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Wednesday Seminars

Coterminous with the Institute, is the weekly Wednesday Seminar, which has been held uninterruptedly for the last four decades. The topics span an enormous range and attract students, experts, practitioners and laypersons alike. These seminars provide an opportunity for interested people to have access to informed discussions on various aspects of China and are ample evidence that the sections within India, which are interested in knowing and learning about China are widening and enlarging.


20 Mar 2024
Wednesday Seminar | Swaying in the Middle: China in Myanmar's Peace Process | 20 March 2024 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Jayshree Borah

The longstanding internal conflict in Myanmar took a fresh turn with the launch of operation 1027 by the Three Brotherhood Alliance in late October 2023.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
13 Mar 2024
Wednesday Seminar |Teaching Chinese to the World: The Political Economy of the Confucius Institutes| 13 March 2024 @ 3 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Kenneth King

China’s Confucius Institutes (CIs) play a role similar to the British Council or Goethe Institute, in promoting language and culture worldwide. Since the launch of the first CI in 2005, there are now some 450 worldwide.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
06 Mar 2024
Wednesday Seminar |The China Coast Guard: Interpreting its Evolving Structure| 6 March 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Vikash Kumar Thakur

The China Coast Guard (CCG) has undergone rapid restructuring in recent years, updating its infrastructure, equipment, vessels, and command and control structure to address perceived challenges in the evolving landscape of international politics.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
28 Feb 2024
Wednesday Seminar | Deng Xiaoping's Policy on Border Issues towards India, Russia and Japan in Comparison with Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping | 28 February 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Keiji Ide

China solved their border disputes with Russia in 2004, but China still has land-border disputes with India and Bhutan as well as sea-border disputes in the South-China Sea and in the East-China Sea.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
21 Feb 2024
Wednesday Seminar | Conundrum of Inter-Korea Dynamics: Historical and Structural Context | 21 February 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Sandip Kumar Mishra

A recent article suggested that ‘the situation on the Korean peninsula is more dangerous than it has been at any time since early June 1950’ and ‘Kim Jong-un has made a strategic decision to go to war’.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
14 Feb 2024
Panel Discussion | Taiwan Presidential and Legislative Yuan Elections: Outcomes and Challenges Ahead | 14 February 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Arthur Ding, Gunjan Singh, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi

Direct presidential elections with multiparty participation, held on a quadrennial basis, began in Taiwan in 1996.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
07 Feb 2024
Wednesday Seminar | China in Multilateral Institutions: Objectives and Actions | 7 February 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Amb. Asoke Mukerji

China’s influential role in international affairs has been facilitated by China’s membership in multilateral institutions (UN/UNSC, IMF, World Bank, GATT/WTO) created after the Second World War.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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31 Jan 2024
Wednesday Seminar | The US-Japan Alliance: Prospects and Challenges under Japan's Recent National Security Strategy | 31 January, 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Tomohito Shinoda

During the Cold War era, the alliance between Japan and the United States (US) was asymmetrical. Japan offered bases for the US Forces, and the latter provided security.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
24 Jan 2024
Wednesday Seminar | ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ (2013) to ‘Community with a Shared Future for Mankind’ (2023): Deciphering Xi Jinping’s World View | 24 January, 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Parimal Maya Sudhakar

Xi Jinping became President of PRC in the year 2013 and immediately began to roll out his vision of a China-led/China-centric world order.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
17 Jan 2024
Wednesday Seminar | China and India – Imponderable Bilateral | 17 January, 2024 @ 3 P.M. IST | Zoom Webinar
Raviprasad Narayanan

International relations are an agglomerate of many geographical areas with their multi-spectral bilateral relations. China and India are exemplars of just one constant determinant - divergences.
Venue: ZOOM WEBINAR

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