China seeks to be a global power while preserving an essential Chineseness. Understandable in general terms, this stubborn national identity complex is mainly politically-driven. Outside actors need to understand the internal conversation that dominates and colours the formal positions over a range of national issues, most recently the college curriculum. The controversies need to be […]
What are the three things that every Canadian should know about social media in China? Is state control of social media tightening as much as many commentators outside China are warning? In light of new legislation and regulations, what are the prospects for virtual civil society in the cyber domain? Please join us for a […]
Agenda 9:30am to 10:00am – Registration 10:00am to 10:10am – Welcoming Remarks Gunn Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea Paul Evans, Interim Research Director of the Institute of Asian Research 10:10am to 11:50am – Session: Can Middle Powers save the World Order from Unravelling? Moderator: Paul Evans, Professor, UBC Panel: –Berenice Diaz Ceballos, […]
Professor Nadja Kunz from the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs will be speaking at the opening plenary session at the Canadian Water Summit in Vancouver. The focus will be on the role of the mining sector in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), both in Canada and abroad, and the talk will also highlight […]
Join us for this talk with Stewart Patrick, James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations, on his newest publication, Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World. This discussion will be chaired by Professor Brian Job with UBC’s Department of […]