Past events
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China’s Economic Strategy at a Crossroads: Xi Jinping’s Three-Pronged Approach and Its Global Implications
Date: Wednesday 30 April, 2025, 9:30am – 10:30am
Location: Please complete your registration here:
Join Lizzi C. Lee for an analysis of China’s economic trajectory and its global implications.
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China–Southeast Asia security relations
Date: Tuesday 18 March, 2025, 3:30pm – 3:30pm
Location: Please complete your registration here https://bit.ly/CCPS-HuongLeThu-KP_RSVP
Join Dr Huong Le Thu for an overview of China’s security relations with Southeast Asia.
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Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy towards South Asia
Date: Thursday 27 February, 2025, 3:30pm – 4:30am
Location: Please complete your registration here: https://bit.ly/CCPS-KP_RSVP
Join Jabin T. Jacob for an overview of Chinese foreign policy towards South Asia.
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'Stabilisation' with China in a Trump world: feasible or fantasy
Global China Seminar
Date: Wednesday 11 December, 2024, 5:30pm – Thursday 12 December, 2024, 6:30pm
Location: Mezzanine Room 3 (RHMZ3), Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
A public lecture by James Curran, International Editor at the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and Professor of Modern History at Sydney University
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CCP nationalism - what’s communist, what’s nationalist, and why does it matter?
Date: Thursday 14 November, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: GBLT3, Old Government Bldgs. 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011 Map Link
Join Professor John Fitzgerald for an overview of Chinese Communist Party nationalism, exploring its historical and present-day influences on the CCP under Xi Jinping, as well as its impact on security and international relations.
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China’s Information Ecosystem: The Stained-Glass Window Effect
Date: Wednesday 30 October, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Please click this Zoom link or the one below to RSVP.
Join Manoj Kewalramani for a conversation on studying and analysing Chinese policy discourse.
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China, the Changing Balance of Power in East Asia, and Prospects for Regional Stability
Date: Wednesday 25 September, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: GBLT3, Old Government Bldgs. 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011
Join Professor Robert S. Ross for an overview of China, the changing balance of power in East Asia, and prospects for regional stability.
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New Cold Wars? China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and the Future of US Leadership
Global China Seminar
Date: Monday 12 August, 2024, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
A conversation with David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
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China’s Gamble: The Pursuit of Guided Innovation
Date: Thursday 8 August, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Please click this Zoom link or the one below to RSVP.
Join Andrew Kennedy for an overview of China’s ambitious innovation agenda and the international backlash that has accompanied it.
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China in 2024
Date: Wednesday 10 July, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Public Trust Hall, 131-135 Lambton Quay, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
Join John McKinnon for an overview of China in 2024 and what it means for New Zealand.
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Book launch: Interesting Times by Chris Elder
Global China Seminar
Date: Wednesday 19 June, 2024, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Rutherford House, Room RHMZ03, Pipitea, Wellington 60
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China, a new book by Chris Elder. All welcome! Drinks and nibbles provided. View more info here
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China's maritime strategy and Sino-Japanese relations
Date: Tuesday 21 May, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: RHMZ03, Rutherford House, 33 Bunny Street, Pipitea WGTN
Join Professor Chisako Masuo for an overview of China’s maritime strategy and its impact on Sino-Japanese relations.
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US-China Strategic Competition in Asia: How far will it go?
Global China Seminar
Date: Tuesday 30 April, 2024, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Council Chamber, Hunter Building, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington—Te Herenga Waka
The Centre for Strategic Studies is pleased to invite you to a public lecture by the 2024 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies Dr Michael J. Green.
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Misconceptions about the Chinese economy
Date: Thursday 4 April, 2024, 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: Zoom
Join Professor Nicholas R. Lardy for a discussion of the present-day Chinese economy.
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China Ready? Canadian Efforts 'Disruptive' Global Power
Date: Tuesday 19 March, 2024, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Zoom
Join Paul Evans as he discusses the Canadian efforts in understanding and managing a 'disruptive' global power.
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China's Evolving Role at the United Nations
Date: Wednesday 14 February, 2024, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: RHMZ03, Rutherford House, 33 Bunny Street, Pipitea WGTN
Join Dr Courtney J. Fung for an overview of China's UN history, global governance vision, and its funding, discourse and staffing contributions to the United Nations.
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Chinese Language Media in Australia
Date: Wednesday 29 November, 2023, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Join us for this online-only event via Zoom to hear Wanning Sun, Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute and a Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, for an overview of the issues surrounding the Chinese language media in Australia.
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The Culturalisation of Politics Under Xi Jinping
Date: Tuesday 7 November, 2023, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: GBLT 3 Govt Buildings, Victoria University Law School, 55 Lambton Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011
Join Sue Trevaskes, a professor of Chinese Studies at Griffith University, as she discusses how these arrangements seek to expand and strengthen the Party’s capacity to govern grassroots China.
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State vs Market Tensions in Australian Economic Statecraft
Global China Seminar
Date: Thursday 19 October, 2023, 5:00pm – 6:00pm
This presentation will outline what has and has not changed in Australia’s approach to economic statecraft, and explore the underlying tension between state-based and market-based approaches to economic policy.
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The Water Issue in China-India Relations and Its Impact on the US Indo-Pacific Strategy
Global China Seminar
Date: Friday 13 October, 2023, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
This presentation will explore the increasing tensions related to Beijing’s control over transboundary rivers originating from the Tibetan Plateau.
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