China's World In The Era of Xi Jinping: What Does China Want?

 Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC)
 
China's World In The Era of Xi Jinping:
What Does China Want? 
 
Since 2012, China has had an increasingly proactive foreign policy stance. It now occupies a global prominence as never before. What are the key drivers of Chinese foreign policy, and where does the current leadership under Xi Jinping wish to take the country in the coming decade as it strives to achieve its Centenary Goals.
 
A sandwich lunch will be provided for attendees of this seminar. 
 
About the Speaker
Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. From 2012 to 2015 he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to this he worked at Chatham House from 2006 to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then Head of the Asia Programme. From 1998 to 2005 he worked at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing, and then as Head of the Indonesia, Philippine and East Timor Section. He lived in the Inner Mongolia region of China from 1994 to 1996. He has a Master of Arts from Cambridge University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Mandarin Chinese (Distinction) from Thames Valley University, London, and a PhD in Chinese politics and language from Leeds University.
Professor Brown directed the Europe China Research and Advice Network (ECRAN) giving policy advice to the European External Action Service between 2011 and 2014. He is the author of over ten books on modern Chinese politics, history and language, the most recent of which are The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China (2014), What's Wrong with Diplomacy: The Case of the UK and China (2015) and the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography (in Four Volumes- 2014-2015). His 'China's CEO: Xi Jinping' was published in 2016. 'China's World: What Does China Want' was published in August 2017.
 
Chair: Dr. Matthieu Burnay, Lecturer in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London