China’s Rise: focus of Otago Foreign Policy School
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Thu Jun 03 2010 12:00:00 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
China’s Rise: focus of Otago Foreign Policy School
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 1:10 pm
Press Release: University of Otago
**China’s Rise ¬ the focus of 2010 Otago Foreign Policy School
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China’s rise and future role on the world stage will go under the spotlight at the University of Otago’s 45th Foreign Policy School later this month. The event gathers together leading national and international China scholars and New Zealand diplomats, policymakers, business people and members of the public.
Titled “China’s Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System?” the School is being held in association with the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. The gathering takes place at Dunedin’s Salmond College from 25-27 June.
School Co-Director Professor Robert Patman of the University of Otago says a “truly world-class line-up of experts” has been assembled to speak at the event.
Speakers and participants will explore how China’s growing interests and capacities will shape the way the international system operates. Sessions cover China and international politics, media and the environment, international economy, and regions such as the South Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa.
“Among the key questions to be tackled at the School is ‘will a new China fundamentally change the rules of the game in the global system, or will China simply become another great power using the traditional tools of money, force and diplomacy’?,” Professor Patman says.
New Zealand-China relations are the focus of a roundtable composed of leading Chinese academics and New Zealand figures including Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Charles Finny and journalist and analyst Colin James.
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The School’s opening address will be given on the Friday evening by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Murray McCully.
The keynote address, ‘China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower’, is being presented by Professor David Shambaugh of George Washington University. Professor Shambaugh is an internationally recognised authority on contemporary Chinese affairs and the international politics and security of the Asia-Pacific region.
Other speakers will delve into topics such as China and FTAs in international trade, its UN Diplomacy and the evolution of its climate change policy. A full list of speakers and topics appears below.
People interested in registering for the School can do so via http://www.otago.ac.nz/otagofps/ where a full programme can be viewed.
**About the School:
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The Otago Foreign Policy School originally started in 1966 as a workshop on foreign affairs, and now attracts a wide range of people drawn from both public and private sectors.
Participants include officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Defence, academics, journalists, diplomats, members of the business community, students and interested members of the public.
Speaker line-up and topics
Professor David Shambaugh, George Washington University
China's Global Identities: the Schizophrenic Superpower?
Professor Sam Zhao, University of Denver
_Between the Head Low and the Head up: China’s Pursuance of It’s Core Interests
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Professor Jin Canrong, Renmin University of China
US-China Relations
_Professor Shen Dingli, Fudan University
_Nuclear and Space Programme
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Professor Guihong Zhang, Fudan University
_China's UN Diplomacy
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Associate Professor Anne-Marie Brady, University of Canterbury
_China and the New Media
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Dr Katherine Morton, Australian National University
_The Evolution of China's Policy on Climate Change
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Professor Peter Robertson, University of Western Australia
_China's Economic Transformation and Implications for World Political Economy
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Dr Marc Lanteigne, University of St Andrews
_China and FTAs in International Trade
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Professor Gerald Chan, Auckland University
_China’s Rise in Global Economic Governance
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Professor Ian Taylor, University of St Andrews
_China's Political and Economic Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa
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Dr Marco Buente, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
_China’s Policy towards ASEAN organization
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Dr Jian Yang, University of Auckland
_China and South Pacific: A Political and Economic Analysis
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Roundtable: NZ-China Relations: National Interests, International Structure and Domestic Constraints
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Professor Shen Dingli, Fudan University, Shanghai
Professor Jin Canrong, Renmin University, Beijing
John McKinnon, CEO, NZ Ministry of Defence
Charles Finny, CEO, Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mr Colin James, Journalist and Analyst
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