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This seminar seeks to focus on China’s environmental diplomacy with the US, a superior power and India, a developing nation. It involves a mixed approach to analyze the factors that encourage China to cooperate with the two countries and the challenges faced by China vis-a-vis its engagement with both. China uses its environmental diplomacy to further its national interests of sovereignty and economic growth and pushes its diplomatic priorities including socio-economic growth and international status, through its environmental cooperation with India and the US. The presentation would highlight a shift in the PRC’s discourse after the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. The rise of China has further complicated its engagement with both India and the United States. As it emerges as the second largest economy as well as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, it faces a complex and a unique challenge at the international climate change negotiations. This presentation would analyse the implications of China’s environmental strategies for India, an aspiring major power in Global South.

Speaker

Shagufta Yasmin holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for East Asian Studies, JNU, focusing on Chinese environmental diplomacy with the U.S. and India (1997–2015). She was awarded the ICS-HYI Multi-year Doctoral Fellowship (2017–2020). Her research experience includes stints at Central China Normal University, Peking University, and the Harvard-Yenching Institute. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's in Chinese language and literature from JNU. She also trained at Shenyang Normal University under a Government of India scholarship. Shagufta has taught Chinese at the Central University of Jharkhand. Her publications include an ICS Occasional Paper, a policy brief for IISc Bangalore, and a book chapter on “China’s Engagement with Jordan: Manifestation of China’s Smart Power” in Jamal Al Shalabi and Nadeem Akhtar edited Kingdom of JORDAN: Hundred Years and After published by Har-Anand Publications in 2023.

Chair

Varaprasad S. Dolla is Professor in Chinese Studies and former Chairperson of the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was an ASIA (Asian Studies in Asia) Fellow at Peking University, Beijing, in 2004; Visiting Scholar at Tsinghua University in 2014; Academic Mentor to post-doctoral scholars at India China Institute, The New School, New York during 2017-19. In 2015, he published a book entitled Science and Technology in Contemporary China: Interrogating Policies and Progress (Cambridge University Press). Besides, he wrote research articles in journals and chapters in edited books.He appeared on CCTV, Xinhua News, Lok Sabha TV, WION and China Radio International. He also contributed to Economic Times, People’s Daily, The Hindu and other media.

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