Event

The Institute of International Relations (IIR) along with the Faculty of Social Sciences will host a lecture to mark the start of the Chinese New Year on Friday 8^th February, 2008 at the IIR Board Room from 3:00 p.m.

The lecture is entitled, “In the Shadow of Great Power-Emerging Power Rivalry: Rising China and the Caribbean Region” and will be presented by Dr. Gregory Chin of York University, Toronto.

Dr. Chin is the author of a new monograph entitled “China’s Automotive Modernisation: The Development State and Rival Firms, 1978-2001.” He is also a fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation and has held a research fellowship at Peking University. He is now teaching Global Politics and Asian Political Economy at York University, Toronto, Canada.

For further information on the lecture please contact Professor Timothy Shaw at Ext 2010/2011.