3rd Workshop on Europe-China Relations in Global Politics, 13-14 March

Regional integration has become an integral part of contemporary global politics: the European Union fosters ties among its membersas a solution to the on-going financial crisis; Europe has started talks with the US to set up a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is taking steps to deepen integration among its members in a number of policy domains; China, Japan and Korea have concluded the first round of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement in March 2013 while the US remains invested via the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); at the same time, sub-state actors in both Asia and Europe are transforming into important foreign policy actors, too.

These phenomena raise many questions: What role do leading countries in Asia and Europe play in regional integration processes, most notably China and Germany? How does regional integration in Asia and Europe change the relations to the US and vice versa? Does regional integration help Asian and European economies and companies keep or regain their competitiveness? What is the impact of regional integration on peripheral countries? And what is the role of sub-state actors like provinces or cities in regional integration? These central questions will be addressed during the Third Workshop on Europe-China Relations in Global Politics, organized by the Graduate School of Global Politics at Free University Berlin and the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen Universityin Guangzhou which will kindly host the Workshop.

The event takes place in the framework of the UACES Collaborative Research Network on EU-China Relations(ESSCA School of Management at Angers/ College of Europe at Bruges/ Graduate School of Global Politics at Free University Berlin). The event is generously supported by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Shanghai as well as the Association France Euro-Chine.

Conference Venue:
School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University / 135 Xingangxi Road, Guangzhou

EU-China Collaborative Research Network

If you are interested in participating as audience, please register with Ms. Julia Soeffner via julia.soeffner@gmail.com before 11 March 2014.


Following is the draft programme for the Workshop, please find attachement for full version with information on participants and their papers.

Day 1, Thursday, 13 March 2014: Workshop Opening / Lecture Hall 101

15:00-15:30: Opening Speeches
  -Prof. Dr. Chang Chenguang, Dean of the School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University
  -Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers, Director of the Center for Global Politics, Free University of Berlin
  -Dr. Peter Hefele, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Shanghai

15:30-17:00: Introductory expert panel discussion: Regional Integration in Europe and Asia: Opportunities and Challenges
  Host: Dr. Peter Hefele, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Shanghai
  Panellists:
    -Ms Laurence Van de Walle, European Parliament, DG for External Relations, Asia Desk
    -Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers, Director of the Center for Global Politics, Free University of Berlin
    -Prof. Dr. Wei Shen, Jean Monnet Chair, Associate Dean of China Programmes, ESSCA School of Management
    -Dr. Sheng Fei, Assistant Professor, Asia-Pacific Institute, Sun Yat-sen University

Day 2, Friday, 14 March 2014: Research panels

08:30-10:15: THEME 1: A German Europe, a Chinese Asia? Leadership of Regional Integration in Asia and Europe
  Panel 1.1: Chair/discussant: Prof. Dr. Zhang Zhenjiang, Professor of International Relations, Vice Dean, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
  Panel 1.2: Chair/discussant: Prof. Dr. Chun Ding, Jean Monnet Professor/ Director of the Center for European Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

10:15-10:40 Tea break, Grand Hall of 1st Floor

10:45-12:15: THEME 2: Regional Integration in Asia and Europe and the Role of the US
  Panel 2.1: Chair/discussant: Prof. Dr. Francis Snyder, Professor of International Law, Jean Monnet Chair, University Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III), France*
  Panel 2.2: Chair/discussant: Dr. Fujian Li, Research Fellow, East Asian Studies Center, China Foreign Affairs University/ Adjunct Research Fellow, Center for Oceanian Studies , Sun Yat-sen University

14:30-16:00: THEME 3: Overcoming the Crisis:Economic and Business Prospects in the course of Regional Integration in Asia and Europe
  Panel 3.1: Chair/discussant: Mr. Alberto Vettoretti, Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce, Pearl-River-Delta Chapter
  Panel 3.2: Chair/discussant: Dr. Marcin Grabowski, Assistant Professor, Center for American Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

16:00-16:25: Tea break, Grand Hall of 1st Floor

16:30-18:00: THEME 4: From Borders to Bridges or Vice Versa? Regional Integration, Peripheral Countries, and Sub-State Actors
  Panel 4.1: Chair/ discussant: Mr. Anastas Vangeli, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
  Panel 4.2: Chair/discussant: Prof. Dr. Jianwei Wang, Professor and Head, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau*

18:10-18:30: Closing remarks and EU-China Collaborative Research Network - Best Paper Award
  Dr. Frauke Austermann, Assistant Professor in International Affairs, ESSCA School of Management, Shanghai, China

Day 3, Saturday, 15 March 2014: Morning: Optional programme with a guided city tour in Guangzhou