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Warmly welcome at BICCS, the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies!

The Institute, being a cooperation between the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Renmin University P.R. China, focuses on the current state of affairs in China and on the expected developments in the future, both of which are too often just a footnote in existing programmes in Chinese studies. Moreover, contemporary China is studied in all its segments: economy, politics, diplomacy, culture, society, law…

This academic vision, combined with the quality of its lecturers, researchers and corporate partners, makes BICCS your preferred partner for education, research and consultancy on today’s China.

NEWS 

. Asia Briefing: China’s minority challenge in Xinjiang (15 July 2009)

. Asia Briefing: How unrest will invigorate China’s quest for status, and how Europe should respond (10 July 2009)

. Asia Briefing: Great powers and oil: old game new players (02 July 2009)

. Asia Briefing: The EU and China: an overview of the agenda for this year (19 June 2009)

. Asia Briefing: Why China will continue to back the dictator of Pyongyang (15 April 2009)

. Asia Briefing: NPC review: Can conflicting goals be reconciled? (23 March 2009)

. Asia Briefing: China’s confidence congress? (05 March 2009)

. Asia Briefing: US engages in Asia while Europe hesitates (05 March 2008)

. Asia Paper: The elusive axis Evaluating the EU-China strategic partnership (08 April 2009)

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

. Call for papers and conference on 7 and 8 December 2009 in Brussels

The strategic relevance of China’s multilateral engagement

The Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies (BICCS) is glad to announce a new call for papers related to the strategic relevance of China’s multilateral engagement. The call is open for researchers working in European member states. Applicants who are selected will be invited to participate in a conference in Brussels on December 7th and 8th... (More information)

 

PAST EVENTS

. 30 April 2009 Seminar: a debriefing of the European Parliament’s recent visit to China

Schedule: 15:00 - 17:00 Thursday 30 April 2009
Venue: BICCS-IES meeting room, 15 Pleinlaan

Speakers: Dirk Sterckx has been head of the Parliament’s China Delegation for four years, and is thus well positioned to give his opinion on how China has evolved in terms of economic modernization, political reforms, human rights, and environment. He will also elaborate on recent evolutions of the EU-China relations, and discuss the options for the future. Mr. Sterckx will give a personal account of how he has experienced the interaction with his Chinese hosts and interlocutors, and the extent to which China has developed its capabilities to engage in external dialogues and exchanges. Sergio Cantone is a eporter for EURONEWS and has covered the EU-China relations for many years.

. 29 April 2009 Conference: The EU China Relations

Schedule: 14:30 - 17:00 Wednesday 29 April 2009
Venue: the Palais d’Egmont, Petit Sablon, Brussels

Speakers: H. E. Mr. Song Zhe is Ambassador and Head of the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities. Mr. James Moran is Director Asia, DG RELEX at the European Commission. Mr. Raf Van Hellemont is director of the Egmont Institute. Gustaaf Geeraerts is the director of BICCS.

. 15th April 2009 DIALOGUE: Current Intellectual Developments and Whos Who in China

Schedule: 15:00 – 17:00 15th April 2009

Venue: BICCS conference room, 5th Floor
Pleinlaan/Bd de la Plaine 15, 1050 Brussels

Speaker: David Kelly, Professor of Chinese Politics at the China Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney and a resident of Beijing. His work ranges widely across Chinese politics, intellectual history, political sociology and public policy, focusing on the dilemmas of governance under turbulent current conditions

 

. Perspectives for a European Security Strategy towards Asia (Febuary - Aril 2009)

This lecture series, jointly organized by the Institute for European Studies (IES) and the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies (BICCS) will discuss options for the European Union to involve in Asia as a security actor. Without a doubt the geopolitical point of gravity shifts to the east, and Europe needs to come to grips with that evolution. In terms of security, the fist challenge is to define our interests in this region...

More information: http://www.ies.be/node/620

 

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