The far-right label is not easily applied in China, but nevertheless there is a rising tide of xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, anti-feminism, and social conservatism
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Chenchen Zhang is associate professor in international relations at Durham University, where she is also director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. This article
Webinars and Interviews
Upcoming:
23 May 2026, 09:00 UTC – Postliberal Convergence and the Repurposing of Anticolonial Critique. Webinar and Q&A with Chenchen Zhang.
7 June 2026, 15:00 UTC – Towards an Ethnic Democracy: Autocratization in India. Webinar and Q&A with Nissim Mannathukkaren.
9 August 2026, 09:00 UTC – Webinar and Q&A with Melinda Cooper. Details to follow.
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Past:
12 April 2026 – Webinar with Tereza Hendl, Yudit Namer and Anna Zielinska on Antisemitism, Racism and Empire
29 March 2026 – Webinar with Oksana Dutchak on War, Austerity and Care
15 March 2026 – Webinar with Bill Fletcher Jr. on Global Labour Movement Solidarity
4 Jan 2026 – Webinar with Anna Hájková on Eastern Europe and the Blind Spots of the Global Left
16 Nov 2025 – Webinar with Jacob Abolafia on Emancipation and Decolonisation
21 Sept 2025 – Webinar with Brian Hioe on Campism and the Left in Taiwan
11 May 2025 – Webinar with Philippe Corcuff and Ben Gidley on Confusionism
4 May 2025 – Webinaire avec Pierre Gaussens sur la “critique de la raison décoloniale”
17 April 2025 – Entretien avec Michel Cahen sur le concept de colonialité
26 Jan 2025 – Interview with Ben Wexler on the Idea of the Eternal Settler
12 Jan 2025 – Webinar with Joe Grim Feinberg on Rethinking Colonialism and Imperialism
19 Nov 2024 – Interview with Lachlan McNamee on Settler Colonialism
14 July 2024 – Webinar with Lachlan McNamee and Arnon Degani on Settler Colonialism
Anna Hájková, Anna Zielinska, Arnon Degani, Ben Gidley, Benjamin Wexler, Bill Fletcher Jr., Brian Hioe, Byron Clark, Chenchen Zhang, Daphne Lawless, Haoues Seniguer, Jacob Abolafia, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Lachlan McNamee, Michal Frenkel, Michel Cahen, Nissim Mannathukkaren, Oksana Dutchak, Philippe Corcuff, Tereza Hendl, Yudit Namer
This article seeks to deepen understanding of the global politics of reactionary discursive formations, which at the current conjuncture increasingly coalesce around self-victimising articulations of
Chenchen Zhang is associate professor in international relations at Durham University, where she is also director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. This article