Live: Second China Shock @BISA26

In June 2026, Zhengli Huang and Shizhi Zhang, were invited to participate in a featured roundtable discussion at the 2026 British International Studies Association Annual Conference in Brighton.

The panel, "The Global Impact of China's Technological Leadership and Offshoring: Towards a Second China Shock", brought together scholars from a range of disciplines to examine how China's evolving role in the global economy is reshaping international production, development, and power.

The discussion explored China's transition from the "world's factory" to a global leader in green technologies, advanced manufacturing, and digital infrastructure. As Chinese firms increasingly offshore production while maintaining leadership in strategic industries such as electric vehicles, batteries, and renewable energy, the panel considered how these developments challenge established understandings of globalisation, global value chains, economic statecraft, and green transition and green capitalism. The roundtable also highlighted the importance of moving beyond Eurocentric perspectives by examining how governments, firms, workers, and local communities experience, negotiate, and contest China's expanding production networks. The discussion addressed emerging theoretical and methodological directions needed to understand these transformations and their implications for International Political Economy. The event was recorded as a live episode of SPERI Presents…, the podcast of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).

Here is the link to the podcast"

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