On Friday, 30 May, Joanne Kuai successfully defended her dissertation “AI, News, and the State: Reinstitutionalising Journalism in Global China’s Algorithmic Age” at Karlstad University. This dissertation that dives into how AI is reshaping journalism in China and beyond, comparing developments in the EU and US, and exploring the shifting power dynamics between media, tech platforms, and the state.
On Tuesday, 3 June, Tabita Rosendal successfully defended her dissertation “Fragmented Power: The Reception of China's Foreign Policy Strategies in Sri Lanka” at Lund University. This dissertation examines the local operation and reception of China’s foreign policy initiatives in Sri Lanka, shining a light on the complex ways in which China’s overseas strategies and investments are negotiated and interpreted on the ground. Through an analysis of a number of case studies, and based on in-depth qualitative fieldwork and documentary data collection, the dissertation provides a detailed look at the different faces of China’s “fragmented power” outside of its own borders.
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