Kristin Shi-Kupfer is the Director of the Research Area on Politics, Society, Media at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), a China think tank in Berlin. She was a China correspondent for various German-language media in Beijing from 2007 to 2011. Her current research and publications focus on China’s social change, digital society, and religious policy.
Last Updated: March 24, 2016
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