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Wednesday Seminars

Coterminous with the Institute, is the weekly Wednesday Seminar, which has been held uninterruptedly for the last four decades. The topics span an enormous range and attract students, experts, practitioners and laypersons alike. These seminars provide an opportunity for interested people to have access to informed discussions on various aspects of China and are ample evidence that the sections within India, which are interested in knowing and learning about China are widening and enlarging.


26 Mar 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Sino-US relations--Breakdown or Realignment of Ties? | 26 March 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Atul Aneja

The Trump administration appears to be at loggerheads with China. A trade war between China and the US appears to be escalating.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
19 Mar 2025
Wednesday Seminar | A Review of China's Implementation of the UN’s Women, Peace and Security Agenda since 2015 | 19 March 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Li Yingtao

In September 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) of the UN adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), outlining a global roadmap for achieving equality, development, and peace.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
12 Mar 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Engagement or Confrontation? Japan’s Strategic Dilemma in Dealing with North Korea | 12 March 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Debendra Sahu

This presentation explores Japan’s relationship with one of its immediate neighbours, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), historically marked by tensions
Venue: Zoom Webinar
05 Mar 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Negotiating Statelessness: Tibetan Youth, Citizenship, and Exile Politics in India | 5 March 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Kalyani Yeola

This presentation explores the evolving political agency of Tibetan youth in India as they navigate the contested terrain of statelessness and citizenship.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
19 Feb 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Reimagining Feminism in Journey to the West: Agency, Power, and Gender Dynamics in the Chinese Classic | 19 February 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Aditya Kumar Pandey

This presentation explores the feminist dimensions of Journey to the West, analysing how the novel constructs and subverts gender roles within its patriarchal framework.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
29 Jan 2025
Wednesday Seminar | The Political Crisis in South Korea: Context and Contours | 29 January 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Sandip Kumar Mishra

The declaration of emergency martial law by the President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol on 3 December 2024, took not only South Koreans, but the whole world by surprise.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
15 Jan 2025
Wednesday Seminar | China’s UN Diplomacy: Domestic Debates and ‘Developmental Peace’ | 15 January 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Md Yasin

Since the transfer of the ‘China seat’ from Taipei to Beijing in 1971, the People’s Republic of China (PRC/China) has adopted diverse approaches to its United Nations (U.N.) diplomacy.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
08 Jan 2025
Wednesday Seminar | Between Positive and Negative Interdependence: India’s Dynamic Amidst the US-China Rivalry | 8 January 2025 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Vivek Y. Kelkar

Debates concerning power and influence arising from the nature of economic interdependence between nation-states are gaining currency amidst the US-China rivalry, and increasingly so from the perspective of middle powers like India.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
18 Dec 2024
Wednesday Seminar | The Future of Cross-Strait Relations under a Second Trump Presidency: Taiwan’s Imperatives and Options | 18 December 2024 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Ping-Kuei Chen

The 2024 Taiwanese presidential election resulted in Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) assuming office. Despite holding a majority in the legislature, the opposition coalition has not enjoyed strong support from the public.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
11 Dec 2024
Wednesday Seminar | The Chinese Community in India: Negotiating Mobility and Belonging | 11 December 2024 @ 3PM IST | Zoom Webinar
Severin Kuok

In the modern construct, the concept of diaspora not only encompasses groups of people who were forced to leave their homelands under unfavourable conditions, but also those who migrate voluntarily in search of trade, work, or other reasons.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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