Panel 1 - History/Archival Research近现代以来的中国与欧洲——历史回顾与未来展望。Speaker: Professor Qianping Chen, Nanjing University Professor Chen Qianping is the director of the Department of History, the deputy head of the Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen Thought, and board member of the Academic Degree Committee at Nanjing University. Professor Chen also holds affiliations as the deputy chair of the Association of Contemporary Chinese History and board member of the Nanjing Research Association of the History of Minguo. Professor Chen has engaged in joint research with leading universities and research institutions, including the East Asia Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, USA. His research focuses on the history of the Minguo era and is broadly concerned with the politics, military and international relations of Minguo. His major publications include 'The History of Anti-Japanese War' (co-editor) and 'Chiang Kai-shek' (co-author). Required Readings:
Further Readings: Panel 2 - DevelopmentChina, Development and the Global Political EconomySpeaker: Professor Jeffrey Henderson, University of Bristol Professor Jeffrey Henderson is Leverhulme Research Professor of International Development in the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at Bristol University. He has taught previously at the universities of Birmingham, Hong Kong and Manchester and has been an advisor to the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the Council of Europe. His research is broadly concerned with the sociology and political economy of economic development and currently focuses on the developmental consequences of global production networks, as well as on the relation of economic governance to inequality and poverty. His books include: 'The Globalisation of High Technology Production, Global Restructuring and Territorial Development' (with Manuel Castells), 'States and Development in the Asian-Pacific Rim' (with Richard P. Appelbaum) and 'Industrial Transformation in Eastern Europe in the Light of the East Asian Experience'. Abstract The rise of China as an economic and political 'driver' of the global economy is likely to be one of the defining moments of world history. Its dynamism and international expansion are on the verge of creating a 'critical disruption' in the global order that has held sway for over 60 years. As such, China is beginning to reshape the world, presaging a new phase of globalisation: a 'Global-Asian Era'. This new era is likely to be distinct from any of the earlier phases of globalisation and China's global footprint, in terms of its business, economic and political actions and their geo-political implications, are likely to be markedly different from what has gone before. This lecture offers a framework by which we can begin to understand the coming Global-Asian Era (GAE) and some of its consequences, particularly as the latter are surfacing in the developing world. Inter alia, it will raise some of the methodological issues concerned with conducting research on these issues. Required Readings:
Panel 3 - International PoliticsChina, Europe and the World: Historical Encounters in the 19th and the 20th CenturiesSpeaker: Professor Yongjin Zhang, University of Bristol Dr Yongjin Zhang holds a personal chair in China and International Studies at the University of Auckland and is the Director of the New Zealand Asia Institute. He has held research and teaching posts at the University of Oxford, the Australian National University and universities in China. His publications include 'Power and Responsibility in Chinese Foreign Policy' (2001) (co-edited with Greg Austin) and 'China's Emerging Global Businesses: Political Economy and Institutional Investigations' (2003). From July 2008, he has held the position of Centre Director at the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol. Abstract Can China become a responsible stakeholder in the international system? Is China a status quo power? What are the implications of the inexorable rise of China for global politics and global economy? These are among the topical questions contested and debated around the world today. My presentation aims to provide a historical perspective in assisting students in their attempt to seek answers to the questions above. Using a number of photos, cartoons and images as snapshots, I tell a story of historical encounters, often violent and conflictual, between China and Europe and, more broadly, the outside world through the 19th and most of the 20th centuries. In tracing the unfolding of this troubled relationship, I also suggest that such encounters have been accompanied by the transformation of China from an empire to a nation-state; and from a revolutionary power to a reformist state. If China's current integration into the global political and economic systems can be viewed as part of this ongoing historical process, what can the above story tell us about its trajectory, both in terms of China's changing relations with the world and the historical transformation of China itself? Required Readings:
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Panel 4 - Regionalism and Comparative Political EconomyThe EU and China as Regional Actors in East Asia: A Comparative AnalysisSpeaker: Dr Sebastian Bersick, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Dr Sebastien Bersick is Senior Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Previously at European Institute for Asian Studies, Dr. Bersick is a specialist in EU-Asia Relations; International and Security Affairs in East Asia, and is currently researching the areas of EU-China; EU-ASEAN; ASEM; ASEAN; China-USA-EU; and Regional Cooperation. His publications include contributions to 'Panorama: Insights into Southeast Asian and European Affairs' (2007), 'Asian-European Relations: Building Blocks for Global Governance?' (2007), and more recently 'The Impact of European and Chinese Soft Power on Regional and Global Governance', in Kerr, David and Liu Fei (ed) 'The International Politics of EU-China Relations', British Academy Occasional Paper 10, Oxford University Press 2007, pp. 216-230. Dr Bersick has also written papers for the Asia Europe Journal. Abstract Since the mid 1990s China is increasingly participating in multilateral regional initiatives. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process is an example of this development. Asian and European actors established an institution that engages China in an increasing number of policy fields. The EU's approach towards East Asia is driven by the understanding that a new balance needs to be found between the Westphalian order in which the region still lives and the post-Westphalian order that the Europeans have successfully constructed during the last 50 years. For this purpose the EU has chosen a policy path that differs from containment or balance of power strategies. It aims to strengthen regional cooperation and the promotion of a rules-based international system. In doing so the EU supports the China-strategy of the ASEAN countries that aims at engaging China bilaterally and multilaterally in a regional context. The presentation shall analyse the concepts and policies that the EU and China are using and developing within the context of region and community building processes in East Asia. Which approach does the EU take towards an evolving regional order in East Asia? What are the involved interests and motives for China's increasing regional engagement? Do the EU and China share common interests vis-à-vis region building initiatives in East Asia? Where do their respective regional agendas differ? Required Readings:
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Panel 5 - Social PolicyMigration and Labour Straddling China and EuropeSpeaker: Professor Flemming Christiansen, University of Leeds Professor Flemming Christiansen is a Professor in Chinese at the University of Leeds and is Director of the National Institute for Chinese Studies and White Rose East Asia Centre at Leeds. His current research interests include livelihoods, social strata and classes in China, Chinese rural development and urbanisation and identity politics in China and among Chinese. Recent publications include 'Chinatown, Europe: Identity of the European Chinese Towards the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century' (2003), and co-author of 'The Politics of Multiple Belonging: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe and East Asia' (2004) and 'Village Inc.: Chinese Rural Society in the 1990s'. Abstract The Chinese reforms have generated a process of rural-urban and also international migration of significant dimensions. The specific dynamics driving the two may be somewhat different, but the social institutions, arrangements and practices are very similar. The session will explore diverse institutions and practices involved in different pathways of migration into and map out how they result in diverse outcomes (social position, formal statuses, income levels) in urban/foreign contexts, in particular related to labour markets. Preparation for the session will involve reading of 3 chapter-length works; group work will involve analysis of interview material (with labour migrants) and/or media accounts on labour migration. Required Readings:
Panel 6 - Economics and BusinessSurvey Work in China: Theory and PracticeSpeaker: Professor Thomas Scharping, University of Cologne Professor Thomas Scharping is Director of the Centre for Modern China Studies at the University of Cologne and has worked the China desk at the Federal Institute for International Studies with policy analysis for the German government 1973-88. Since 1989 he served as Chair for Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany, with special emphasis on political, economic and social problems. He makes regular research stays in China, East Asia and the US and has doe referee work for various German and internal journals and foundations. He has written books on Chinese population, among them 'Floating Population and Migration in China', (ed.), Hamburg 1997 and 'Birth Control in China 1949-2000', Population Policy and Demographic Development, London/New York 2003 (Paperback: 2005), as well as more than 100 articles on Chinese political, economic and social developments. He is also engaged in collaborative projects, field research, and surveys in China. Abstract The presentation will focus on quantitative research in relation to China, with emphasis on both random and non-random surveys. It will familiarize the participants with the specific advantages and disadvantages of different sampling formats and will introduce basic guidelines for questionnaire design. Also covered are practical issues of survey organization: choice of partners for collaboration and permission requirements, pre-testing and training of interviewers, time management and balancing of precision and efficiency goals, coding, data input, processing and language questions. The tensions between textbook prescriptions and their applicability in a Chinese context will be a recurrent theme. In addition to getting acquainted with various research techniques, participants will raise their awareness of the inter-dependencies between empirical and theoretical work, quantitative and qualitative research. Required Readings:
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