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Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022. 9:00 AM. Location: Zoom Webinar The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power invites you to China's Sharp Power in Africa on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT. The papers China Explores South Sudan’s Oil Sector without Environmental Care by Mary Ajith Goch and China’s Domination of Distant-Water Fishing: The Impact on West and Central Africa by Agnes Ebo'o will be available shortly. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Mary Ajith Goch works as the director of the Catholic Radio Network, a national organization consisting of nine community-based radio stations in South Sudan and Sudan. From January 2016-August 2021, she also served as the chairperson of the Association for Media Development (AMDISS), a member-based association for independent media houses. Prior to her current assignment, she was a journalist with the Citizen Newspaper in South Sudan from 2010-2016. Agnes Ebo'o - Agnes Ebo’o is an international law expert who specializes in human rights, governance and acc...

Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022. 9:00 AM. Location: Zoom Webinar The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power invites you to China's Sharp Power in Africa on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 from 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT. The papers The Trappings of the Mauritius Safe City Project by Roukaya Kasenally and Corruption in the Zambian Construction Sector: The China Factor by Rueben Lifuka will be available shortly. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Roukaya Kasenally is a democracy scholar and Associate Professor at the University of Mauritius. She is the current Chair of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), a board member of the West African Democracy Radio (WADR) and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP). Rueben Lifuka is an anti-corruption advocate and researcher with specific interests in corruption in the construction and natural resources sectors. He runs a Zambia-based environmental and governance consulting firm, Riverine Ltd., and also serves as vi...

Date: Monday, January 10, 2022. 4:30 PM. Location: Via Zoom Webinar Register: https://bit.ly/3ACP6GF Speakers: Wang Feng, Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine Cai Yong, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Li Shuzhuo, Director and Professor, Institute for Population and Development Studies School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University Three prominent demographers discuss China's demographic change with insights from the seventh national census. Topics include the pace of urbanization, the more balanced sex ratio, increasing educational attainment, population aging, potential impacts of the pandemic, and recently announced changes in family planning and retirement policies.

Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021. 12:00 PM. Location: Via Zoom Webinar. Register at: https://bit.ly/3zDZ3D0 This is a virtual event. Please click here to register and generate a link to the talk.  The link will be unique to you; please save it and do not share with others. Peter Martin joins us to discuss his recent book, China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy. Chinese diplomacy in the past several years has become more assertive and its diplomats have used sharper language, earning them the title "wolf warriors." The book traces the roots of China's approach to diplomacy back to the communist revolution of 1949 and tells the story of how it's evolved through social upheaval, famine, capitalist reforms and China's rise to superpower status. It draws on dozens of interviews and -- for the first time -- on the memoirs of more than 100 retired Chinese diplomats. Peter Martin is a political reporter for Bloomberg News. He has written extensively on escalating tensions in the US-China relation...