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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250613T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250613T113000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk. Apple in China - The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company With Patrick McGee
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with the author of one of the most talked about books on China of 2025. Apple in China is the untold story of how the tech giant tied its fortunes to America’s biggest rival\, transforming both company and country. The first major history of Apple in the 21st century—from near-bankruptcy to world’s largest company. \nAbout our speaker: A journalist with the Financial Times since 2013\, Patrick McGee has reported from Hong Kong\, Germany\, and California. He led the FT’s Apple coverage from 2019 to 2023 and won a San Francisco Press Club Award for his deep dive into Apple’s HR problems. He has a Master’s in global diplomacy from SOAS\, University of London\, and a degree in religious studies from the University of Toronto. Originally from Calgary\, Canada\, he resides in the Bay Area.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-apple-in-china-the-capture-of-the-worlds-greatest-company-with-patrick-mcgee/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250528T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250528T113000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250522T083449Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk. The Party's Interests Come First - The Life of Xi Zhongxun\, Father of Xi Jinping: a biography by Joseph Torigian
DESCRIPTION:Much can be learned\, about both Xi Jinping and the nature of the party he leads from the memory and legacy of his father\, the revolutionary Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002). The elder Xi served the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for more than seven decades. He worked at the right hand of prominent leaders Zhou Enlai and Hu Yaobang. Drawing on an array of new documents\, interviews\, diaries\, and periodicals\, Joseph Torigian vividly tells the life story of Xi Zhongxun\, a man who spent his entire life struggling to balance his own feelings with the Party’s demands. Through the eyes of Xi Jinping’s father\, Torigian reveals the extraordinary organizational\, ideological\, and coercive power of the CCP—and the terrible cost in human suffering that comes with it. \nAbout the Speaker: Joseph Torigian is Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University and a Research Fellow at the Hoover History Lab at Stanford University.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-partys-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping-a-biography-by-joseph-torigian/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250506T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250506T173000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250502T173156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T053623Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk. What Trump’s Tariffs mean for Europe with Niclas Poitiers
DESCRIPTION:President Donald Trump’s tariffs clearly pose a profound challenge to the global rules-based trading system\, marking a huge shift after decades of multilateral trade liberalisation that had left tariffs at near-historic lows. The economic impact on the European Union is much less clear\, however. This talk will look at evidence on the possible economic effects of Trump’s tariffs for the EU and what this means for EU-China relations. \nAbout the Speaker: Niclas Frederic Poitiers is a Research Fellow at the Brussels based economics think tank Bruegel. He researches topics in International Trade\, Global Supply Chains and Industrial Policy. Niclas writes extensively on the geopolitical aspects of international trade and how shifts in global politics reshape supply chains. In recent years\, his research focused on semiconductor policy\, critical raw materials\, tech sanctions and economic security more broadly. \nHe holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat de Barcelona\, where he was also adjunct Lecturer in Economics\, a M.Sc. in Economics from Bonn University\, and a B.Sc. from University of Mannheim. He was a visiting scholar at Northwestern University. He joined Bruegel in September 2019 and is since autumn of 2023 the manager of Bruegel’s team of Research Assistants.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-what-trumps-tariffs-mean-for-europe-with-niclas-frederic-poitiers/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250428T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250428T123000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250422T145311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T145311Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk. China and the Trump tariffs: Where is the economy heading?
DESCRIPTION:The US government has imposed tariffs of 145 % on almost all imports from China. Some economists estimate that the tariffs could shelve off up to two percentage points of China’s economic growth this year. As of today chances seem low that Beijing and Washington will negotiate a compromise anytime soon. The Chinese government is making preparations to further stimulate the economy. \nDuring our talk with Bert Hofman we will discuss the impact of the US tariffs on the Chinese economy and which measures the Chinese government could adopt to limit the downturn. \nAbout our speaker: Bert Hofman\, a Dutch national\, is the former director of the East Asian Institute of the National University Singapore and now professor at that institute. He was also a professor in practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of NUS. He is also a Senior Fellow at MERICS in Germany\, nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute\, and Member of the World Association for China Studies. Before joining NUS\, he worked with the World Bank for 27 years\, 22 of which in Asia\, and 12 of which on China. Mr. Hofman was the World Bank Country Director for China 2014-2019\, the country economist 2004-2008\, and the Chief Economist for the World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region 2011-2014. His current interests include China’s future growth trajectory\, technology\, aging\, and geopolitics and China-US relations.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-and-the-trump-tariffs-where-is-the-economy-heading/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250417T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250417T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250414T085641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T090032Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China’s EV-manufacturers on the fast lane: What is the impact on foreign OEMs By Paul Gong
DESCRIPTION:Foreign car manufacturers in China from GM and Honda to Volkswagen are in crisis mode as local companies increase their market shares dramatically. At the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show the foreign manufacturers will once again paint a rosy picture of their China business\, but in the long run China will be lost territory for them.\nPaul Gong of Swiss bank UBS will help us to shed light on recent developments of the Chinese automotive market. \nAbout the speaker: Paul Gong\, Head of China Autos Research\, UBS. Paul Gong is an Executive Director heading China Autos research team\, and has been consistently ranked on Institutional Investor Research Polling\, including consecutive No.1 in China. Before joining UBS in 2017\, he worked at Citi for 6 years covering China autos and industrials\, at Nomura for 2 years as a research associate\, and at Deloitte for 3 years as an auditor. Paul graduated from the University of Hong Kong with bachelor’s degree (1st Hon) on Computational Physics and Software Engineering\, and MPhil degree in Surface Science. He also studied at School of Aerospace Engineering at Tsinghua University.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-chinas-ev-manufacturers-on-the-fast-lane-what-is-the-impact-on-foreign-oems-by-paul-gong/
LOCATION:MS Teams
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250403T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250403T113000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250323T124211Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event. Identity in Xi Jinping's China - Emily Feng discusses her new book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Former Beijing-based journalist and longtime FCCC member Emily Feng talks to the club about the reporting behind her new book on China. Since landing in Beijing in 2015\, Feng has spent the last decade reporting on a changing China under the leadership of Xi Jinping. \nIn LET ONLY RED FLOWERS BLOOM (Crown Hardcover; 3/18/2025)\, Feng offers an understanding of modern China that takes readers beyond the geopolitical headlines and uncovers the heartbreaking stories of nearly two dozen people caught in the tumult of Xi Jinping’s redefinition of Chinese identity and nationality both internally and among the Chinese diaspora. \nAbout the Speaker: Emily Feng is an award-winning international correspondent for NPR. She’s a regular contributor to NPR podcasts and member stations and she is also a frequent guest on U.S. and BBC radio and television programs. Previously based in Beijing\, China for NPR\, she now lives in Taipei\, Taiwan.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-identity-in-xi-jinpings-china-emily-feng-discusses-her-new-book-let-only-red-flowers-bloom/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250328T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250328T103000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250323T145557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250323T150556Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk. DeepSeek\, Huawei\, Export Controls\, and the Future of the U.S.-China AI Race
DESCRIPTION:Join Gregory C. Allen\, director of the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, as he discusses the findings of his new report on DeepSeek\, Huawei\, and the impact of export controls on China’s chipmaking potential. In this recent report\, Allen analyzes DeepSeek’s origins and achievements\, the success and trajectory of Huawei’s chipmaking capabilities despite U.S. restrictions\, and the key geopolitical challenges facing U.S. and allied policymakers. With Huawei’s increasing capabilities\, reflected in the success of DeepSeek\, Allen will discuss his recommendations for how the U.S. can maintain its advantage in the U.S.-China AI Race. \nAbout the Speaker: Gregory C. Allen is the director of the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where he leads a team of scholars researching AI policy\, governance\, diplomacy\, geopolitics\, and national security. Mr. Allen plays an important role in shaping the U.S. and allied AI policy agenda\, including at major international fora such as the 2023 and 2024 G7 Summits and the AI Safety Summit series. His recent research focuses on AI and semiconductor export controls and U.S.-China AI competition
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-deepseek-huawei-export-controls-and-the-future-of-the-u-s-china-ai-race/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250304T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20250304T103000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20250302T172429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T172429Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: What to Watch at China’s Two Sessions in 2025 by Neil Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Neil Thomas\, from the Asia Society\, will present his paper “What to Watch at China’s Two Sessions in 2025” on the upcoming annual meetings of the CPPCC and the NPC. \nAbout the Speaker: Neil Thomas is a Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis\, where he studies elite politics\, political economy\, and foreign policy. He holds a Master in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University\, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia\, and certificates from Renmin University\, Tsinghua University\, and Zhejiang University.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-what-to-watch-at-chinas-two-sessions-in-2025-by-neil-thomas/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241118T213000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241118T223000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20241112T113119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T181439Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China's Hacking Contest Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:This session explores hacking contests\, covering their purpose\, various formats\, and their role in talent identification and development. Focusing on China’s hacking contest ecosystem\, the session examines the factors driving its growth\, significant milestones in China’s hacking community\, prominent hosting organizations\, and sector-specific competitions targeting areas like healthcare and law enforcement. Additionally\, it analyzes selected state-sponsored contests to provide a comprehensive understanding of these events and their broader implications. \nAbout the Speakers: \nDakota Cary is a strategic advisory consultant at SentinelOne. His reports examine artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research at Chinese universities\, the People’s Liberation Army’s efforts to automate software vulnerability discovery\, and new policies to improve China’s cybersecurity-talent pipeline. Prior to SentinelOne\, he was a research analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology on the CyberAI Project. He focuses on China’s efforts to develop its hacking capabilities. Cary has also testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. \nEugenio Benincasa is a Senior Researcher in the Cyberdefense Project with the Risk and Resilience Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Prior to CSS\, he worked as a Government Officer at the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Rome and as a Research Fellow at the research institute Pacific Forum in Honolulu\, where he focused on cybersecurity issues. He also worked as a Crime Analyst at the New York City Police Department (NYPD). His research interests include China’s offensive cyber ecosystem\, the applicability of international law to cyberspace\, and cyber non-proliferation.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-chinas-hacking-contest-ecosystem/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241108T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20241105T082525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T082525Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Zhuhai Airshow: China’s Military on the Rise with Sheu Jyh-Shyang
DESCRIPTION:The Zhuhai Airshow takes place this year from November 12-17. The airshow is the largest aviation and military trade expo in all of China and provides a rare glimpse of China’s home-grown military hardware. Together with military expert Sheu Jyh-Shyang we will unpack this year’s Zhuhai Airshow: Which new weapon systems China may unveil\, what kind of signal this sends out and what China’s military rise mean for the world. \nAbout the speaker: Jyh-Shyang Sheu is currently an Assistant Research Fellow at the “Division of Chinese Politics\, Military and Warfighting Concepts”\, Institute for National Defense and Security Research\, in Taipei. He obtained his PhD from the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen\, Germany. Dr. Sheu’s research interests encompass European and American military\, PLA research\, ground weapons and equipment\, and asymmetric warfare.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-zhuhai-airshow-chinas-military-on-the-rise-with-sheu-jyh-shyang/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241021T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20241017T062034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T065834Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: BRICS + and the Role of China with Eva Seiwert
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the first-ever summit of BRICS+ from October 22 to 24 in Kazan. With the addition of new members the BRIC group will be more globally representative­ – but also face more internal divisions. Together with Eva Seiwert\, expert on Chinese foreign policy\, we will unpack the upcoming BRICS+ summit\, talk about the expansion\, China’s role in it and the future world order. \nAbout the speaker: Eva Seiwert is an analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin. Her research focuses on China’s foreign and security policy\, with a special interest in China-Russia relations\, China-Central Asia relations\, and China’s behavior in international organizations. Prior to joining MERICS\, Eva was a postdoctoral researcher at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and managing editor of 9DASHLINE. Eva holds a PhD from Freie Universität Berlin focusing on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and China’s strategy of shaping international norms. She studied Chinese language at Renmin University and Lanzhou University.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-brics-and-the-role-of-china-with-eva-seiwert/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241017T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20241017T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20241007T163550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T172235Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Pope Francis and the question of Christianity in China
DESCRIPTION:Pope Francis’ visit to Asia last month marks his second trip to the region in barely two years. A growing attention that points\, at least partially\, at China and the ties between The Vatican and the CCP. With their historic agreement up for renewal this October\, Dr. Michel Chambon will help us better understand the driving forces shaping this particular relation. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Michel Chambon commenced his appointment as Research Fellow with the Religion and Globalisation Cluster on 8 October 2021. He has a PhD in Anthropology from Boston University. He is a French Catholic theologian and a cultural anthropologist interested in Christianity in Asia. He has published research on the agency of Christian buildings\, Chinese Pentecostalism\, and Chinese Catholic nuns. His most recent book\, “Making Christ Present in China Actor-Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity”\, examines the five Christian denominations of Nanping (Fujian Province) to question the ways social science theorizes the unity and diversity of Christianity. He is coordinating the Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-pope-francis-and-the-question-of-christianity-in-china/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240925T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240925T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240913T153601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T091507Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Japan's New Prime Minister--What to Expect This Fall and Beyond by Ko Maeda
DESCRIPTION:Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new leader on September 27. This leader will become the Prime Minister and will likely call for an early election of the lower house of the legislature. With the largest opposition party also holding its leadership race\, Japan’s politics is entering a period of significant change. Who is likely to be the new Prime Minister? Will the ruling coalition be able to win the upcoming election? What will happen to Sino-Japanese relations? \nAbout the Speaker: Ko Maeda is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Texas\, USA. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University in 2005. He is currently an editor of the Japanese Journal of Political Science and an associate editor of the Journal of Elections\, Public Opinion and Parties. His research interests center on elections\, party competition\, and political institutions. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics\, British Journal of Political Science\, Comparative Political Studies\, and Electoral Studies.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-japans-new-prime-minister-what-to-expect-this-fall-and-beyond-by-ko-maeda/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240922T181700
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240922T181700
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240914T061951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240922T181744Z
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SUMMARY:[Postponed] FCCC Online Talk: Improbable Diplomacy: Science\, Culture\, and the Remaking of US–China Relations in the 1970s and Beyond by Pete Millwood
DESCRIPTION:In 1971\, Americans made two historic visits to China that would transform relations between the two countries. One was by US official Henry Kissinger; the other\, earlier\, visit was by the US table tennis team. Historians have pored over the transcripts of Kissinger’s negotiations with Chinese leaders. However\, they have overlooked how\, alongside these diplomatic talks\, a rich program of travel and exchange had begun with ping-pong diplomacy. Pete Millwood’s book Improbable Diplomats reveals how a diverse cast of Chinese and Americans – athletes and physicists\, performing artists and seismologists – played a critical\, but to date overlooked\, role in remaking US-China relations.\n\nIn this talk\, Millwood will introduce his recent book and connect this history with current developments in US–China relations\, including the lapsing of the historic US–China Science and Technology Agreement (STA) that was first signed in 1979 at the end of the rapprochement decade.\n\nPete Millwood teaches Chinese and East Asian history at the University of Melbourne. His first book Improbable Diplomats: How Ping-Pong Players\, Musicians\, and Scientists Remade US-China Relations (Cambridge University Press\, 2022)\, was recently released in paperback. He received his PhD from Oxford\, has taught at Tsinghua and the London School of Economics\, and held fellowships at Peking and Hong Kong universities and the Library of Congress. His writing has been published in academic journals and the Washington Post\, History Today\, and the South China Morning Post.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-improbable-diplomacy-science-culture-and-the-remaking-of-us-china-relations-in-the-1970s-and-beyond-by-pete-millwood/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240829T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240829T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240819T083235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T130423Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: FOCAC 9: join the co-Founders of the China Global South Project as they preview the key themes of the 2024 China-Africa Summit
DESCRIPTION:Chinese and African leaders will gather in Beijing during the first week of September for the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. This year’s event comes at a pivotal time for stakeholders on all sides\, amid heightened great power competition\, China’s slowing economy\, and intense challenges brought on by climate change\, among other issues. African leaders will be coming to FOCAC with a long list of requests for increased Chinese economic engagement\, particularly for major infrastructure initiatives. But that may be a hard sell for the Chinese government\, which has cut back significantly on overseas development finance lending in Africa and other developing regions. Instead\, Beijing will be focusing on opening new markets for smaller-scale green and digital technologies and deepening political ties with African governments.\n\nJoin Eric Olander and Cobus van Staden\, hosts of the popular China in Africa Podcast and managing editors of The China-Global South Project\, for a lively discussion on the key themes that will be addressed at this year’s FOCAC. In advance of their talk\, you can listen and read all of CGSP’s coverage of FOCAC and download briefing reports written by Cobus that looks at the FOCAC summit from both African and Chinese perspectives:\n\n\n Taking Control: Africa’s Challenges and Priorities at FOCAC 2024\nChina’s agenda at FOCAC 2024: Climate\, Connectivity & Coalitions\n\n\nAbout the Speakers: \nEric Olander is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience reporting\, producing\, and managing newsrooms for some of the world’s leading editorial organizations\, including CNN\, FRANCE 24\, and the BBC World Service\, among others. He has an extensive background working in newsrooms and doing content production in the U.S.\, Europe\, Africa\, and Asia. China\, though\, has been the central focus of Eric’s professional career. He first went to China in 1989 and spent more than a decade of combined time living\, studying\, and working there. Eric is fluent in both French and Mandarin Chinese. He received his undergraduate degree in East African history from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s of International Public Affairs with a focus on Chinese foreign policy from the University of Hong Kong. \nCobus van Staden is an accomplished scholar\, journalist\, and think tank analyst with more than 20 years of experience in Africa and Asia. Previously\, he was the senior China-Africa researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in Johannesburg. Cobus completed his Ph.D. in Japanese studies and media studies at the University of Nagoya in Japan in 2008. He focused on comparisons of Chinese and Japanese public diplomacy in Africa during postdoctoral positions at the University of Stellenbosch and the SARCHI Chair on African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg before joining the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2013. His academic research focused on media coverage of the China-Africa and Japan-Africa relationships\, as well as the use of media in public diplomacy in the Global South.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-focac-9-preview-of-key-themes-at-this-years-china-africa-summit/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240704T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240704T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240616T012453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240617T063430Z
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China before the Third Plenum: New reform push or business as usual? by Bert Hofman
DESCRIPTION:The Third Plenum usually sets the tone for China’s economic policies for the following five years. The high-ranking meeting should have taken place in November 2023\, but was postponed several times for unknown reasons. As of now the plenum is set to take place in July. \nSince shortly after the end of the zero Covid policy China’s economic development has been rather sluggish. Only recently the economy showed some signs of improvement\, but the country is not out of the woods yet. Now all eyes are on the Third Plenum of the Central Committee to see what policies the Communist Party announces. \nBert Hofman will give his assessment of the current state of the Chinese economy and will then outline what to expect from the plenum regarding possible reforms. \nAbout our speaker: Bert Hofman\, a Dutch national\, is the former director of the East Asian Institute of the National University Singapore and now professor at that institute. He was also a professor in practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of NUS. He is also a Senior Fellow at MERICS in Germany\, nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute\, and Member of the World Association for China Studies. Before joining NUS\, he worked with the World Bank for 27 years\, 22 of which in Asia\, and 12 of which on China. Mr. Hofman was the World Bank Country Director for China from 2014-2019.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-before-the-third-plenum-new-reform-push-or-business-as-usual-by-bert-hofman/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240625T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240625T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240617T061329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T033256Z
UID:18263-1719331200-1719334800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Compulsive Ambition: How The Desire for Self-Improvement Leads Young Chinese To Powerlessness\, With Xiang Biao
DESCRIPTION:Ambition\, or “the heart for moving upward and forward” (shangjinxin)\, is widely regarded as an unquestionable virtue in China. This perception of ambition\, however\, is relatively new for non-elite Chinese. In the talk\, Xiang Biao will examine why the desire for self-improvement is causing widespread feelings of powerlessness in China\, especially among youths. Underlying the current ways of being ambitious is the mismatch between political economy\, social norms and individual life experiences\, resulting in confusion and frustration. \n About our speaker: Born and raised in China\, Xiang Biao is currently a director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany\, and previously Professor at the University of Oxford. He has worked on migration and social changes in China\, India and other parts of Asia. His latest book (co-authored with Wu Qi) Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World (2023) can be freely downloaded here https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/4340a9fd-60c4-40f3-ae70-6312dbeed4c2/978-981-19-4953-1.pdf.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-compulsive-ambition-how-the-desire-for-self-improvement-leads-young-chinese-to-powerlessness-with-xiang-biao/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240613T090000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240531T021216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T063838Z
UID:18136-1718265600-1718269200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Mobilizing Patriotic Consumers: Chinese Boycotts as a Tool of Economic Coercion
DESCRIPTION:China has ramped up its use of nationalistic consumer boycotts against other governments as well as foreign companies. In this talk\, I discuss Beijing’s mobilization of patriotic consumers as a form of informal coercion\, allowing it to manage public sentiment for both domestic legitimacy and foreign policy goals. Patriotic consumer mobilization employs citizens as the unit of action\, facilitating manipulability\, uncertainty\, visibility\, and plausible deniability\, which lend potential coercive advantages. Citizens are mobilized via propaganda that underscores national humiliation\, frames boycotts as grassroots patriotism\, and signals resolve to foreign countries. I identify the constraints and conditions under which boycotts are more or less likely to be used\, and hence when governments and businesses should be most worried. Drawing on specific boycott incidents\, I analyze the varied economic consequences along with political effects. I then conclude with some implications for strengthening industry awareness of and resilience to potential boycotts. \n\nAbout the Speaker: Audrye Wong is an assistant professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California\, and Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Her research examines how states use non-military means\, including economic and informational tools\, to gain geopolitical influence. In addition to a book manuscript on China’s economic statecraft\, her other projects examine authoritarian informational statecraft\, foreign influence operations\, and the role of diasporas in international relations. Before coming to USC\, Audrye was a Grand Strategy\, Security\, and Statecraft Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and MIT. She received a PhD in Security Studies from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs\, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Audrye has held affiliations with Harvard’s Fairbank Center\, the Wilson Center\, the Brookings Institution\, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-mobilizing-patriotic-consumers-chinese-boycotts-as-a-tool-of-economic-coercion/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240612T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240612T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240608T105656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T064052Z
UID:18183-1718211600-1718215200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China and Russia: A Complex Relationship by Alexander Gabuev
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland will host a high-level conference on June 15-16 aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine. But Moscow has dismissed the initiative as a waste of time. And Beijing\, which has strengthened its relationship with Russia\, has said it will also not attend the summit. Together with the renowned expert Alexander Gabuev we will unpack the complex relations between the two major absences at the summit.\n\nAbout the speaker: Alexander Gabuev is director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center where he leads a renowned team of analysts who were formerly part of the Carnegie Moscow Center\, which was forced to close by the Kremlin in early 2022 after nearly three decades of operation. Gabuev’s own research is focused on Russian foreign policy with particular focus on the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Sino-Russia relationship.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-and-russia-a-complex-relationship-by-alexander-gabuev/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240607T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240607T110000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240531T120850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T113412Z
UID:18143-1717754400-1717758000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: “The Chinese Computer” works! by Thomas S. Mullaney
DESCRIPTION:The fascinating\, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? In The Chinese Computer\, Thomas S. Mullaney sets out to resolve this paradox\, and in doing so\, discovers that the key to this seemingly impossible riddle has given rise to a new epoch in the history of writing—a form of writing he calls “hypography.” Based on fifteen years of research\, this pathbreaking history of the Chinese language charts the beginnings of electronic Chinese technology in the wake of World War II up through to its many iterations in the present day. \nMullaney takes the reader back through the history and evolution of Chinese language computing technology\, showing the development of electronic Chinese input methods—software programs that enable Chinese characters to be produced using alphanumeric symbols—and the profound impact they have had on the way Chinese is written. \nAbout the Speaker: Thomas S. Mullaney is Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University and a Guggenheim Fellow. He is the author of The Chinese Typewriter: A History\, Where Research Begins\, and Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-chinese-computer-works-by-thomas-s-mullaney/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240503T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240503T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240501T041200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T041200Z
UID:17982-1714762800-1714766400@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Unpacking Xi’s visit to Europe with Abigaël Vasselier
DESCRIPTION:From May 5 to 10 Xi Jinping will visit Europe for the first time in 5 years. But the world – and China-EU relations in particular – have changed quite a bit since his last trip in 2019. Together with Abigaël Vasselier\, we will unpack Xi’s upcoming visit: What plans does Xi have for Europe\, what will he offer and how will Europe’s relationship with China evolve?\n\nAbout the Speaker: Abigaël Vasselier is the director for Policy and European Affairs at the Mercator Institute of Chinese Studies (MERICS). Prior to that\, she was working for the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Abigaël Vasselier has co-authored the book “China at the gates: A new power audit of EU-China relations” (with François Godement).
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-unpacking-xis-visit-to-europe-with-abigael-vasselier/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240423T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240421T124322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T135855Z
UID:17907-1713877200-1713880800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China’s EV Domination by Beatrix Keim
DESCRIPTION:China’s growing electric vehicle dominance and overcapacity presents a challenge to the west. Governments are torn between profiting from the Chinese car market and protecting its domestic manufacturers. Join us for an in depth talk ahead of the Beijing Auto Show 2024 with automotive expert Beatrix Keim. \nAbout the Speaker: Beatrix Keim studied Sinology and marketing. She made a career as a consultant and manager in the automotive industry and spent most of her professional life in China. Her various positions allowed her to gain insights into the working practices of large German car manufacturers\, e-car start-ups and automotive suppliers. Since 2022 she oversees the China projects at CAR Center Automotive Research. CAR is a private-sector research institute focusing on questions relating to mobility\, based in Duisburg\, Germany.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-chinas-ev-domination-by-beatrix-keim/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240314T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240314T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240304T104632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T034153Z
UID:17513-1710435600-1710439200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
DESCRIPTION:In the talk\, Olivia Cheung will present the main findings of The Political Thought of Xi Jinping\, the new book she co-authored with Steve Tsang for Oxford University Press. She will offer a contextualized interpretation of the meaning of Xi’s major doctrines and concepts on the politics\, economy\, society\, and foreign policy of China. It is argued that the vision of Xi Thought can be distilled into two core elements or ambitions. The first is to create “one state\, one people\, one ideology\, one party\, and one leader.” The second is to make China great again and better than any other country in the world. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of China’s direction of travel under Xi and its implications for China and the world.\n\nAbout our speaker:\nDr Olivia Cheung is Research Fellow of the China Institute at SOAS University of London. She is the author of Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics: To the Left or to the Right? (Amsterdam University Press\, 2023; e-book gold open access) and co-author of The Political Thought of Xi Jinping (Oxford University Press\, 2024). Her current research project is on China’s Global Strategy.  She previously taught at the University of Warwick\, where she was Course Director for the MA in International Politics and East Asia. She obtained her DPhil at Oxford where she was a Swire Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-political-thought-of-xi-jinping/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240221T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240221T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240129T022450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T022742Z
UID:17343-1708531200-1708534800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: The Assemblage of Social Death: Digital Vigilantism and Cancel Culture in China by Qian Huang
DESCRIPTION:Online visibility has been increasingly weaponized to cause individuals’ “social death” (unrepairable damage to one’s reputation within a community/society) when perceived transgression or offense is committed. This trend is illustrated by the rising phenomenon of digital vigilantism and “cancel culture” across different cultural contexts.  Focusing on Chinese empirical cases\, Qian will present this topic based on her finished NWO Ph.D. project and more recent research. She will draw on various case studies to map out the dynamics among main actors/stakeholders and the public discourses about this phenomenon in China. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Qian Huang is an assistant professor at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at University of Groningen. She obtained her PhD in October 2022 from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research expertise includes digital vigilantism\, creative labour\, and youth digital culture. She is currently working on projects studying how cultural workers and general citizens negotiate their identities and manage their visibility in daily production practices in contemporary surveillance culture and influencer culture\, especially in transnational contexts.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-assemblage-of-social-death-digital-vigilantism-and-cancel-culture-in-china-by-qian-huang/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240213T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240213T110000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20240207T055202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T055202Z
UID:17383-1707818400-1707822000@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Where to for North Korea in 2024?
DESCRIPTION:North Korean experts Chad O’Carroll and Colin Zeirko will help Club members understand what to expect for the Korean Peninsula in 2024 and calibrate the various different scenarios and hypotheses that have been advanced recently about the possibility of conflict. \nChad O’Carroll is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Korea Risk Group. He is a respected journalist and analyst with specializations in North Korea and geopolitical risk on the peninsula. In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive of Korea Risk Group\, O’Carroll is a regular contributor to NK Pro\, Korea Pro and NK News. Furthermore\, he manages several Korea Risk Group consulting projects and provides regular input to a range of clients. \nColin Zwirko is Korea Risk Group’s Senior Analytic Correspondent. He leads open-source intelligence collection and analysis efforts\, publishing regular analyses on a range of subjects including military/diplomatic affairs\, DPRK infrastructure\, and trade issues.Furthermore\, he is a satellite imagery specialist and produces industry-leading material in this area.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-where-to-for-north-korea-in-2024/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231219T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231219T113000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20231211T052800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T104221Z
UID:17085-1702980000-1702985400@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Is China’s economy in crisis? Where is the world’s second-largest economy heading? By Wang Tao
DESCRIPTION:News about the Chinese economy isn’t getting any better. The housing crisis is only getting\nworse\, consumers don’t spend as the government hoped for\, and exports are still sluggish.\nFurthermore\, there seems to be no coherent strategy about how to solve the local\ngovernment debt problem. On December 5 th rating agency Moody’s downgraded China’s\ncredit from stable to negative.\nWang Tao will give an introduction to her new book “Making Sense of China’s Economy” and\nhelp us to shed light on the economic prospects for 2024. \nAbout our speaker: Wang Tao is one of the most respected experts on the Chinese economy. She currently\nserves as managing director\, chief China economist and head of Asia economic research at\nUBS in Hong Kong. From 1997 to 2006 Tao worked at the IMF in Washington D.C.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-in-crisis-mode-where-is-the-worlds-second-largest-economy-heading-by-wang-tao/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231121T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231121T113000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20231117T015224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T013057Z
UID:16755-1700560800-1700566200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Laughter\, Tea\, and People to People Relations in the Age of the Internet
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Appell came to China as a Fulbright scholar\, apprenticing to Master Xiangsheng performer Ding Guangquan and becoming a mainstay of the Chinese comedy community. He has written and performed on Chinese comedy shows and has 2 million followers in China and almost 1 million abroad. Jesse will share some of his thoughts on the nature of comedy in China\, the role of the Internet in sharing culture\, and his new adventures starting one of America’s fastest-growing specialty tea companies. \nAbout the Speaker: Jesse Appell 艾杰西 is a bilingual comedian and creator with over 3 million followers on platforms around the world. A disciple of Master Xiangsheng performer Ding Guangquan\, he performs Chinese and English comedy online and live around the world. He is also the founder of Jesse’s Teahouse\, an online tea shop with some of the best tea you can buy outside of China.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-laughter-tea-and-people-to-people-relations-in-the-age-of-the-internet/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231109T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231109T113000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20231106T020750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T020750Z
UID:16684-1699524000-1699529400@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Decoding Chinese Elite Politics by Joseph Torigian
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 9th\, for Decoding Chinese Elite Politics: a talk from the renowned scholar of elite Chinese politics\, Joseph Torigian. Torigian is an assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington\, DC. \nIn this talk\, he will provide an overview of what outside observers have gotten right and wrong about Chinese elite politics and why. \nTorigian studies the politics of authoritarian regimes with a specific focus on elite power struggles\, civil-military relations\, and grand strategy. His scholarship focuses on Russia and China and he is working on a much anticipated biography of Xi Zhongxun\, father of Xi Jinping. He has pursued his research at Princeton-Harvard’s China and the World Program; Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation; George Washington University’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies; the Higher School of Economics in Moscow as well as Fudan University. He has a PhD from MIT and BA from University of Michigan.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-decoding-chinese-elite-politics-by-joseph-torigian/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231107T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231107T173000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20230922T080604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T073922Z
UID:16190-1699372800-1699378200@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Event. On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China by Margaret Hillenbrand
DESCRIPTION:On the Edge is highly interdisciplinary\, fusing digital media\, art history\, literary criticism\, and performance studies with citizenship\, protest\, and labor studies. It makes both the distinctive Chinese experience and the vital role of culture central to global understandings of how entrenched insecurity and civic jeopardy fray the bonds of the social contract. \nExamining the volatile aesthetic forms that embody stifled social tensions and surging anxiety over zombie citizenship\, Hillenbrand traces how people use culture to vent taboo feelings of rage\, resentment\, distrust\, and disdain in scenarios rife with cross-class antagonism. \n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Margaret Hillenbrand is a professor of modern Chinese literature and culture at the University of Oxford. Her previous books include Negative Exposures: Knowing What Not to Know in Contemporary China (2020).
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-event-on-the-edge-feeling-precarious-in-china-by-margaret-hillenbrand/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231101T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20231101T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T190409
CREATED:20231024T115840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T023253Z
UID:16498-1698829200-1698832800@fccchina.org
SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: What’s Next for US-China Relations? by Jude Blanchette
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Jude Blanchette\, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The talk will focus on: the upcoming Xi-Biden meeting at APEC\, Taiwan relations\, and then the upcoming US presidential election season and what it means for short- and near-term calculations for Washington and Beijing. \nJude was formerly with the Conference Board in Beijing\, where he researched China’s political environment with a focus on the workings of the Communist Party of China and its impact on foreign companies and investors\,  and prior to that at UCSD’s 21st Century China Center. Jude is widely published and many of you will have listened\, read or spoken to him on China in recent years. He has an M.A. in modern Chinese studies from Oxford\, and a B.A. in economics from Loyola University\, Maryland.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-whats-next-for-us-china-relations-by-jude-blanchette/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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