The COVID-19 pandemic transformed how foreign scholars studied and wrote about China. Limited access to the country necessitated new approaches to conducting research, engaging with overlooked sources, and developing novel methodologies. Even prior to the pandemic, scholars had been exploring new topics, reanalyzing earlier arguments and studies, and producing a new body of scholarship on China, its history, and its connections to the broader world, both historically and in contemporary times. Over the past two decades, a new and innovative field of “Global China Studies” has emerged, significantly influencing research, teaching, and the conceptualization of China. This symposium presents glimpses of the latest research on China from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. It highlights new research and methods in Chinese art, history, literature, media, and urban studies. The aim is to explore how this research and these methodologies can contribute to the development of China studies in India, and how collaborations could be fostered between Indian scholars and institutions and NYU Shanghai, a U.S.-China joint-venture university located in Shanghai.