Forthcoming Events
The China Institute coordinates activities at SOAS, University of London that relate to the study of China. The events bring together academic staff and students with diverse interests and backgrounds.
For further information contact Li-Sa Whittington at the Institute on sci@soas.ac.uk
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2019
November
18/11/19
- China and Japan: Strategic Partners or Competitors?
Various panellists
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The Chinese Government under Xi Jinping does not like or trust Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but it has proactively forged a good relationship with his administration.
19/11/19
- Yenching Academy of Peking University Full-Fellowship Master’s Program 2020 Information Session
Dr Brent Haas
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Find out more about scholarship opportunities for a two-year interdisciplinary Masters Program at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in China.
20/11/19
- The Fight for China’s Future: Civil Society Vs the Party
Dr Willy Lam (Adjunct Professor, Centre for China Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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The Fight for China’s Future throws light on the quintessence of 21st century Chinese politics through the prism of the struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s vibrant intelligentsia and civil society. This book talk examines Xi Jinping’s 24-hour, multidimensional, AI-enabled police-state apparatus and explores the CCP’s policy towards civil society.
21/11/19
- China-Africa and an Economic Transformation - Book discussion
Dr Arkebe Oqubay (Editor of the book/SOAS Alum), Prof Carlos Oya (SOAS) and Prof Stephen Chan (SOAS)
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Authored by leading scholars on Africa, China and China-Africa relations, the book brings together stimulating and thought-provoking perspectives and deeper analysis.
December
03/12/19
- Area Studies and the Urgent Need for Global Intercultural Dialogue
Geir Helgesen (SOAS Centre of Korean Studies/Fudan Development Institute, Shanghai), Chunrong Liu (Fudan Development Institute, Shanghai and NIAS, Copenhagen University), Rachel Harrison (SOAS)
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In this roundtable discussion we propose that, given the precarious and fragile state of the world, it is essential for Area Studies to play a more important role.
05/12/19
- Great Achievements, Big Failures: How to Evaluate the Social Changes of the Mao Era
Dr. Felix Wemheuer (University of Cologne)
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In the Mao Era (1949–1976), millions of Chinese people experienced social upward mobility, while others were marginalized or lost their lives. Efforts to build a communist society created hopes, dreams, fear, enthusiasm, disillusion, painful disappointments and nostalgia.