Past events
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Reflections on Rewi: A Conversation with David Mahon
Global China Seminar
Date: Thursday 3 September, 2020, 5:00pm – Thursday 27 August, 2020, 6:00pm
Location: HMLT104 Hugh McKenzie, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
David Mahon will reflect on where Rewi Alley would stand on the China of 2020.
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'Engaging China’s higher education reform' with Professor Denis Simon
Date: Wednesday 2 September, 2020, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Location: Zoom - webinar
Investment in higher education reform in China is increasing competition for the international student market, and creating new collaboration opportunities for international partners and their governments to assess and manage.
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'US-China relations after November'
Online Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Wednesday 22 July, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Hear Jeffrey Bader, a US government China specialist for over three decades, as he assesses the likely future direction of US-China relations, and what this might mean for New Zealand.
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China’s Covid-19 Response: Of Powers and Punishments
Date: Thursday 16 July, 2020, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
This talk discusses the legal basis of China’s Covid-19 responses and the enforcement of laws and rules, or in other words, the powers of authorities and the punishment of rule-breakers.
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'Destined to decouple? US-China rivalry and China's rise as a technology power'
Date: Tuesday 23 June, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Join Andrew Kennedy to discuss China’s rise as a technology power and what it means for Sino-American rivalry.
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'Engaging China in a post COVID-19 world'
Date: Thursday 21 May, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Join us for the next China Capable Knowledge Transfer event presented online via Zoom. Dr Geoff Raby AO explores how pressures on China post-COVID-19 will impact China's engagement with its international partners, including New Zealand and Australia.
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'China’s crisis management: From SARS to COVID-19'
Online Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Tuesday 28 April, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom Webinar
The world has been affected by the way China dealt with the major crises of the 2003 SARS public health emergency and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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'The ending of the one-child policy and China's demographic challenges' with Martin K. Whyte
Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Wednesday 4 March, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Te Wharewaka o Pōneke Function Centre, Wellington Waterfront
China is facing a major demographic crisis; an ageing population and low replacement fertility rates will have global implications for many years to come.
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'Māori engagement with China' - Knowledge Transfer event with Ngahiwi Tomoana
Date: Wednesday 19 February, 2020, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 3 - GBLT3, Government Building, Pipitea Campus, VUW, Bunny Street, Wellington
Understanding how Iwi have built relationships with Chinese partners offers a perspective on doing business with China that the public sector increasingly needs to understand.
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China and Climate Change: Responding to a Global Challenge
Date: Wednesday 13 November, 2019, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Level 2, Hunter Building, Victoria University of Wellington
Organised by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre in partnership with the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute
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Zespri: The road to Kiwi success in China
Date: Tuesday 5 November, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Dave will explore Zespri’s approach to working and succeeding in China, how that approach has evolved over time, and how those lessons can be applied by New Zealand businesses.
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How economics and security connect in Chinese foreign policy
Date: Thursday 10 October, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: St Andrew's on the Terrace, front entrance, 30 The Terrace, Wellington
The nexus between economic and security issues is rarely examined in navigating the relationship with China.
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Cross-Strait relations and Taiwan’s politics and economy
Date: Thursday 19 September, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: St Andrew's on the Terrace, main hall, 30 The Terrace, Wellington
Professor Alex Tan will briefly explore the dynamics of cross-Strait relations and its interaction with Taiwan’s politics and economics.
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Xinjiang crisis and the international response
Date: Thursday 22 August, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
What do officials need to know about the Xinjiang crisis? How have countries including New Zealand sought to engage China on this issue?
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Chinese Revolutionary Culture: Optimism Under Socialism and Capitalism - Global China Seminar
Date: Monday 19 August, 2019, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: AM 106, Alan MacDiarmid, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington
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'China’s role in the Pacific' with Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Date: Thursday 8 August, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Mākaro Room, Ground Floor, Wharewaka Function Centre, Taranaki St Wharf, Wellington
How do Pacific Island governments and people view and interact with China? And how does China’s influence affect New Zealand’s interactions with our Pacific partners?
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'Creative China' with Sir Richard Taylor
Date: Thursday 27 June, 2019, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: Level 5, Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, Wellington
How can New Zealand leverage Weta Workshop’s reputation and expertise to deepen business and creative links between the two countries?
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'What does the ‘rule of law’ mean in China?' with Sarah Biddulph
Date: Wednesday 29 May, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: St Andrew's on the Terrace, main hall, 30 The Terrace, Wellington
Understanding how law is used and understood by Chinese officials is increasingly important for New Zealand. But how does the legal system actually work in China?
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'Localising New Zealand products for Chinese consumers' with Mark Tanner
Knowledge Transfer event
Date: Wednesday 8 May, 2019, 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Every day the Chinese market becomes more crowded and competitive. Understanding and connecting with Chinese consumers' unique needs is more important than even for New Zealand businesses wanting to succeed in China.
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'China's economy in 2018 and beyond' with Jane Golley
Contradictions, conundrums, contention and conflict
Date: Wednesday 27 March, 2019, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Join us for the next Knowledge Transfer event as Jane Golley, explores the health of the Chinese economy, current economic policy settings and what this means for New Zealand-China relations.
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