Mapping Global China

This two-day workshop brings together scholars working on Global China across three thematic areas—Soft Power, Capital & Development and, Military & Security—to build shared analytical frameworks and explore how data, mapping, and visualization can help rethink China’s global presence. Day 1 focuses on setting a common intellectual and technical foundation. After an opening plenary outlining the project’s vision, participants engage in a hands-on session on data collection, analysis, visualization, and storymapping, followed by group-based roundtables where each participant presents their current research, data sources, and constraints. The day concludes with a public-facing panel, Reframing Global China: Mapping Power Beyond Borders, aimed at translating complex research into accessible narratives. Day 2 is dedicated to in-depth internal working sessions. Participants present works-in-progress within their thematic groups, receive structured feedback, and collectively identify methodological overlaps and data gaps. The workshop concludes with a collaborative integration session focused on designing shared outputs—such as joint maps, timelines, and cross-cutting analytical categories—to support a more relational, spatial, and comparative understanding of Global China.