China Week 2009September 16, 2009
By: Kelly Hamilton This year's China Week, from Monday 28 September to Friday 2 October, will be celebrated with a variety of exciting events. 
For those interested in economics and the impact of China on Africa, there will be a week-long colloquium with lectures by guests from Jinan University (China), Standard Chartered Bank, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Trade Law Centre of Southern Africa, amongst others. The talks will run daily at 13:15 and 17:15. See an abridged programme below or download the full programme here: China-Africa Economic Relations There will also be a public lecture on Thursday 1 October at 19:00 by Dr. Yoon Jung Park (University of Johannesburg). The lecture is entitled "Faces of China in South Africa: New Chinese migration to the southern tip of Africa, 1970s to the present." It will be held in Eden Grove Blue. For more info, click here. For the more artistically inclined, there will be three Fine Arts Workshops from Tuesday to Thursday at 17:30 in the Exhibition Area in Eden Grove. Calligraphy, paper cutting and Chinese painting will be explored by Ms. Luo Xiaoying, Mr. Zhu Guiming and Mr. Wang Jinshan (all from Jinan University). Two exciting reports from our own Rhodes students who have travelled to China this year will be held. The first, by our Chinese Studies 1 studies, will be a presentation on the whirlwind tour of China that the students took part in the July vacation. This presentation will be given on Tuesday 29 September at 14:30 in Barratt Lecture Theatre 3. For more info, click here. The second will be an exciting photo exhibition by two fourth-year Photojournalism students, who have spent ten days exploring China and its culture as part of their photojournalism projects. The photos will be up all week in the African Media Matrix Foyer. This project is sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Rhodes University. We hope that you can join us! Abridged programme:Download the full colloquium programme, with abstracts and biographies, here: China-Africa Economic Relations Monday 28 September: - 13:15 - "Locating Chinese Engagement in the New Scramble for Africa" by Prof. Roger Southall (Witwatersrand)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:15 - "The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for China's Engagement with Africa" by Rajith Sebastian (Standard Chartered Bank)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 18:00 - Opening of Photo Exhibition
Venue: African Media Matrix Foyer
Tuesday 29 September: - 13:15 - "China and the NewWorld Economic Order in Comparison to other emerging actors such as Brazil and India: similarities and differences vis à vis Africa” by Sanusha Naidu (FAHAMU)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 14:30 - Student Presentation by Chinese Studies 1 students on their trip to China.
Venue: Barratt Lecture Theatre 3 - 17:15 - Panel Discussion: "China and a New World Order" by Sanusha Naidu (FAHAMU), Prof. Roger Southall (Witwatersrand), Prof. Mei Linhai (Jinan University), David Fryer (Rhodes)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:30 - Fine Art Workshop on Chinese Characters by Ms. Luo Xiaoying (Jinan University)
Venue: Eden Grove Exhibition Area
Wednesday 30 September: - 13:15 - “China’s Manufacturing Sector Competition and Industrialisation Efforts in Africa” by Dr. Ron Sandrey (TRALAC)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:15 - “The Role of Technology in the Rise of Chinese Agriculture and the Lessons for Africa” by Dr. Ron Sandrey (TRALAC)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:30 - Fine Art Workshop on Chinese Calligraphy by Mr. Zhu Guiming (Jinan University)
Venue: Eden Grove Exhibition Area
Thursday 1 October: - 13:15 - “China’s Outbound Direct Investment in Africa” by Prof. Tang Yuhua (Jinan)
“China’s Extractive Industry Activity and Infrastructure Rollouts in Africa” by Hannah Edinger (Stellenbosch)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:15 - “A Review of and Outlook for China’s Economic Assistance to Africa” by Prof. Tang Yuhua (Jinan University)
“China’s Development Assistance in Africa” by Hayley Herman (Stellenbosch)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 1 - 17:30 - Fine Arts Workshop on Chinese Painting by Mr. Wang Jinshan (Jinan University)
Venue: Eden Grove Exhibition Area - 19:00 - Public Lecture: “Faces of China in South Africa: New Chinese migration to the southern tip of Africa, 1970s to the present” by Dr. Yoon Jung Park (University of Johannesburg)
Venue: Eden Grove Blue.
Friday 2 October: - 09:15 - “The China-Africa Merchandise Trading Relationship” by Dr. Ron Sandrey (TRALAC)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 2 - 13:15 - “China’s Impact on Regional Integration in Southern Africa” by Wamkele Mene (Department of Trade and Industry)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 2 - 14:15 - “WTO Negotiations on Trade in Services: What Role has China played since Accession?” by Wamkele Mene (Department of Trade and Industry)
Venue: Eden Grove Seminar Room 2
ALL WELCOME! | 