| Date: | 18 March 2022 (Friday) |
| Time: | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (Hong Kong time, GMT+8) |
| Online Registration: | https://lingnan.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bO9l8pfanBo30PQ |
* A webinar link will be provided before each seminar.
Topic: China’s Overseas Economic Regions in the Making – Insights from the Arctic Case
This presentation analyses China’s global economic engagement and Arctic entrance by drawing insights from a relational reading of regions. It views China’s rise as a process of connecting the country with major corners of the world through a network of economic regions, master clusters of flows of goods, energy, data, technology and knowledge. Becoming the primary node of these ‘global extensions’ of the Chinese economy – or spheres of China’s economic influence – enables smooth movement of components of economic growth to the country, and, ultimately, serves the needs and creeds of the Chinese population and bolsters the legitimacy of the ruling party. By analysing the making of the China-Arctic economic region, the presentation identifies different analytical mechanisms and types of practices that Chinese actors advance in their urge to give rise to such regional spaces. Ultimately, the presentation encourages observation of global life from the perspective of Chinese spatial imagination, as an alternative to the dominant Euro-centric reading of space.
Speaker:
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Ms. Liisa Kauppila Doctoral Candidate, Centre for East Asian Studies, the University of Turku, Finland |
Ms. Liisa Kauppila is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Turku and a PhD Candidate at the Centre of East Asian Studies, University of Turku. She is currently analysing Chinese company acquisitions in the Nordic countries in an Academy of Finland funded project and finishing her PhD thesis, which is an Arctic case study of China's global economic outreach. She holds two master's degrees in East Asian Studies and Futures Studies, and she has conducted fieldwork, worked and studied in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition, she has worked in China and futures research related jobs in several Finnish state institutions, including the Bank of Finland and the Finnish Transport Agency. She has (co-)authored several peer-reviewed book chapters, articles and popular texts primarily on China’s Arctic engagement.
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Topic: China’s Relations With Its Neighbours: New and Old Issues
China has a complex relationship with its neighbours. With its increasing power, past problems and competitions have resurfaced, which will strain relationships between China and its neighbours. As its rise disturbs the balance of power within the region, Japan, South Korea and other regional powers will bear mixed feelings towards its growing regional influence. Despite China’s emphasis on a “peaceful rise”, the international system is always interpreted as a zero-sum game. From this perspective, China’s increasing influence in East Asia comes at the expense of other powers. By exploring both old and new problems between China and its East Asian neighbours, this Webinar presentation analyses the difficulties that China’s rise and other controversial issues in the region present.
Speaker:
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Prof. Kar-ming Yu Director, Lingnan Institute of Further Education, Hong Kong |
Prof. Kar-ming Yu is a seasoned professional in teaching and administration with around 27 years of extensive experience in local and overseas tertiary institutions. He served in various teaching and management posts at the Education University of Hong Kong, Community College of City University, University of Bristol and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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