Past events
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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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