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.
19 Apr 2023
G. Venkat Raman, Rajiv Ranjan, Bhim B. Subba
China’s National People’s Congress (the national legislature) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the political advisory body) held their annual sessions in March 2023.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
12 Apr 2023
Mr. Atul Aneja, Dr. Andrea Ghiselli
On March 6, 2023, representatives from Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing for discussions and four days later, i.e., on 10 March, 2023, Riyadh and Tehran announced their decision to normalize relations.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
05 Apr 2023
Fang Xiaoping
This talk examines the relationships between epidemic control and social control during the global cholera pandemic that plagued the southeastern coastal areas of Mao’s China between 1961 and 1965,
Venue: Zoom Webinar
29 Mar 2023
Mr Ashok K. Kantha
The seminar will explore several issues relating to China's position on the Ukraine conflict and its fallout, including: main elements and drivers of China's professedly neutral stance
Venue: Zoom Webinar
22 Mar 2023
Dr. Karina Simonson
This seminar is based on Dr. Simonson’s postdoctoral research project focusing on the representation of China in several Soviet Lithuanian children’s magazines and newspapers.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
15 Mar 2023
Dr. Prof. Yoshihide Soeya
To many observers, Japan becoming a “normal country” would connote a Japan returning to the stage of great power politics with “normalized” defense and security policies backed by military capabilities.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
01 Mar 2023
Prof. Da Wei, Ms. Shannon Tiezzi, Prof. Alka Acharya
The “spy balloon” episode took the wind out of the stated purpose of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s now-postponed China visit, which was aimed at achieving rapprochement between Washington and Beijing.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
22 Feb 2023
Dr. Sonika Gupta
Tibetan refugee presence in Arunachal Pradesh has become the site of contention with local identity narratives prioritizing indigenous communities over refugee rehabilitation.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
15 Feb 2023
Dr. T. G. Suresh
The ‘nation of cities’ may well be a fitting epithet for China today. There are hundreds of cities in China with more than one million population. The Pearl River delta has become a region of megacities.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
08 Feb 2023
Dr. Atul Bhardwaj
Since the early 1900s, Eurasia has been the cockpit of global rivalry. The major showdowns in international affairs have been intense clashes over control of the Eurasian continent and its maritime approaches.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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