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News on China

Shanghai Hosts Global Forum on Sustainable Supply Chains

Shanghai welcomed over 300 delegates from 40 countries to discuss green logistics, traceability, and resilient supply chains. Chinese companies shared best practices on ESG compliance and transparency in global operations.

Youth Climate Movement Grows in Chinese Universities

Student-led climate campaigns are gaining traction across top universities in China. Youth organizations are pushing for divestment from fossil fuels and calling for greater sustainability in campus operations.

Book Theories

Erhai Lake Governance: Technology Going to the Countryside and China’s Ecological Path

Erhai Lake Governance: Technology Going to the Countryside and China’s Ecological Path investigates how environmental governance, digital technology, and rural revitalization intersect in the context of Erhai Lake. Centering on ecological protection efforts in southwest China, the book explores how scientific innovation, state policy, and local participation jointly shape a new model for rural ecological governance. It offers insights into China's broader ecological modernization and its implications for the Global South.

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Xinyu Lv

Future Archaeology in the Social Media Era

Future Archaeology in the Social Media Era by Lv Xinyu explores how digital traces on social platforms shape collective memory, cultural narratives, and historical imagination. Bridging media theory and cultural studies, the book reflects on how ephemeral online content may become the "artifacts" of tomorrow, offering new ways to understand time, identity, and social change in the digital age.

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Xinyu Lv

Countryside And Revolution: Global Southern New Perspective

Countryside and Revolution: A Global Southern Perspective by Lv Xinyu explores the intertwined histories of rural transformation and revolutionary movements in the Global South. The book reframes rural China’s experience within a broader international context, highlighting how the countryside has been a key site of resistance, imagination, and change. It challenges dominant urban-centric narratives and calls for a renewed understanding of revolution through the lens of rural struggles.

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Xinyu Lv