s ties to socialism for the Daily Express
  • Interview with Shantel Earle, SOAS HR Business Partner in HR Magazine
  • Duncan Bartlett predicts the main economic issues for Japan in 2023 for Japan Forward
  • Tribute to Annabelle Sreberny by Article 19