讲  题：

Topic:

中国西部经济发展的过去、现在和未来

The Economic Development of China's Western Region: Past, Present and Future

主讲者：

Speaker:

夏合群教授

中国北方民族大学商学院

Professor Xia Hequn

School of Business, North University for Nationalities, Yinchuan, China

日 期：

Date:

2009年11月20日 ( 星期五 ),下午3点半 至 5点

Friday, 20 November 2009, 3:30pm-5:00pm

地 点：

Venue:

东亚研究所会议室

EAI Conference Room

NUS Bukit Timah Campus

469A Bukit Timah Road

Tower Block #06-01

Singapore 259770

内容摘要：

Abstract:

本讲座以中国西部大开发经济发展的过去和现在状况为基础，分析西部地区经济在改革开放前后的阶段性指标变化，全面地回顾、总结与分析了西部大开发10年来的经济发展取得的成效及存在的问题，比较分析了西部地区10年来的经济发展变化，西部地区各省市经济发展的变化以及与全国其他地区的差距变化，对西部地区2009年的发展趋势做出了判断和初步预测，并对西部大开发战略的未来阶段提出了政策建议。

  主讲者简介：

   About the Speaker:

夏合群教授，新加坡东亚研究所访问学者。1982年毕业于西安理工大学，获学士学位，1999年毕业于新疆农业大学经济与贸易学院，获硕士学位。主要从事国际区域经济与贸易的教学与研究，现就职于北方民族大学商学院。曾主编、副主编《国际贸易理论与政策》、《国际贸易实务模拟操作教程》 等10余本21世纪专业教材和专著， 参加过《西部蓝皮书》的编纂。发表《外商投资对优化我国西部及少数民族地区产业结构的影响分析》、《中国农产品出口贸易现状分析与对策研究》《外商投资在我国西部及少数民族地区的发展阶段及特征分析》《外商投资对西部地区国家级开发区的影响分析和对策建议》 等20余篇专业（译）论文，曾主持过多项各级科研课题。

Topic:

Asia's Aviation Industry; The Case of China

Speaker:

Professor Ron Matthews

Head of Graduate and Doctoral Studies

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Nanyang Technological University

Date:

Friday, 4 December 2009, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Venue:

EAI Conference Room

NUS Bukit Timah Campus

469A Bukit Timah Road

Tower Block #06-01

Singapore 259770

Abstract:

Most major industrialising Asian countries view aerospace/aviation as a strategic industry, one that brings not only national pride but also high tech jobs and enhanced value-added to the development of the local economy. Additionally, technology cross-over benefits may occur between the domestic aviation sector and the local defence industrial base.  As a consequence, Asian states have sought to promote domestic aviation capacity through access to OEM licence production as well as via participation in global production networks.  By referring to this technology-transfer and technology-sharing model, the speaker hopes to critically evaluate the progress made by countries, such as China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in the development of 'indigenous' aviation industries.

About the Speaker:

Ron Matthews is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, and the Head of Graduate and Doctoral Studies at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Professor Matthews' research interests focus on defence industrialisation (particularly in relation to the Asia-Pacific), countertrade, technology transfer and civil-military integration. He has been awarded Research Fellowships from NATO and the World Bank, and has been a Visiting Researcher at the following institutions: the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution and Peace (Stanford University); Capetown University; the National University of Singapore; and the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad.  He has written and edited several books and numerous articles on defence industrialisation.

Topic:

Drought, Energy, Climate Change, and the Politics of Himalayan Mega-Projects

Speaker:

Professor Kenneth Pomeranz

Chancellor's Professor of History, University of California, Irvine, USA

Chaired by:

Professor Prasenjit Duara

Director, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology), NUS

Date:

Friday, 11 December 2009, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Venue:

EAI Conference Room

NUS Bukit Timah Campus

469A Bukit Timah Road

Tower Block #06-01

Singapore 259770

Abstract:

Both North China and North India have made impressive agricultural gains over the last 50 years, but the irrigation essential to those gains required unsustainable amounts of groundwater extraction; both now are in crises as those aquifers are depleted.  Both countries are contemplating massive river diversion efforts to address these shortages: from South to North in China (already underway) and from East to West in India. These schemes have complex implications for the Himalayas plateau, the source of most of the rivers in question, as well as others that are vital to other countries (eg. the Mekong). Meanwhile, a combination of energy needs, growing technical and financial capabilities, and complicated political forces are also accelerating dam building for hydro-electric power in the Himalayas; and last but not least, it is becoming increasingly clear that climate change has very serious implications for both Himalayan glaciers and annual precipitation in the mountains. This seminar looks at the interlocking forces behind planned and actual Himalayan mega-projects, with special attention to China, which, because of geography and the ability to self-finance its large projects, is the most important single actor in this critical situation.

About the Speaker:

Kenneth Pomeranz is Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and Founding Director of the University of California's Multi-Campus Research Program in World History. His publications include The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World  Economy; The Making of a Hinterland: State, Society and Economy in Inland North China, 1853-1937, and numerous other works. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, American Council of Learned Societies, and other sources.

Topic:

China's Voting Behaviors in UN Security Council

Speaker:

Dr. Hsiu Chih-ji

Visiting Scholar, EAI

Date:

Friday, 18 December 2009, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Venue:

EAI Conference Room

NUS Bukit Timah Campus

469A Bukit Timah Road

Tower Block #06-01

Singapore 259770

Abstract:

China's participation in the United Nations (UN) can be seen as a good illustration of its compliance with the international system. After the end of Cold War, the UN began to play a more important role in the international community. Now, the authorization from UN Security Council is needed to initiate collective measures toward certain countries. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has the veto power regarding international peace and security issues. This means that China's stand and attitude toward these issues cannot be ignored for the adoption of resolutions in the UN Security Council. This seminar argues that the evolution of China's UN policies can be better described with an analysis of its voting behaviors in UN Security Council during different periods of time. This seminar will cite China's voting behaviors concerning UN Peacekeeping Operation resolutions as a case study to conclude a more profound analyzing framework for China's UN policies.

About the Speaker:

Dr Hsiu Chih-ji obtained his Ph.D. from Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University, Taipei. He was formerly a visiting fellow at the Center for Asian Studies, American University, Washington D.C. His research topics include international relations theory, Chinese foreign policy and United Nations studies. His papers were published in East Asia Quarterly, Prospection and Exploration, and his co-authored paper in  Wenti Yu Yanjiu.