Invitation to talk by the Chinese dissident and human rights activist
Teng Biao:
China’s high-tech totalitarianism and its impact on the global order
(Moderators: Journalist Inge Sørensen and Oliver Anton, AI)
Monday 27 October 2025, 15.00-17.00
Amnesty InternaHonal, Denmark, Civilsamfundshuset Vox
Lyngbyvej 100 (by Ryparken StaHon)
2100 København Ø
Introduction:
Beijing’s campaign of transnational repression involves disinformation,
surveillance, harassment, assaults, and kidnapping, aiming to silence dissent,
intimidate critics, and suppress free expression in other countries. It has been an
increasing threat to international human rights, freedom and the quality of
democracy. Against the background of rising authoritarianism and digital
technologies, China's extraterritorial coercion will profoundly challenge the global
order.
Teng Biao
is a human rights lawyer with a PhD from Beijing University. Dr. Teng co-
founded two human rights NGOs in Beijing – the Open Constitution Initiative in 2003
and China Against the Death Penalty in 2010 – but has since left China to become one
of its most important critics. His current research covers China’s human rights, social
movements, law and politics, and transnational repression. Dr. Teng has previously
served as Lecturer at the China University of Politics and Law in Beijing, and as visiting
Professor at Universities of Chicago, New York (City), New York, Harvard, Yale, and
Princeton. He is currently a visiting Fellow at the Chair for Human Rights Law,
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
After the talk, the audience is welcome to ask questions and discuss with Teng Biao.
This meeting is organised by Amnesty International, Denmark, and the Department
of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University.