Aberdeen Chinese Studies Group

ABOUT THE CHINESE STUDIES GROUP (CSG)
EVENTS HELD IN 2009/10... On Wednesday 5 May, Professor Ian Taylor of the University of St Andrews gave a talk on "China's Rise in Africa: History and Trends". On 14 April, Graham Thompson gave a talk on "Supporting NGOs in China - the experience of The Blackford Trust". On 17 March Dr Neil Munro gave a seminar on "Ways of Getting a Government Permit in China: Strategies and their Determinants." On 17 February Professor Nick Pearce of Glasgow University gave a talk entitled ""A Flash in the Pan or the Bushell Bowl Debate". On 20 January Don Starr of Durham University gave a talk entitled "Will Chinese replace French as the UK's first foreign language? The Chinese Government's Confucius Institute Programme." On 20 November, Dan Waugh, Emeritus Professor of the University of Washington gave a talk entitled "Re-centering the Middle Kingdom on the Periphery: China’s Northern Borderlands". On 4 November, Dr Kerry Brown, Senior Fellow at Chatham House, gave a talk on "The future of political reform in China" to CSG and the Department of Politics and International Relations. On Friday 30 and Saturday 31st October, Eddie McGuire and the Harmony Chinese Music Ensemble gave a seminar and concert Here is a list of PAST SPEAKERS from previous years.

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For further details on any of the above, email us at: csg@abdn.ac.uk