Past events
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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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'Trump, China and the Region: Where to from here?' One day symposium
Hosted by the Centre for Strategic Studies and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
Date: Thursday 4 May, 2017, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington
This one-day symposium brings together a group of leading international and local scholars to consider and debate what the Trump Administration’s policies might mean for the future of US-China relations and for the security and prosperity of the wider region, including New Zealand.
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Jamil Anderlini - China Under Xi Jinping: How China's political rivalries might affect New Zealand
Date: Wednesday 3 May, 2017, 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington
Rejuvenation or stagnation? How might political rivalries in China affect New Zealand’s relationship with China What should New Zealand officials be looking for to get a sense of how current manoeuvrings might play out this year?
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Dame Jenny Shipley: Globalisation, Free Trade and Banking - What it takes to achieve Mutual Success in the New Zealand-China Context
Date: Tuesday 4 April, 2017, 10:15am – 11:30am
Location: The Wellington Club, Level 4, 88 The Terrace, Wellington
What lies behind President Xi Jinping’s latest assertions of China’s commitment to free trade? What is China likely to do to promote its regional free trade agenda? What do New Zealand officials need to know to be able to respond to Chinese policy initiatives?
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‘What Needs the Bridge Much Broader than the Flood?’ - China and Europe along the Belt and Road
Hosted by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
Date: Thursday 30 March, 2017, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: AM 101, Alan MacDiarmid Building, off Kelburn Parade, Victoria University
Beijing is hopeful that with these new trade routes and agreements being constructed, the Sino-European economic relationship can be further enhanced, especially at a time when Chinese relations with other major economies, including the US and Japan, have become more problematic. However, Europe’s place along the Belt and Road has run into obstacles.
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John O'Loghlen: The Parallel Universe of China's E-Commerce Landscape
John O’Loghlen's insights into where Alibaba and China’s e-commerce revolution are leading
Date: Thursday 2 March, 2017, 10:15am – 11:30am
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington
Traditional patterns of goods trade into China are being upset by China’s huge growth in e-commerce. Officials and businesses need to understand what this will mean for New Zealand’s trade with China.
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Gavin Crombie: Go West, Young Man
Why New Zealand should turn their attention to the South West of China
Date: Thursday 23 February, 2017, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Location: MFAT, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Why New Zealand should turn their attention to the South West of China The Three Rules of Investment in China - how this impacts on New Zealand companies trying to raise Chinese Capital.
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Cross Agency Forum: Engaging with China
The role of the Consulates-General
Date: Thursday 1 December, 2016, 3:15pm – 4:45pm
Location: Asia New Zealand Foundation, Level 16, Fujitsu House, 141 The Terrace, Wellington
An opportunity for agency leads to talk to current Consuls-General about their agency’s plans to engage with China, and the services the Consulate network provides in making interactions with Chinese officials easier and more successful.
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Geremie Barmé: On the frontiers of friendship
Geremie Barmé speaks on the background of China's ‘friendship politics’ and offer observations of the way Chinese leaders order the world in terms of different strategic relationships.
Date: Thursday 24 November, 2016, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Law School, Victoria University, Wellington
Friendships forged between China's first generation of revolutionary leaders and foreign supporters have even now a certain iconic significance. But friendships, especially those that are termed by the Chinese authorities as being ‘old friends’, can carry heavy burdens.
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Jade Gray: Navigating the complexity of business in China
Jade Gray related his experience to the roles that government and business each have in working together to achieve success for New Zealand and New Zealanders in China.
Date: Thursday 22 September, 2016, 3:30pm – 4:40pm
Location: Rutherford House, Victoria University, Wellington
Jade's insights into the critical role that the New Zealand Public Service plays in facilitating, supporting and influencing the success of New Zealand businesses wanting to establish themselves in China.
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Peter Harris: 50 Years of China in a global context
Peter Harris takes us through his deep insights and broad knowledge of China during this tumultuous period.
Date: Tuesday 23 August, 2016, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: The Law School, Lecture Theatre 1, Old Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington
"A week is a long time in politics. Half a century in Chinese politics is both an eternity and a blink of the eye."
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Carl Worker: China's importance for New Zealand
Carl Worker speaks on managing a complex, modern relationship
Date: Wednesday 29 June, 2016, 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: The Law School, Lecture Theatre 1, Old Govt Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay
“At a future date we will look back and wonder how we could ever have thought to get by until now with such relatively slender China capability in our wider public service and community.”
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