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All Other Passports: shapes and sounds of visa inequality. by LAGO Collective and King's College London An exhibition of data visualisations and sonifications by designers Federica Fragapane and Tiziana Alocci on the rejection rates and hidden costs of sh
13 Sep

All Other Passports: shapes and sounds of visa inequality

13 September 2025, 11:00 to 12:30

Mark the beginning of LDF25 with an exhibition by LAGO Collective & King’s College London in the…

Africa SEZ
25 Sep

Global Priorities Versus Local Realities: Net Zero, Youth and Emerging Political Economy of Energy Transition Minerals in Africa

25 September 2025, 17:00 to 19:00

Interrogating the nexus between the global demand for energy transition minerals and the political…

Joseph Torigian book cover
3 Oct

Book talk - The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping

3 October 2025, 18:00 to 19:00

Dr Joseph Torigian from the American University of Washington joins us to discuss his book on the…

China trade and economy
20 Oct

Opening panel: Seeking new momentum - The Chinese economy in a world of disorder

20 October 2025, 13:00 to 14:30

Can China’s economic growth model adapt to a rapidly and radically changing world (dis)order? What…

Chinese characters mlc
20 Oct

Chinese language, culture and calligraphy taster sessions

20 October 2025, 16:00 to 24 October 2025, 17:30

Gain an insight into Chinese culture with our mandarin and calligraphy workshops hosted by King's…

Vince Cable headshot
20 Oct

Opening keynote: 'Eclipsing the West - China, India and the Forging of a New World'

20 October 2025, 18:00 to 19:15

Sir Vince Cable delivers the opening keynote of China Week 2025 with an analysis of China and…

China-Taiwan 780x440
21 Oct

Talk - The US, China and the changing geopolitics

21 October 2025, 18:15 to 19:15

Former Foreign Secretary of Britain, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, discusses the broader new geopolitics…

China digital power with Chinese flag
22 Oct

Panel – China and the new world economic and technological order

22 October 2025, 13:00 to 14:30

China and the US are vying to shape a new world economic and technological order. Who will win?

Farmer Workinesh Chala and her daughter Rehoboth standing in the fields of Dibdibbe Village, looking out towards the Eastern Industry Park, Oromia region, Ethiopia
22 Oct

Film screening & panel - Made in Ethiopia

22 October 2025, 18:00 to 20:30

Don't miss our special screening of 'Made in Ethiopia', a film by Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan,…

Zoomed in book cover of The Time Inheritors. Text with a green blurred background.
23 Oct

Book talk - The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China

23 October 2025, 10:00 to 11:30

Dr Cora Lingling Xu, Durham University, discusses how time inequalities shape higher education…