EVENT
2025.11.14
【11/26, 27, 12/3】Global China Studies Seminar Series Fall 2025 (Three-Part Seminar Series) will be held!
The “Global China Studies Seminar Series Fall 2025: Ritsumeikan Global China Studies Seminar Early Career Researcher Series” will be held on November 26 (Wed), November 27 (Thu), and December 3 (Wed), 2025. This event is co-organized with the AJI Asia-Japan Research Development Program, “China’s Foreign Policy and Human Security of Vulnerable Populations in Developing Countries” (Project Leader: Prof. Miwa HIRONO, College of Global Liberal Arts).
Each session will feature invited speakers who specialize in China and its foreign relations. The series will focus on China’s relationships with countries such as Sri Lanka, Japan, and the United States, exploring the development and dynamics of recent Chinese diplomacy. All seminars will be conducted in a hybrid format. We warmly welcome your participation. For more details, please refer to the seminar overview and the posters for each individual session below.
《Speakers and Presentation Titles》
Date & Time: November 26 (Wed), 2025｜16:40–18:10
Speaker: Ms. Harini Weerasingha (Attorney at Law (LLB) Sri Lanka; PhD Candidate at Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China)
Title: International Law and Commercial Diplomacy China’s Strategic Utilization of Mediation and
Arbitration in the Belt and Road Initiative”
Date & Time: November 27 (Thu), 2025｜12:30–14:00
Speaker: Dr. Dylan M.H Loh (Associate Professor, Public Policy & Global Affairs Nanyang Technological University)
Title: “China's Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy”
Date & Time: December 3 (Wed), 2025｜16:40–18:10
Speaker: Dr. Lai-Ha Chan (Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney)
Title：“Who Governs Deep-Sea Mining? A Battle between Global Governance and National Governance”