One of our main activities is organising and hosting Luncheon Briefings on pertinent topics of EU-Asia relations. Beginning with an informal lunch, the Briefings usually last for 1.5 hours, including questions.

Attendees include EIAS members and other interested parties.

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China's Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities
14 November, 2007 from 12:30 to 14:30 hrs.
EIAS, Brussels

Speaker: Dr. Yuqun Shao

Much has been said and written recently about China's "peaceful rise". China is very active in foreign affairs, both as one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and in its bilateral relations. The European Institute for Asian Studies has pleasure in inviting you to a Lunch Briefing at the EIAS Office, 67 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, on 14th November, where Dr Yuqun Shao will be the guest speaker.

Dr. Yuqun Shao is currently the Deputy Director of the Department of South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS). She was formerly the Deputy Director of the Department of American Studies and the Director of the Department of Research Management and International Exchanges. She was also a member of the Chinese observer group in the Kyrgizistan Parliamentary Election of 2005.

Dr Shao has written extensively on Sino-US relations (including trade matters), on China's relations with the Russian Federation and the countries of Central Asia and on China's membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. She has also written on China's relations with Taiwan.

Dr Shao is currently on an extended visit to Europe, where she is focussing on current EU-China relations. She is well placed, therefore, to provide an overall picture of China's foreign policy.