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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.


31 Jul 2024
Wednesday Seminar | Middle Powers in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry | 31 July 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Rafiq Dossani

Middle powers are countries that lack the capabilities and autonomy of great powers but do not lack ambition.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
24 Jul 2024
Wednesday Seminar |China’s Industrial Policy: Analysing Words Versus Deeds| 24 July 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Alicia García-Herrero

The objectives of China’s industrial policy have undergone several shifts since 1978 when the reform and opening-up era began.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
10 Jul 2024
Wednesday Seminar | The Current US Political Discourses on China | 10 July 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
G. Venkat Raman

The elevation of Donald Trump as the US president in 2016, followed by the breakout of the Covid pandemic, has instigated fresh debates on the various dimensions of power rivalries between them.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
03 Jul 2024
Wednesday Seminar | Comparative Assessment of India-China Consumption Patterns | 3 July 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Amit Kumar

Based on a study of the consumption trends in India and China, the seminar attempts to compare the size and demography of the existing consumer base and the consumption expenditure in both countries.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
26 Jun 2024
Wednesday Seminar |The Politics of Pacifism: The Yoshida Doctrine in Post-War Japan| 26 June 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Akshat Mayne

The rise of Japan, in the aftermath of World War II, from a catastrophically devastated and vanquished land to an advanced nation needs to be understood in the context of a series of domestic and international developments.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
19 Jun 2024
Wednesday Seminar |North Korea's Nuclear Deadlock and Nuclear Proliferation: Implications to Northeast-Asia| 19 June 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Sudhakar Vaddi

The Korean peninsula has historically been a victim of great power rivalries in Northeast Asia,
Venue: Zoom Webinar
12 Jun 2024
Wednesday Seminar |From Old to New: Tere Ghar Ke Samne and fractious neighborships in 1962| 12 June 2024 @ 3:00 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Navnidhi Sharma

The seminar contests longstanding approaches to the contemporary histories of India and China which centre the nation-state and read the India-China conflict in terms of territorial or ideological contestation.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
05 Jun 2024
Wednesday Seminar |The Rise of ‘For Profit’ Medical Care in China: The Case of United Family Healthcare| 5 June 2024 @ 3:30 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Roberta Lipson

In the first 25 years since the founding of the PRC, great strides were made in public health. Healthcare and prevention services were distributed as a public good through the commune system, reaching deep into the countryside.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
29 May 2024
Wednesday Seminar |From the ‘Two Sessions’ to the Third Plenum: Understanding the Chinese Party-state’s Priorities, Challenges, and Future Directions| 29 May 2024 @ 3 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Bhim Subba, Devendra Kumar, Aravind Yelery

The “two sessions” (两会) in March 2024 took place at a critical juncture in China’s post COVID-19 economic recovery.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
22 May 2024
Wednesday Seminar | EU-China Relations: Navigating Perilous Paths | 22 May 2024 @ 3 PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Jens Eskelund

The seminar will discuss present sentiments of European businesses in China and their outlook for the future,
Venue: Zoom Webinar

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