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The Nexperia case revealed one of the most important strategic dependencies in the EU-China relationship: 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀.

🔎 In this article, 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮 argues that mature (“legacy”) chips 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 will be a defining variable in EU-China engagement over the coming decade.

“𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘜-𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”

Read the full article 👉 https://leidenasiacentre.nl/legacy-chips-in-eu-china-relations/

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📢 Call for applications: The Asia in the World Fellowship Programme 📢

🔹 The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) introduces a groundbreaking fellowship programme that transforms traditional approaches to Asian Studies.

🔹 Moving beyond conventional North–South dynamics and regional frameworks, this innovative programme fosters a truly global dialogue through a distinctive two-phase nine-month structure: a three-month residency at a partner institution in Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Europe (Phase 1), followed by a six-month stay at IIAS, Leiden University, in the Netherlands (Phase 2). During the first phase, fellows in the same cohort will participate in online meetings with the coordinator of the IIAS Fellowship Programme.

🔹 The ‘Asia in the World’ programme is designed to promote innovative research and global collaboration in Asian Studies, ensuring that the fellowship benefits both individual researchers and the broader academic community. The co-hosting model helps sustain our ambition to make it a truly multi-centred mode of knowledge production and collaborative exchange.

🔹 Want to learn more about the fellowship programme and the application procedure? Join our online information session on Thursday 13 August (10:00 - 11:00 CEST)

⚠️Application Deadline is 10 September 2026

➡️ For more information about the timeline, structure, application requirements, and to receive the info session meeting link, please visit:
https://www.iias.asia/fellowships/asia-in-the-world

A century after it came out, Maugham's travelogue of his trip to China in 1919–20 reveals less about China itself, more about the foreigners who lived there.

Read Jeremiah Jenne's latest Archive Pick now: https://chinabooksreview.com/2026/07/16/w-somerset-maugham/

Research Position (m/f/d) Funded by the DFG, Close Encounters is an anthropological enquiry into the politics of intimacy and dev...

FORTHCOMING TITLE: "Waiting for the Barbarians: A History of Geopolitics in Early Modern China, 1680-1850" is a groundbreaking examination of how Qing China reimagined its imperial identity through territorial expansion, ideological adaptation, and cartographic precision. Between 1680 and 1850, the Qing integrated Central Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia into a vast, multiethnic empire—challenging traditional Confucian distinctions between civilization and “barbarism.”

Bridging political thought, cultural geography, and geodetic science, this book reveals how Qing rulers legitimized territorial claims using symbolic geography—such as surveys of the Yellow River’s headwaters—and advanced tools like triangulation and the theodolite. These efforts fostered a new understanding of spatial order among Qing officials, intellectuals, and administrators. https://www.cambriapress.com/WaitingfortheBarbarians

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在全球秩序深刻变动的今天，东西方之间如何实现真正的相互理解？不同文明之间的交流，是“文化基因”的差异，还是价值观与制度的互动？历史经验又能为今天提供哪些启示？

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Ten years on, the AIIB and NDB are evolutionary, not revolutionary A decade after the AIIB and NDB were predicted to disrupt global finance, the banks have left the existing order largely intact.