The “China’s Grand Strategy” course is composed of a series of lectures (given by experts and researchers from various institutions in China) and visits (to relevant institutions and sights). Each semester, we invite speakers with different expertise to give independent lectures that cover a broad variety of topics. In the past, topics included lectures by [...]
Professor Zhao Yimin, of the School of Public Administration and Policy of Renmin University, was the fourth guest lecturer of the semester. How to explain China's great urban transformation? What impacts does it have on the economy, society, and the environment? Prof. Zhao shed some light on China's urbanization policies from Mao's era, through Deng [...]
It was a challenging topic the one introduced by Prof. Dennis Schilling of the School of Philosophy of Renmin University during the third "China's Grand Strategy" lecture. Prof. Schilling guided our students into a journey through Chinese philosophical thoughts: what is the political significance of life? The lecturer offered a possible answer with an inquiry [...]
It was an immense pleasure to welcome the second lecturer of the semester, Andy Mok. Mr. Mok is a well-known face in the media industry in China were, among his many positions, works as a commentator for CGTN This was the second time Mr. Mok joined the "China's Grand Strategy" lectures: back in November 2017, [...]
Last week one of our students, Shako Chikhladze, was interviewed by the popular newspaper People’s Daily (Renmin Ribao 人民日报). Shako comes from Georgia, he earned a BA in Political Science and Far East Studies from Tbilisi State University. He came to China for the first time in 2016 to study Chinese language in a one-year [...]
The “China’s Grand Strategy” course by Prof. Cui Shoujun is composed of a series of lectures (given by experts and researchers from various institutions in China) and visits (to relevant institutions and sights). Each semester, we invite speakers with different expertise to give independent lectures that cover a broad variety of topics. In the past, [...]
From the team, faculty, and students of CCSP, we wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!
Professor Cui Shoujun was the keynote speaker for the third lecture of the 'China’s Grand Strategy'course. Professor Cui moved through topics such as China's "thirst" for oil and its overall energy policies, China's energy governance and the important role played by national oil companies. The last part of the lecture was focused on China's "going [...]
During the third visit of the 'China’s Grand Strategy' course, our students visited Goldwind Headquarters. Goldwind is a world-leading wind turbine technology and energy solutions provider. It is one of China’s most innovative companies, it operates on 6 continents and it was recently ranked 3rd for onshore and offshore turbine manufacturing in the world by Bloomberg New [...]
For the second session of our 2018 China’s Grand Strategy lecture series, we had the honor of Professor Ian Taylor's visit (from University of St Andrews) who spoke about ‘China-Africa Relations and the Debt Criticism’. Professor Ian Taylor gave a comprehensive analysis of China-Africa ties and debunked many of the misconceptions about the huge anti-China [...]
