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Author profile: Ashton Ng

Dr Ashton Ng is Kuok Family–Lee Kuan Yew Scholar at the University of Cambridge and Assistant Professor in China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He received his MSt in Traditional China (Distinction) from the University of Oxford and graduated top of his class from Peking University. Ashton served as a Young NUS Fellow at the National University of Singapore and was a Tan Kah Kee Scholar.

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From Treaty Ports to BRI Courts: China’s Legal Statecraft, Then and Now

Ashton Ng • Sep 29 2025 • Articles

China’s BRI-era ‘one-stop’ dispute-resolution model, centred on the China International Commercial Court (CICC) reverses treaty-port extraterritoriality by turning legal pluralism from an imposed constraint into invited jurisdiction through China-led venues.

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Opinion – The Domestic Roots of Xi’s Global Anti-Corruption Campaign

Ashton Ng • Jun 3 2024 • Articles

Fighting corruption is not just about catching crooks, but about changing the entrenched systems that breed them.

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Opinion – Why China’s Ambitious Agenda Could Fail in 2024

Ashton Ng • Mar 11 2024 • Articles

The international community should actively seek opportunities to cooperate with China on shared priorities such as climate change and AI.

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Opinion – America’s Questionable Commitment to ‘Freedom’

Ashton Ng • Aug 26 2020 • Articles

Whether in the original Cold War, or in a new one we may be entering into between the US and China, America extols freedom but pursues supremacy.

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