The MSSc Programme in Public Policy (MPUP) & MSSc Programme in Government and Politics (Greater China) (GPGC)
will co-organise a Taught Master Programme Information Session on 3 December 2021, with details as follow:
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- Date: 3 December 2021 (Friday)
- Time: 2:30 – 5:15 pm
- Format: Face-to-face AND Zoom
- Venue: Rm 209A-B, Cheng Yu Tung Building
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Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13640048
Prospective students who are interested in learning about the programme are strongly encouraged to join.
For students and visitors who are interested in international relation, Prof. Gunter Schubert, Chair Professor of Greater China Studies at the University of Tübingen and Associate Research Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, will deliver a public lecture on the same day to report some of his observations concerning EU’s stance under the current U.S.-China relation.
Topic:
Squeezed between Scylla and Charybdis? The European Union’s Quest of Strategic Autonomy in Times of U.S.-China Showdown Politics
Abstract:
Against the background of an intensifying geopolitical shift and deteriorating U.S.-China relations, the European Union (EU) struggles to determine its future direction in the arena of international politics. Squeezed between its traditional ally and a rising power at the commanding heights of the world economy, the EU ponders the concept of ‘strategic autonomy’ without being able to spell out, for the time being, what this could or should mean in terms of concrete policy. Meanwhile, pressure from both the U.S. and China on the European Union to take stances is increasing. Heterogeneity in the Union doesn’t help, as national interests of member states diverge in many instances and impede consistent policy-making. Being no specialist on European politics, the speaker reports on some of his observations concerning the EU’s internal strife to find common ground for a consistent foreign policy and invites the audience to discuss about the impact of a dramatically changing geopolitical environment on regional order in East Asia.
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Gunter Schubert, PhD, is Chair Professor of Greater China Studies at the University of Tübingen and Associate Research Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He specializes in Chinese local governance and state-business relations, cross-strait political economy, Taiwan domestic politics and the change of regional and global order under the impact of China’s rise. Prof. Schubert currently teaches at CUHK’s Department of Government and Public Administration and the Center of Chinese Studies.
Committed to fostering the career development of our students, GPGC once again collaborated with MSSc in Public Policy to launch the MPUP & GPGC Alumni Day on 5 March 2022, via zoom.
During the event, speakers took turn to share their experience in career planning and job searching skills.
To cope with those who are planning further study, the programme invited 2 GPGC and MPUP alumni who are now PhD candidate at Beijing University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to talk about admission tips and how they manage to receive offer from these prestigious universities.
The programme sincerely thanks our alumni for their contribution in making this event possible.
The crisis in Ukraine has become global attention. On March 5, the programme organised an academic lecture and invited Prof. Qin Hui, a former professor of the History Department of Tsinghua University and a famous scholar, to give an academic lecture entitled “Crisis in Ukraine “. In the two-hour lecture, Prof. Qin started by comparing the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 and the annexation of Sudetenland by Germany in 1938, and analysed the historical context of the Ukraine and Ukraine-Russia relations in depth, responding to several popular views, and analysed the deficiencies of modern international law and international political rules. Prof. Qin had a lively discussion with the participants.
China’s Contained Resource Curse
How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations
New Book Symposium
Date: 26 April 2022 (Tue)
Time: 3-5pm
Format: Zoom Webinar
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13648184
Book Information:
This is the first monograph on the socioeconomic and political impacts of minerals on contemporary China. This book takes a novel perspective on the resource curse by disaggregating the society into three key actors, the state, capital, and labor.
It tells nuanced stories about the distinctive effects of mineral resources on the state-capital-labor triad in China, a resource-rich country that has been largely overlooked in the resource curse discourse.
Taking a subnational approach, this research zooms in on local situations and identifies clear causal channels through which mineral resources affect local development and governance as well as the welfare of local citizens. Characterizing mining industries as pro-capital and anti-labor, this research also highlights the redistributive roles that the state can play to address the unfair game.
It reveals the Chinese state’s strategies to contain the resource curse and also pinpoints some pitfalls of the China model, which offer important policy implications for China and other resource-rich countries.
Author Information:
Prof. Zhan specializes in comparative political economy, contemporary Chinese politics, intergovernmental relations, local governance, and development studies. Her pioneering research on China’s resource sector and resource policies has been published in journals such as the China Quarterly, Environmental and Resource Economics, and the Extractive Industries and Society and received the CUHK Research Excellence Award. Prof. Zhan is also the Programme Diector of MSSc in Government and Politics (Greater China), CUHK.
Details: www.cambridge.org/9781316511268
Last Thursday, September 1 2022, fifty members of the 2022-23 entry received a formal welcome session at the GPGC Programme’s annual Orientation. Professor Vivian Zhan, Programme Director of GPGC, kicked off the event by giving a warm welcoming speech to the participants. GPGC is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Throughout the 10 years, the Programme has achieved remarkable success. GPGC graduates have taken up vital roles in government bodies, financial institutions, business sectors, media and educational institutions. Quite some graduates pursued PhD studies in world-class universities such as Harvard, MIT and Peking University. Professor Zhan encouraged the new students to become a person of H.O.P.E, i.e., a person of High aspiration, Open mind, Professional, and Exploration.
This year, we are honored to have Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research), Professor Chen Feng (Professor Emeritus of Hong Kong Baptist University) and Professor Gong Ting (Adjunct Professor of City University of Hong Kong) to join its teaching team. Started with a self-introduction session, the professors shared with students their valuable experience and unique insight on postgraduate studies.
Upon the end of the Orientation, Dr. Brenda Liu, the Programme Manager introduced important academic matters to the students and addressed students’ questions.
We wish all GPGC students a fruitful academic year ahead!
Review of applications has already started. Early applications are encouraged.
Applications must be made online. Please visit the website of the Graduate School, CUHK for details.
The GPGC programme is happy to announce that 5 of our GPGC students, Ms. CHEN Xiaotong, Ms. LIN Luhan, Ms. LIU Shuru, Ms. ZHAO Yuqi and Ms. ZHENG Zinan, are awarded admission scholarship this year.
Each year, the programme awards admission scholarships to outstanding new students. To be eligible, students should have obtained excellent academic performance in prior study and be able to demonstrate strong interest and enthusiasm in learning about public administration in Greater China region. Subject to the final endorsement by the Programme Committee, top 10% of the student group will be nominated to receive the scholarship.
Congratulation to our awardees and we wish everyone a fruitful learning experience in CUHK.
Hong Kong is known as one of the few clean societies in the world. The ICAC has played a leading and indispensable role in controlling corruption. With the kind referral by Professor Gong Ting, instructor of GPGC5103, GPGC organized a visit to the Headquarter of ICAC on 17 November 2022!
Mr Woo Ying-ming, SBS, CSDSM, the Commissioner of ICAC met and interacted with students on site. ICAC staff also enthusiastically introduced the work of the ICAC, and led the students to visit the exhibition hall, the reporting center, the detention center and other facilities.
By visiting ICAC, students will learn more about Hong Kong’s anti-corruption experience and strategies and how its success in corruption prevention has contributed to good governance.
On December 1, GPGC organized a public lecture in which Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Emeritus Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University shared his observations concerning the latest developments of EU-China relations. In the two-hour lecture, Prof. Cabestan examined how and where does the EU cooperate and compete with China, how does the EU-China systemic rivalry impact their partnership in the context of geostrategic and ideological tensions and economic decoupling between Washington and Beijing, and explored the uncertain future of EU-China relations. Prof. Cabestan had a lively discussion with the participants after the lecture. .
The Lecture was followed by special GPGC Admission Q&A session by Programme Director of GPGC, Prof. Vivian Zhan.
Congratulations to Mr. Li Siqi, GPGC 2022 alumnus on his being awarded with the 2022 Outstanding Students Award by the Office of Student Affairs of CUHK! Siqi’s remarkable achievements in arts is well recognized inside and outside the University!
Siqi studied film directing in Communication University of China during 2017-2021 and then pursued his Master of Social Science in GPGC during 2021-2022. His representative short film “Waiting-Battlefield of Youth” (in Chinese《此間的少年》) has won Best Song and Special Jury Award in Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) in August 2022
