This public lecture series features international scholars and experts on a wide range of topics related to China's global presence and impacts. Each seminar will begin with a 30-min presentation, followed by another 30 mins of Q&A. The series is free and open to the global public. Participants must register before each seminar.
Rethinking China's Soft Power: The Pragmatic Enticement of Confucius Institutes in Ethiopia
Prof. Maria REPNIKOVA ( Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Georgia State University).
30th September 2020 10:00 (HK)/ 29th September 2020 22:00 (EST)
Language: English
City in a box? Rethinking the Special Economic Zone as the 'China Model' of development
Prof. Timothy OAKES (Professor, Geography Department, University of Colorado/Boulder)
24th October 2020 10:00 (HK) / 23rd October 2020 20:00 (MDT)
Language: English
China's Global Migration in the New Millennium
Prof. Biao XIANG (Professor, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford)
18th February 2021 (Thurs) 20:00 (HK) / 12:00 (London)
Language: English
China’s engagement with Brazil since 2000: Key actors, strategies and conflicts
Prof. Gustavo de L. T. OLIVEIRA (Assistant Professor, Department of Global and International Studies, University of California)
9th March 2021 12:00 (HK) / 8th March 20:00 (PST)
Language: English
China and Africa's industrialization aspirations: a labour perspective
Prof. Carlos OYA (Professor of Political Economy of Development (SOAS, University of London) and Adjunct Professor at College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University (Beijing).
15th March 2021 (Mon) 20:00 (HK) / 12:00 (London)
Language: English
China and the environment: Ecological Civilisation and its discontents
Dr. Sam GEALL (Executive Director, China Dialogue)
15th April 2021 (Thurs) 20:00 (HK) / 13:00 (London)
Language: English
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