Past events
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'Business success in China'
Date: Thursday 13 December, 2018, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Understanding China’s cultural and business norms can make or break New Zealand businesses venturing into China.
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China’s New Tourists
Organised by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
Date: Tuesday 4 December, 2018, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Oceania Room, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Chinese tourism is undergoing extraordinary growth and change, but arrival numbers from China have not been consistent and there are questions about our readiness.
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'Chinese migration: Are we ready?'
Date: Tuesday 20 November, 2018, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Demographic changes in New Zealand will become important context and backdrop for our relationship with China. Are we ready for these changes?
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'Engaging with China: A diplomat’s insights'
China Capable Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Tuesday 9 October, 2018, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Shivshankar Menon will reflect on lessons learned from his long involvement in managing India’s relationship with China.
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China and Global Trade
Asia New Zealand Foundation
Date: Tuesday 2 October, 2018, 7:45am – 9:00am
Location: Asia New Zealand Foundation Level 16, Fujitsu Tower 141 The Terrace Wellington, Wellington 6011
Amid the US-China trade war, what are China's trade priorities - and what might this mean for New Zealand's own priorities?
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'Hong Kong: Where is it headed?' with Ford Hart, Former US Consul-General to Hong Kong
Date: Wednesday 12 September, 2018, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
New Zealand’s relationship with Hong Kong is important in itself, but that relationship has evolved on the back of the stable relationship between Beijing and the former British colony.
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MFAT International Treaty Making Seminar
MFAT's Legal Division will hold its annual seminar on the domestic process of international treaty making on Friday 31 August 2018 from 9.30am-12.30pm at MFAT offices, 195 Lambton Quay.
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The South Pacific in the Maritime Silk Road: Knowledge Transfer event with Professor Wang Yiwei
Date: Wednesday 15 August, 2018, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
What is the significance of China’s Maritime Silk Road for New Zealand? What does it mean for New Zealand’s economic connectivity with China?
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Workshop: New Zealand, China and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
NZCCRC Seminar
Date: Wednesday 8 August, 2018, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Level 2, Hunter Building, Victoria University
We invite you to attend the Workshop on ‘New Zealand, China and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road’, to discuss the MSR proposal and New Zealand’s role in it. A delegation from China’s premier research institution, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is visiting Wellington for this discussion.
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A new challenging era in New Zealand-China relations: Knowledge Transfer event with David Mahon
David Mahon
Date: Wednesday 1 August, 2018, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Join us as David Mahon explores the future direction of this most vital relationship between New Zealand and China.
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NZ Trade with China in the Late 19th Century
Global China Seminar
Date: Friday 27 July, 2018, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: AM 103, Alan MacDiarmid, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
This talk challenges the notion that trade between New Zealand and China during the late nineteenth century was negligible, and puts to task the misconceptions that China and trade relationships with China related to the Chinese in New Zealand. -
China Crossing: Contemporary and traditional Chinese music
Date: Thursday 19 July, 2018, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Adam Concert Room, New Zealand School of Music, Gate 7, Victoria University of Wellington
Contemporary and traditional music for the yangqin (Chinese dulcimer), sheng (reed instrument), Western chamber music instruments and taonga puoro.
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Where is China headed after Xi Jinping’s power sweep?
Professor David Shambaugh
Date: Tuesday 17 July, 2018, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: St Andrews on the Terrace (Church, main entrance), 30 The Terrace, Wellington
China's leader Xi Jinping has now fully consolidated his power to an extent unprecedented in China since the days of Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong. Possible outcomes of this new power regime range from ongoing reform and opening to the outside world, to the middle income trap and increased government repression.
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Knowledge Transfer event: Strategic shifts for capturing China’s changing dairy market
Professor Keith Woodford
Date: Thursday 31 May, 2018, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: St Andrews on the Terrace (Church, main entrance), 30 The Terrace, Wellington
What’s happening in the Chinese dairy industry, and how does this impact our dairy exports? How does New Zealand make the strategic shift to supply China’s changing market, and what impact does the Free Trade Agreement have on all this?
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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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