Past events
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The 19th Party Congress: A ‘New Era’ for China?
Date: Wednesday 21 March, 2018, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington
Speaking at the 19th Party Congress last October President Xi introduced ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’. What is this ‘new era’ and what does the Congress mean for China’s leadership and direction over the next five years?
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Redefining ‘China Inc.’: The Chinese economy under Xi Jinping, with Mary Boyd
Date: Tuesday 20 March, 2018, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Wellington Club, Level 5, 88 The Terrace, Wellington
Is China’s economy moving in a state or market-driven direction? What are the implications for New Zealand’s economic relationship with China?
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Examining Perceptions of Chinese Influence in New Zealand and the Future of the International Order
Global China Seminar Series by NZCCRC @ VUW
Date: Thursday 22 February, 2018, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: MY 632, Murphy Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University
Historically, great powers have used their outsized economic, political and cultural might to extend their influence around the world, thus perpetuating their supremacy. This presentation will address recent debates regarding perceived Chinese influence-building activities in New Zealand.
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New Zealand's interaction with the Chinese legal system, with Hamish McCardle, New Zealand Police
Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Monday 12 February, 2018, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Detective Superintendent Hamish McCardle has been the Police Counsellor in the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing for the last seven years. Join him for a discussion on the Chinese legal system and an overview of the agreements and arrangements that exist between China and New Zealand.
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Chinese Opera in the Park
Date: Thursday 8 February, 2018, 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: The Dell, Wellington Botanic Gardens
A tale of love and desire in a Chinese garden from classic Kunqu opera
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Chinese domestic and foreign policy under Xi Jinping, with Bonnie Glaser
Date: Tuesday 5 December, 2017, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
For the final Knowledge Transfer event for 2017, we are pleased to present a leading global expert’s assessment of Chinese foreign policy. Bonnie Glaser is the senior expert on China and North Asia issues at leading Washington think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
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New Zealand’s Relationship with China: Past, Present and Future
45th Anniversary Symposium
Date: Tuesday 5 December, 2017, 9:00am – 12:30pm
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Targeting value from agricultural links with China, with Con Williams
Date: Friday 24 November, 2017, 3:30pm – 10:30am
Con Williams is ANZ’s dedicated Agri Economist for New Zealand. Con provides detailed analysis and commentary on all aspects of New Zealand’s major primary sectors and soft commodity markets.
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Financial liberalisation and the Renminbi: Implications for New Zealand
Date: Wednesday 25 October, 2017, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Fale Pasifika Complex, University of Auckland, Auckland
- Is China making the necessary reforms to allow the RMB to become a major currency of international transaction?
- How would RMB internationalisation impact trade and investment in the region?
- What channels and conduits for trading in RMB and purchasing RMB products are available?
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Wu Man with the New Zealand String Quartet
Date: Thursday 28 September, 2017, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
The world’s premier pipa virtuoso joins celebrated chamber ensemble the New Zealand String Quartet
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New Zealand – China FTA: Definition Matters
Global China Seminar
Date: Thursday 28 September, 2017, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: AM 101, Alan MacDiarmid Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University
As the FTA upgrades negotiation is underway, it’s a good time to revisit the definitions and consider the ramifications.
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'Global green shift: Renewable China' with John Mathews
Date: Friday 22 September, 2017, 10:00am – 10:00am
Location: St Andrews on the Terrace (Church, main entrance), 30 The Terrace, Wellington
The worldwide green energy transition is here, and China is at the helm. Although the reasons have more to do with environmental pollution and energy security than with curbing carbon emissions, China is leading the way and is contributing more than any other country to a climate change solution.
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Kerry Brown: 'Xi Jinping: Exercising power in contemporary China'
Date: Tuesday 29 August, 2017, 10:30am – 11:30am
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus
Xi Jinping's leadership is coming to a defining moment with the 19th Party Congress being held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, later this year. The political direction of China matters for New Zealand, and indeed the world has a profound interest in the kind of leader Xi seeks to become.
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‘Geo-developmentalism’: Theorising China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Date: Thursday 17 August, 2017, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: AM 103, Alan MacDiarmid Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University – access from Kelburn Parade
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) represents the first time China has presented a grand vision of regional development for Eurasia and the Pacific. However, many remain confused as to what is being proposed and why. This seminar provides a way of conceptualising and understanding BRI activities and assessing its role in regional development.
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Toward A Yin-Yang Perspective of Relational (Guanxi) Gatekeeping in China
Seminar
Date: Thursday 27 July, 2017, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: RHMZ03, Mezzanine Floor, Rutherford House, Victoria University
China is an extremely complex and ‘insider-controlled’ market for foreign businesses. This study investigates how Western companies engage with local market insiders through relational gatekeepers.
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Innovation in China: The changing role of government and enterprise, with Luke Minford
Date: Friday 30 June, 2017, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington
China filed more patents and litigated more IP than the entire world combined last year. What does this mean from a commercial perspective, and what does it tell us about China’s real innovation capacity?
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Catching up with Western China: New Zealand's Newest Diplomatic Challenge
Date: Thursday 15 June, 2017, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 2 (RHLT 2), Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University
Jointly Hosted by the New Zealand China Friendship Society Wellington Branch & New Zealand China Trade Association in Association with New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre and New Zealand Institute Of International Affairs
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Leader Cults: Propaganda or Rituals?
Date: Thursday 15 June, 2017, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 105 (AMLT 105), Alan MacDiarmid Building,
Dr Marquez argues in this paper that rituals of leader worship have much more wide-ranging political consequences than centralized forms of leader propaganda.
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John McKinnon, Ambassador: Scaling up New Zealand's China footprint
Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Wednesday 7 June, 2017, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington
New Zealand’s footprint in China is our largest offshore government presence with six diplomatic and consular offices, 10 agencies, and 405 staff. How do we use this large presence in China to achieve New Zealand’s goals in China? To what extent does China expect us to be operating a single, whole-of-government approach to the various parts of the relationship? What are the consequences of not being ‘joined-up’?
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China and TPP: Rule Making and Trade Gains
Hosted by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
Date: Thursday 18 May, 2017, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
In January this year, the US president Trump declared that US would quit the TPP agreement accomplished just one year ago. Where should TPP go after the US decision to quit? Is it possible for China to embrace the TPP?
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