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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220121T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220121T100000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk. The Pursuit of Soft Power Through Sport Mega-Events: Lessons from China by Susan Brownell
DESCRIPTION:Since the end of the Cold War\, Olympic Games have entered a new era in which governments see the games as a form of “public diplomacy” and non-governmental organizations target the games in publicity campaigns. The Chinese leadership intended the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to serve the pursuit of “soft power.”  In the leadup to the Beijing 2022 Olympics\, what has changed and what has stayed the same since 2008\, and what are the lessons going forward for China and other nations strategizing to increase their “soft power” through hosting sport mega-events? And how should the members of the media see their role in this process? \nAbout our speaker: Susan Brownell is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri – St. Louis and a former nationally-ranked track and field athlete in the U.S. She has been researching sports and Olympic Games in China since she won a gold medal in the 1986 Chinese College Games while representing Peking University.  In 2007-08\, she joined Chinese colleagues collaborating with BOCOG and the municipal government\, and she also had rare access to internal decision-making at the International Olympic Committee.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-the-pursuit-of-soft-power-through-sport-mega-events-lessons-from-china-by-susan-brownell/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220118T190000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk. How to Read The People’s Daily by Manoj Kewalramani
DESCRIPTION:In his studies of Chinese politics\, Indian researcher Manoj Kewalramani felt that national reportage and discourse often overlooked the analysis of primary source materials and open source Chinese language materials. This was the impetus behind his work on reading the People’s Daily and putting it in the public domain in the form of a daily blog. He will talk about the different lenses through which he views the newspaper and what are some of his learnings from this process. And also\, why he feels it is important to develop an Indian perspective on the threats and opportunities that China’s rise brings. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER:  Manoj Kewalramani is the Chairperson of the Indo-Pacific Studies Programme at the Takshashila Institution\, a centre for public policy education based in Bengaluru\, India. His research interests range from Chinese politics\, foreign policy and approaches to new technologies to addressing questions of how India can work with like-minded partners to deal with the challenges presented by China’s rise. Manoj is the author of Smokeless War: China’s Quest for Geopolitical Dominance\, which discusses China’s political\, diplomatic\, economic and narrative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining Takshashila\, he spent over a decade working as a journalist in India and China\, where he helped set up digital newsrooms and train young journalists.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-how-to-read-the-peoples-daily-by-manoj-kewalramani/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220111T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220111T190000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk. How Beijing Won the 2022 Winter Olympics by Heather Dichter
DESCRIPTION:On February 4 the XXIV Olympic Winter Games will open in Beijing\, marking the first time a city will host both the summer and winter Olympic Games.  Politics — both within China and the Olympic movement more broadly — have been a major point of discussion\, when the International Olympic Committee selected China to host the Games as well as with more recent announcements of diplomatic boycotts of the event.  Professor Dichter will discuss how politics influenced the 2022 Olympic Winter Games selection process\, resulting in Beijing’s victory\, and how efforts to use the Olympic Games for political reasons historically have fared. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Heather Dichter is Associate Professor of sport history and sport management in the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University in Leicester\, UK.  She has published widely on international sport and diplomacy\, including her recent book\, Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: International Sport’s Cold War Battle with NATO (Massachusetts\, 2021).  Her edited book\,Soccer Diplomacy: International Relations and Football since 1914 (Kentucky\, 2020) was shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Football Book of the Year.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-how-beijing-won-the-2022-winter-olympics-by-heather-dichter/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211214T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211214T100000
DTSTAMP:20260507T191233
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SUMMARY:FCCC TALK: In the Camps -  A Discussion with Darren Byler
DESCRIPTION:Darren Byler spent years living in Xinjiang and befriending the Uyghur communities there. Soon after leaving the region to continue his doctoral studies\, Chinese authorities began a massive detention and incarceration campaign in the region. Byler became one of the earliest scholars to monitor and analyze the latest crackdown in Xinjiang. He joins the club to explain the matrix of state control and economic incentives which produce and maintain and ongoing police state in the region and his deeply personal connection to the people most deeply affected. \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Darren Byler holds a  PhD from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington in 2018. His research focuses on Uyghur dispossession\, infrastructural power and what Byler has termed “terror capitalism”. He teaches anthropology at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver\, British Columbia. He is the author of two books on Xinjiang: “Terror Capitalism” (2022) and “In The Camps.” (2021). Byler has also helped translate “The Backstreets\,” from the renowned Uyghur writer Perhat Tursun.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-in-the-camps-a-discussion-with-darren-byler/
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211209T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211209T100000
DTSTAMP:20260507T191233
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SUMMARY:FCCC TALK: China's Leaders: From Mao to Now (Polity Press 2021)
DESCRIPTION:The Communist Party’s newest “historical resolution” is a crucial step towards consolidating Xi Jinping’s power and status to equal that of Mao and Deng. In his new book Professor Shambaugh surveys China’s leaders and their times from Mao through Deng Xiaoping\, Jiang Zemin\, Hu Jintao\, and Xi Jinping. He will speak about his book and these Chinese leaders\, and will take questions concerning all of them (not only Xi Jinping). \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: David Shambaugh is Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies\, Political Science & International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Professor Shambaugh has published more than 30 books\, including most recently Where Great Powers Meet: America & China in Southeast Asia\, China & the World (both 2020).
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-chinas-leaders-from-mao-to-now-polity-press-2021/
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="FCCC":MAILTO:fcccadmin@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211202T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211202T133000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk: How long can China keep up its ‘zero Covid’ strategy?
DESCRIPTION:While many countries are cautiously opening their borders and relying on high vaccination rates\, China is one of the few to persist with a ‘zero Covid’ policy. How long can it hold out given the high socioeconomic costs of such a method and the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant? \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Ivan Hung\, Professor in Health Sciences Pedagogy\, Chief of Infectious Diseases Division\, University of Hong Kong. Professor Hung is a dual-specialist in Infectious Disease and Gastroenterology & Hepatology and has published more than 150 international peer reviewed original articles. His research includes vaccines\, innovative treatment of severe influenza and prevention of pneumococcal infection. He is the Board and Founding Member of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-how-long-can-china-keep-up-its-zero-covid-strategy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211111T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211111T170000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk: Germany's post-Merkel China policy by Noah Barkin
DESCRIPTION:FCCC ONLINE EVENT: Germany’s post-Merkel China policy\nJoin us for an online talk about Germany’s potential China policy after the election and its implications for Europe-China relations.\nWhen: November 11\, 4 PM Beijing time\nWhere: Google Hangouts or Zoom \nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Noah Barkin is a Managing Editor with Rhodium Group’s China practice based in Berlin\, Germany. He coordinates Rhodium’s editorial and strategic outreach work on China and contributes to the firm’s research on Europe-China relations\, transatlantic China policy and emerging technologies. Previously he worked as a bureau chief\, regional editor and European correspondent for Reuters based in Berlin\, Paris\, London and New York.\nRSVP to fcccadmin@gmail.com
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-germanys-post-merkel-china-policy-by-noah-barkin/
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211011T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211011T100000
DTSTAMP:20260507T191233
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SUMMARY:FCCC Talk Taiwan\, the US\, and China By Shelley Rigger
DESCRIPTION:Taiwan\, the US\, and China: Over Golden Week\, China sent more than 150 fighter planes into airspace monitored by Taiwanese defense forces. The US continues to sell arms to Taiwan and has increased official visits and recognition of the island. China continues to warn that such actions are in violation of their absolute sovereignty of Taiwan. Are these old tensions flaring anew or new risks presaging conflict? Should Taiwan-allied countries\, primarily the US\, hedge against Chinese political and military influence over Taiwan\, or are they exacerbating tensions? \nAbout the speaker: Dr Shelley Rigger is the Brown Professor for Political Science at Davidson College in North Carolina\, where she studies the effects of cross-strait economic interactions on Taiwan people’s perceptions of mainland China. A longtime China watcher and one of the global dons of Taiwan studies\, she’s the author of Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island\, Global Powerhouse (2011) as well as two books on Taiwan’s domestic politics. In June\, her latest book\, The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China’s Economic Rise\, was published. \n 
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-talk-taiwan-the-us-and-china-by-shelley-rigger/
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210927T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210927T100000
DTSTAMP:20260507T191233
CREATED:20210923T052010Z
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SUMMARY:Evergrande: China’s “Lehman” moment?” By Bo Zhang.
DESCRIPTION:Evergrande: China’s “Lehman” moment? \nDistraught investors. Unfinished apartment units. Looming bond defaults. Evergrande\, China’s second-largest property developer is in dire straits. Could its imminent collapse trigger wider\, systemic tremors across China’s financial system? How did the developer trundle on for years under massive debt loads\, only to collapse this year? And what do the regulatory winds which brought about its demise portend about the property sector\, which had enriched so many? Join us on Monday morning\, September 27 for an online chat with Bo Zhuang. \nAbout the speaker: Bo Zhuang is China economist and strategist and based in Singapore for the US investment firm Loomis Sayles. He directs thematic research on China’s impact on the global market and  macroeconomy. Before joining Loomis Sayles in 2021\, Bo was chief China economist at TS Lombard. He has spent 14 years on the sell-side in London\, Beijing and Singapore – working closely with institutional clients\, visiting policymakers\, and media.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/evergrande-chinas-lehman-moment-by-bo-zhang/
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