RAS Lecture
Wednesday October 14th 2015
7pm for 7.15pm
Tavern at the Radisson Xingguo Hotel
CHINA AND THE
WEST:
Hope and Fear in the Age of
AsiaFOKKE OBBEMA
China sees its relations with the West as absolutely crucial to
its future. This wider relationship, between the new world and
the old, is changing the global political and economic landscape.
But can Europe and China overcome their cultural and political
differences to develop a relationship of trust? Here, experienced
journalist Fokke Obbema travels through Europe and China.
He shows how mutual relations are affected by a feeling of
superiority on both sides, and sheds light on the thousands
of interactions between people in finance, politics, economics
and education. Above all he shows how a fear of China has
permeated the discourse, and that we should instead take a
balanced view of the future of China relations, even be excited by
the change which is coming.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fokke Obemma is a journalist and
writer. He is the former Economic
Editor and current Foreign Affairs
editor for the major Dutch newspaper
de Volksrant and is a China expert who
has travelled extensively throughout
the country.
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ENTRANCE: Members 70 RMB, Non-members 100 RMB
Includes a glass of wine or soft drink
MEMBERSHIP applications and membership renewals will be available at this event.
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