The Sino-Global Discourse
"The Growing Prominence of China on the World Stage: Exploring the Political, Economic, and Cultural Relations of China and Global Stakeholders"
Berlin; September 15th - 18th, 2011
Held Parallel to the "Berlin - Asia Pacific Weeks Conference 2011"
Held Parallel to the "Berlin - Asia Pacific Weeks Conference 2011"
| Thursday, September 15th |
Friday, September 16th |
Saturday, September 17th |
Sunday, September 18th |
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| 09:30 | (09:00) Registration Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Location: ICD House of Arts & Culture |
| 10:00 |
How do we Engage with our Chinese Counterparts; How can we build Trust and move Forward? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Peter Clever (Member of the Executive Board of Confederation of German Employers, President of the EESC China Round Table Follow-up Group) |
China in The Eyes of a developing Country Diplomat (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Mosud Mannan (Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany) 10:30 Competition and Cooperation, Debate and Dialogue in the Ear of Economic Uncertainty (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Csaba Sandor Tabaijdi (MEP) (Member of the European Parliament) |
China as the New Super Soft power and the Global Impact of its Culture(Keynote Speech) Speaker: Dr. Martin Woesler Professor of Intercultural Communication, Universiy of Applied Languages Munich, Germany; Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Utah Valley University USA |
China's Soft Diplomacy in an Emerging Multipolar World (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt (Associate Professor, Institute for Global and Cultural Studies, Aalborg University) (10:30) Lecture & Discussion Speaker: H.E. Amb. Clementine Shakembo Kamanga (Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Germany) |
| 10:45 | Global Stakeholders & the Soaring Dragon (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: The Hon. Yaw Shin Leong (Treasurer of The Workers' Party of Singapore and a Member of Parliament of Singapore) |
(11:00) EU and China - a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a Globalized System (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Adrian Severin (MEP) (Member of the European Parliament) |
Who is Afraid of Ai Wei Wei? (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: The Hon. Emily Lau (Vice Chairman of Democratic Party of China; Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong) |
(11:00) Human Rights: A Stumbling Block of Relations with China (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dirk Pleiter (China Expert, Amnesty International) |
| 11:30 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 12:00 | “The Growing Prominence of China on the World Stage” (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: The Hon. Yaw Shin Leong Dr. Jan-Erik Lane Dr. Ole Doring Dr. Armand Clesse Dr. Eva Sternfeld Dr. Mammo Muchie Robert de Vos Birgitte Wolf Prof. Dr. Jaap de Zwaan Dr. Armand Clesse |
The Cultural Dialog between China and Germany (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Heinrich Kreft (Ambassador for the German Foreign Office for the Dialogue Between Civilizations) |
Changing Relations Between China and the US/Europe (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: The Hon. Emily Lau The Hon. Asraf Ally Dulull Nirj Deva (MEP) Dr. Martin Woesler Viorel Isticioaia-Budura Dr. Makiko Hamaguchi-Klenner Benjamin R. Barton Joel Sandhu Dr. Ole Doring Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt |
China’s Rise: Domestic and Regional Challenges (Interactive Panel Discussion) Speakers: Dirk Pleiter Joel Sandhu Qu Ping Johannes Dragsbaek Maximilian Rech Sabrina Zajak |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 | The European Union and China as Global players (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jaap de Zwaan (Professor of the Law of the European Union, Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
Olympics 2008 (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Qu Ping (CEO, China Business House and President Shanghai Business Club) |
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| 15:00 |
China and Globalization: 3 Challenges (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Jan-Erik Lane (Professor of Asian) Politics at University of Freiburg) |
The Seemingly Irresistible Rise of China: Forecasts and Expectations, Fears and Hopes (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Armand Clesse (Director, Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies) |
The Exploration of ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Power (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Makiko Hamaguchi-Klenner (East Asian Politics Department, Ruhr - University Bochum) |
Participant Papers |
| 15:30 | Renewable Energy and Development: China as a Global Power in Sustainability (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Birgitte Wolf (Managing Director, Management Engineers China LTD) |
Confucianism in the Global Discourse (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Christian Soffel (Professor, Department for Asian Studies, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich) |
Engaging China in Our Global Institutions (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Nirj Deva (MEP) (Member of the European Parliament) |
Participant Papers |
| 16:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Contribution of Confucianism to Global Values (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Du Lun (Chair of the "German Confucian Society" Deutsche Konfuzianische Gesellschaft e.V.) |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 16:30 | The Picture the Western World Has of China and How our View of China and our Attitude Troubles the Relationship With China (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Robert de Vos (Chairman of Europe China Foundation) |
Travel Time | Chinese Culture: A Vector or a Barrier to Globalisation (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Asraf Ally Dulull (Former Minister of Housing & Lands and Minister of Information Technologies & Communication, Mauritius) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Maximilian Rech (Project Executive, Friends of Europe) |
| 17:00 | Energy and Development in China (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Eva Sternfeld (Professor of Sinology at Technische University Berlin) |
Democratizing China or de-democratizing world politics ? Changes and challenges for stakeholders (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sabrina Zajak (Researcher, Centre for Civic Engagement, Humboldt University Berlin) |
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| 17:30 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Dr. Ole Doring (German Institute of Global and Area Studies) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Ulrich Finkenbusch (Foreign Policy Staff of the FDP Parliamentary Group) Location: German Parliament |
Travel Time | Program Close |
| 18:00 | The Dynamics of World Order, Disorder and Reorder: Perceptions and Reality of China’s Role in Reordering the Current World System (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Mammo Muchie (Professor, Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University) |
"EU-China Strategic Partnership and China's Emergence as a Global Player" Speaker: Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (Coordinating Director Asia, European External Action Service) Location: German Parliament |
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| 18:30 | Cultural Event - Future Development of South Pacific Evening Reception (Reception, Exhibition, Panel Discussion) |
Closing Event of Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin Location: Haus der Kulturen der Welt |
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| 20:00 | Group Dinner at Ming Dynasty Location: Tauentzienstr 9-12 |
Group Dinner at Que Pasa Restaurant Location: Oranienburger Strasse 27 |
Group Dinner |
