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Positive review of CHERN by COST Rapporteur |
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The progress of the CHERN Action has been positively reviewed by the Action Rapporteur. Despite the limitations of the pandemic, CHERN has grown tremendously in numbers and reach. This is thanks to the efforts of our Core Group members as well as some active Working Group members who organized online meetings and webinars and thanks to your participation and contributions during these events. As part of the Virtual Strategy, Core Group members initiated several successful online activities like the CHERN Online Series and Virtual Mobility Grants. We were able to facilitate 1-1 cooperation through STSMs where possible, with an exciting batch of STSMs coming up. In combination with our ‘excellent’-graded, CHERN website, our Action was able to grow into what it is now. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those hard working members who made this happen, and we thank all our members for participating in the China in Europe Research Network. In short, we are extremely proud of all these achievements and we are looking forward to grow further in the final two years of this COST Action. Most importantly, we hope for a lot more in-person knowledge exchange on Chinese engagements with Europe now that many of the pandemic travel restrictions have been loosened. In this newsletter you will read about CHERNs upcoming activities as well as recent past activities, achievements and activities of our members.
Naná de Graaff and Alexandra Filius
VU Universtiy | Grantholder Institute
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28 April, 17:00-19:30 CEST
Tim Rühlig, Una Berzina-Cherenkova and Miguel Otero: 'The China factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Implications for EU-China relations'
(only the presentation is recorded)
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12 May, 15:00 -16:30 CEST
Shuang Liang and Anna Lupina-Wegener: 'Doing case study research on Chinese firms in Europe'
(the workshop is not recorded)
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16 June, 11:00-12:30 CEST
Wanning Sun: 'Digital Chinese Diaspora: The Emergence of a New Transnational Subject'
(only the presentation is recorded)
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We are extending the deadline to fill two remaining spots in the STSM 'Chinese Urban Real Estate Investments in Europe: Scoping Study STSMs with three hosts'.
Apply until April 20:
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STSM Webinar: Chinese financial institutions: what have we all learned after a decade of BRI?Almost a decade since the introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) a sufficient amount of knowledge, experience, and expertise has accumulated both on the European and Chinese sides. Since its introduction, BRI has seen the migrant crisis in 2015/16, covid19 pandemic in 2020 and most recent conflicts in Ukraine in 2022. Chinese financial…
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Training School Webinars: Media Innovation in China & Contemporary Chinese Digital Materials
Two webinars that are part of the CHERN Training school on computational methods in Chinese studies in April 2022 will be open not only to the selected participants but to all those interested. The webinars will take place on:
April 28: Media innovation in China and its implications on contemporary China research, Joanne Kuai (Karlstad University)
April 29:Contemporary Chinese Digital Materials in the Big-data Era, Eric Zhang (LeidenAsiaCentre)
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CHERN Workshop at Utrecht University Summer School
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Working Group Activities
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Online workshop: “Narrating Europe and China in Times of Crisis” - Call for abstracts
CHERN Working Group 4 (Public diplomacy and knowledge production) is organising a workshop with a view to preparing an edited collection of papers on the topic “Narrating Europe and China in Times of Crisis”. Abstracts are to be submitted until 16 May 2022. The online workshop will take place on 23-24 June 2022 (two afternoons) with presentations of paper outlines. In order to achieve the above goal of coherence, the workshop will facilitate in-depth exchange among potential contributors. A follow-up in-person workshop is planned for October 2022.
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CHERN bar: Clash of Emprires?
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The Working Group 4 (Public diplomacy and knowledge production) CHERN bar has been designed to become a regular "discussion forum", i.e. informal platform of exchange. The idea is to select a stimulating (academic or non-academic) publication and talk or even debate about it among us in a relaxed atmosphere. The event is not strictly moderated, and there is no presentation, just whatever we bring to the table on the given topic. The CHERN bar is open for registered CHERN members, who are notified about the events via e-mail. The upcoming CHERN bar will be organized in May 2022, where we will discuss prof. Ho-fung Hung's new book Clash of Empires.
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Roundtable recording: "Navigating EU-China relations in the democracy-autocracy binary"
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Working Groups 4 (Public diplomacy and knowledge production) and 5 (Labour and Migration), together with the CEU Democracy Institute, jointly organized a roundtable on 'Navigating EU-China relations in the democracy-autocracy binary'. Panelists: Zhang Yongjin (University of Bristol), Gudrun Wacker (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin) and Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova (Riga Stradins University).
Discussants: Marcin Kaczmarski (University of Glasgow) and Naná de Graaff (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
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Webinars on China’s digital power and its implications
Working Group 2 (High-technology and innovation) continues to hold its monthly webinar series. The activities focus on China’s digital power and its implications for the EU, foreign direct investment and green innovation as well as methodological issues around new technologies such as AI.
The upcoming Webinar, organized on Friday 6 May at 10-11:00 AM CET, will be about China’s influence in Europe through the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe). This webinar is open to the entire CHERN community - register to attend!
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Call for speakers
CHERN Working Group 3 (Financial Investments, Real Estate and Services) is looking for speakers to present at upcoming webinars over the next few months. We are particularly interested in topics related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its implications for WG3-related aspects of China-Europe relations (e.g. on sanctions, banking and capital flows, trade finance, energy finance etc.) but all relevant topics will be considered. You are welcome to self-nominate or suggest speakers, including people based outside Europe - please contact nicholas.jepson@manchester.ac.uk
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Recent publications by CHERN members
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Alami, I., & Dixon, A. D. (2022). “Expropriation of Capitalist by State Capitalist:” Organizational Change and the Centralization of Capital as State Property. Economic Geography, 1-24.
Beck, F., & Nyíri, P. (2022). “It's All for the Child”: The Discontents of Middle-class Chinese Parenting and Migration to Europe. The China Quarterly, 1-22. Hung, H. F. (2022). Clash of Empires: From'Chimerica'to the'New Cold War'. Elements in Global China. Jensen, F. (2022). State Capitalism and Spanish port development along the Maritime Silk Road. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 0308518X221083683.
Rühlig, T. N. (2021). China's Foreign Policy Contradictions: Lessons from China's R2P, Hong Kong, and WTO Policy. Oxford University Press. Sun, W., & Yu, H. (Eds.). (2022). WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora: Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise. Routledge. (With contributions by Beck Fanni and Wang Simeng).
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Activities by CHERN members
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The China Smart State Podcast
In the 'The China Smart State Podcast', Rogier Creemers hosts monthly discussions about the digital transformation of China. How does this transformation affect the politics, economy and society of this rapidly emerging cyber power? With co-hosts Adam Knight, Linda van der Horst & Straton Papagianneas, Rogier talks with different academics, journalists, and China watchers.
Listen to the 'The China Smart State Podcast'
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