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My @ChinaQuarterly article on China's UNSC innovations over Syria to separate intervention from regime change is just out: tinyurl.com/y7uy4kwl. #UNSC #UN #R2P #veto #RegimeChange

Had some of the most thought-provoking talks in the Bookworm in Beijing, and sharing similar feelings about the capital too. theinitium.com/article/201807… via 端傳媒 Initium Media

Yan Xuetong calls for Beijing to OPEN more to deal with Trump: “...draw upon the experiences of Deng Xiaoping… more opening of all sectors...more internet freedom will considerably improve China's strategic competitiveness.” Dare Beijing's policy-makers take his proposal?😀

How big a scandal was it in Hong Kong when a Cantopop star was caught in an illicit kiss on video? Well, the Building Department weighed in. So did an anticorruption agency. And Hong Kong's largest bus company. nyti.ms/2ZnCRvm

Early in his career I.M. Pei designed these two buildings that I see almost everyday in Chicago. Today many of the inhabitants are international students at the University of Chicago.

Shing-hon Lam and I unpack China’s ‘influence’ at the UN 🇺🇳: PRC influence isn’t monolithic, goes beyond sidelining Taiwan + (like other great states) uses a variety of methods to modify UN from within Richard Gowan PassBlue columlynch The UN Times UN Dispatch #WIPOElection2020

If you've signed up for #APSA2020 come join our China roundtable! Shing-hon Lam and I have a new paper tracking the connection between PRC nationals holding international leadership positions and China's semantic influence at the UN.

Afternoon run, 31/12.

In this new article, Courtney J. Fung and Shing-hon Lam examine the under-studied influence of China on the UN: Chinese nationals working as international civil servants 🇨🇳 Read the full article here > doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

Really challenging run under the rain and thunderstorm. Glad we made it 🏃‍♂️💨

Dennis came from a single-parent family and his mom had to sell her apartment to pay tuition. A link to help out: gofundme.com/f/wdrbz6 The University of Chicago must do more to keep students safe than offering free lyft rides after 9pm. Two students were killed in broad daylight this year.

Second day of #PEIO14. Shing-hon Lam is starting it off with an analysis of China’s influence in the United Nations. Paper at peio.me.

Thanks to Rosemary Foot Sebastian Haug Silke Weinlich for organizing our @ecpr #ecprgc22 zoom panel (ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P…). I'll present Shing-hon Lam and my work on China's UN staffing efforts, alongside panelists Malin Oud Wenting Meng @lawaisbich Max-Otto Baumann. Looking forward!

Achievement unlocked: research mention in The Economist Happy to see David Rennie special report on China and Global Governance citing my and Shing-hon Lam forthcoming The Lowy Institute Paper on China's contributions to the United Nations economist.com/special-report…

NEW RESEARCH: -- Mixed report card: China's influence at the United Nations -- Courtney J. Fung and Shing-hon Lam evaluate data on funding, staffing, votes and language to consider whether China's attempts to influence the UN have had success. lowyinstitute.org/publications/m…

Join Shing-hon Lam and me for an online research talk on China’s intl civil service contributions, hosted by ANU SPIR (11am AEST 28 Sept) — sign up below! cc: Security Studies @ MQ Patrick Rosenow Sebastian Haug Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)

Sugar industry headed for a shake-up with global trade changes on.wsj.com/1stOVKr via The Wall Street Journal

Whatever Happened to Free Trade? wsj.com/articles/whate…

Wild things: The evolutionary element of markets economist.com/news/books-and… via The Economist

看到金正恩妹妹的神态，想起《一代宗师》里金楼阿姑们看宫二。