Public lectures

The China Research Centre also organises public lectures on China-related topics by leading scholars, diplomats and officials.

The China Research Centre organises public lectures on China-related topics by leading scholars, diplomats and officials.

China in the Xi Jinping Era

  • Date: 28 September 2023
  • Speaker: Richard McGregor

Panel Discussion on 'The China Tightrope' by Sam Sachdeva

  • Date: 15 June 2023
  • Speakers: Sam Sachdeva, Lucy Craymer, Jason Young, and Hongzhi Gao

America's nutjob China hawks, useful idiots and the disappearing ground between them

  • Date: 7 July 2022
  • Speaker: Jeremy Goldkorn

Rethinking New Zealand's China dilemma

  • Date: 11 November 2021
  • Speaker: Associate Professor Malcolm McKinnon

The Rise of China and the New East Asian Balance of Power

  • Date: 24 March 2020
  • Speaker: Professor Robert Ross

NZCCRC Visiting Fellow Public Lecture:
Global Popular Anger Against Rising Inequality: Why is China an Exception

  • Date: 3 March 2020
  • Speaker: Emeritus Professor Martin K Whyte

NZCCRC 10 Year Anniversary Public Lecture:
Xi Jinping’s Third Revolution and the Future of U.S.-China Relations

  • Date: 19 June 2019
  • Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Economy

Chinese Foreign Policy:  Implications for Asia’s Regional Order

  • Date: 6 December 2017
  • Speaker: Ms Bonnie Glaser

China’s Strategic Approach toward the United States

  • Date: 14 February 2017
  • Speaker: Professor Shi Yinhong

China's "One Belt One Road" Initiative and Asian Community Building: Towards A New Regional Governance Framework?

  • Date: 10 November 2016
  • Speaker: Professor Liu Hong

Enhancing Exchanges And Cooperation Towards A Brighter Future For China-New Zealand Relations

  • Date: 7 September 2016
  • Speaker: Mr Qi Xuchun

China's Development and Its Implications

  • Date: 22 September 2015
  • Speaker: Madame Fu Ying

Who is Xi Jinping?

  • Date: 10 June 2015
  • Speaker: Professor Bo Zhiyue

New Zealand and China: Looking ahead, what China's comprehensive reform means for New Zealand

  • Date: 3 April 2014
  • Speaker: HE Ambassador Wang Lutong

RMB - A future international currency?

  • Date: 24 February 2014
  • Speaker: Madame Hu Xiaolian

The development and challenge of China's agriculture

  • Date: 18 February 2014
  • Speaker: Mr Chen Xiwen

The rise of China - Implications for New Zealand and Australia

Date: 1 August 2013

Speaker: Professor Hugh White

China and the United States in the Asia Pacific

  • Date: 15 August 2011
  • Speaker: Professor Cui Liru

Maritime Disputes in the East China Sea

  • Date: 28 June 2011
  • Speaker: Dr Quansheng Zhao