Past events
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Chris Marquis - Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise (Book Talk)
15:30 - 16:30 5 May 2023
[In-person, Oddfellows Hall] As China opened up its economy over the past four decades, conventional wisdom held that the country’s growing embrace of free markets would lead to a more liberal society. Instead, China’s unprecedented economic growth has positioned state capitalism as a durable foil...
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Chinese Views of Russia and Ukraine, a Roundtable Discussion
16:00 - 17:30 4 May 2023
[In-person, The Portico Library] With China’s tacit support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been much talk in global media about a new China-Russia alliance against the West. This has been supported by evidence of military cooperation, such as joint naval drills in the East China Sea...
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