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China Group

Researcher: Jill Farrelly

About the IIEA China Group:  In 2007, the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) established a China Group to examine the re-emergence of China on the world stage and the challenges and opportunities that this presents for the European Union and the world. 

The focus of this group is on EU-China relations, examining a wide range of policies including economic, political and socio-cultural, trade relations, domestic Chinese politics and China’s relationship with regional partners and the European Union through such organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), ASEAN +3, the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the United Nations. The group assesses the impact that various EU policy initiatives and developments have both on Ireland’s bilateral relationship with China and the broader EU-China relationship.

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Previous IIEA China group events include: 

• Dr. Minxin Pei, China Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. on Nationalism in China
• Geoffrey Barrett, Advisor on Multilateral Relations with Asia, European Commission on The 7^th Asia-Europe Meeting 2008 - Vision and Action: Towards a Win-Win Solution
• Conor O’Clery, former Irish Times Foreign Correspondent in Beijing Observations on the Political, Economic and Cultural changes in China
• Asia-Europe Environment Forum Conference on The Energy Sustainability Challenge: Fuelling Cooperation Between Asia and Europe, co-hosted with the IIEA
• General Xiong Guangkai, Chairman of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) on China’s Security Policy
• Dr. Eddie O’Connor, Founder and former CEO Airtricity on China’s Resource Acquisition Policy
• David O’Sullivan, Director General for Trade, European Commission on The EU-China Trade Relationship
• Dr. Kerry Brown, Asia Programme, Chatham House on The 17^th Chinese Communist Party Congress
• Peter Sutherland & Chris Horn, conference on The Rise of China