EVENTS

In his New Year speech, Xi Jinping remarked that, “the world today is undergoing both changes and turbulence, and some regions are still engulfed in war. China always stands on the right side of history, and is ready to work with all countries to advance world peace and development and build a community with a shared future for humanity”. The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by the United States army adds a new challenge to Xi Jinping’s idea of ‘world peace’. As expected, China strongly criticised this action. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterised this as a violation of international law and a blatant attack on Venezuelan sovereignty. President Xi Jinping reiterated that, “China firmly opposes the interference of foreign forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs”. China has consistently approached the developing world with a view centred around sovereignty and critiqued the US for interference and it is no different in this case as well. Venezuela highlights a pattern of China’s behaviour with regard to its search for influence and status. This Wednesday Seminar presentation will analyse the PRC’s response to the Venezuelan Crisis and its perspective on the United States’ current behaviour. It will also attempt to critically examine China’s assessment of its position globally as well as the future trajectory of the international order.

Speaker

Gunjan Singh is Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) at the OP Jindal Global University. Previously she has worked with Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). She was awarded Doctor of Philosophy from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research interests are Chinese Foreign Policy, China-South Asia Relations, Domestic Politics in China, Chinese Media, Cross- StraitsRelations and Space Security. She has written extensively on these subjects in academic and media publications. She is the co-editor of Space Security and Global Cooperation. She has contributed to journals like Journal for Asian Security and International Affairs, India Quarterly, India Review, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Strategic Analysis, Harvard Asia Quarterly, World Affairs: A Journal of International Issues and The Book Review.

Chair

Hemant Adlakha is Vice-Chairperson and Honorary Fellow at the ICS, Delhi. He was professor of Chinese at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. His areas of research include political discourse in the PRC and modern Chinese Literature and Culture. He is on the editorial board of China Report.

Event Registration Link Here