In the past, Chinese spies evaded Swiss police officers by crossing Canton borders on trains (for example from Geneva to Bern). Police usually didn't follow them on trains and instead called ahead, allowing the spies to disappear.

BREAKING: China has hacked the Ministry of Defence, Sky News understands news.sky.com/story/china-ha…

My new article "Beyond revolutions: Mao-era China’s market entry strategies in Latin America" is now online. Many thanks to Ghassan Moazzin John Wong and Jin-A Kang for my inclusion in the special issue in businesshistory!tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Amnesty Internationals Bericht zeigt die Schattenseite des Arguments "alle chinesischen Studierenden sind Spione". "Chinesen, die an Schweizer Hochschulen studieren, werden auch hier vom Regime ausspioniert" - watson.ch/!841367454?utm… via watson News

🇨🇭-🇨🇳: Thank you for talking to me about this evolving story, Joe Parkinson and drew hinshaw for the The Wall Street Journal. Also featuring Ariane Knüsel! wsj.com/world/asia/chi… University of Basel Europainstitut Basel

China is not a safe place to conduct research. archive.is/9ipwf#selectio…

As ever for June 4th, this incredible picture of June 1989….. what a potential world was destroyed that day! The joy & the hope of China captured by (I think) Mark Avery of AP….

Are Chinese cultural centres in European capitals part of China's people-to-people diplomacy (disseminating a state-sanctioned definition of Chinese culture&establishing useful contacts),espionage havens or covers for Chinese police stations?Bern is next. derbund.ch/chinesische-bo…

🇨🇭🇰🇵🇨🇳: Just reported, highly interesting alleged espionage case playing out in Switzerland. Thank you Ifang Bremer for including my comments!

300 Jahre Schweiz-China Ralph Weber und ich erzählen von Schweizer Firmen, Missionaren, Touristinnen, Soldaten und Diplomaten in China, dem ersten Chinageschäft, Chinarestaurants, Spionen, Studenten, Hausierern, Staatsoberhäupten und Tibetischen Flüchtlingen in der Schweiz.

Die Schweiz treibt intensiv Handel mit China, trotzdem versteht hierzulande kaum jemand die Großmacht. Wie kommt das – und warum ist das gefährlich? Darüber habe ich für DIE ZEIT mit den Historikern Ariane Knüsel und Ralph Weber gesprochen zeit.de/2024/36/schwei…

China’s covert foreign interference activities in the Pacific are a very important, and yet under-researched, topic. My new report ASPI uses New Caledonia as the case study to examine China’s hidden front, 隐蔽战线, throughout the wider Pacific. aspi.org.au/report/when-ch…

Vielen Dank für das Gespräch, Christoph Bernet!

A N.Y. official has blocked Taiwanese officials from having access to the governor’s office, eliminated references to Taiwan from state communications, and ensured that state officials did not publicly address the persecution of Uyghurs nytimes.com/2024/09/03/nyr…

Schöner Beitrag auf SRF zu unserem neuen 🇨🇭-🇨🇳 Buch, mit Ariane Knüsel! srf.ch/kultur/gesells…