China and Asia Security
Roundtable on China and Asian Security
A roundtable on China and Asian security, sponsored by the China Centre with the Victoria University of Wellington Political Science and International Relations programmes, was held on 15 April 2009 at the Victoria Room, Victoria University of Wellington.
The Roundtable, on the Chatham House rule, brought together visiting Chinese foreign policy specialists from overseas and policy analysts from NZ’s international security policy community and discussed a wide range of issues including latest developments in China’s international relations, US–China relations, activities of China in South Pacific and opportunities and issues in NZ–China relations.
The China Centre hopes to organize similar roundtables in the future as a platform for academics and policy analysis to discuss issues of significance for NZ–China relations.
In the photo from centre facing clockwise: Professor Harry Harding of University of Virginia, Professor Gerald Chan of University of Auckland, Mr Mark TePunga of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, Mr Paul Sinclair of Defence Ministry, Mr Tane Waetford of MFAT, Ms Wen Powles of MFAT, Nick Adams of NZDF, Professor Xiaoming Huang of the China Centre (outside picture), Dr Jian Yang of University of Auckland, Dr Beth Greener of Massey University, Paul Prouse of NZDF, Mr Kaven Arlidge of NZDF, Mr Paul Inwood of NZDF, Mr. Chris Butler, Mr Michael Powles, Professor Feiling Wang of Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr David Capie of Victoria University of Wellington.
China, Climate Change and the International Negotiations for a Post-2012 Agreement
The New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre and the Institute of Public Policy co hosted a Roundtable on China, Climate Change and the International Negotiations for a Post-2012 Agreement. China's Ambassador for Climate Change Ambassador Yu Qingtai on China’s negotiation position, followed by presentations by Dr Zeng Shaojun of CCIEE in Beijing, Professor Xiaoming Huang of Victoria University of Wellington on the domestic dimensions of China’s climate change policy.
Held in Oceania Room, Te Papa on 18th May, this series of seminars was co-hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies, the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington.
Ambassador Yu Qintai, along with representatives of public sectors, private sectors as well as academics from both New Zealand and China discussed the two countries’ perceptions and policies on climate change. Dr Zeng Shaojun, International Economic Exchange and Tshinghua University, Beijingg (CCIEE), Yang Aillun, Climate Campaign Manager for Green Peace in China and Dr Katherine Morton, Australian National University, Canberra further clarified Chinese climate change issues and solutions perceived by Chinese enterprises and NGOs.
The Roundtable was held along with a series of public seminars by invited speakers for the event as well as a business roundtable organized with Business New Zealand.