How China Sees the World in 2023

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Date: May 24, 2023 | 10 am – 11:00 am MT
Duration: 60 minutes via ZOOM

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China's rise as a major power in the 21st century has made it a key player in global affairs, one crucial aspect to further examine is its own citizens' attitudes towards foreign jurisdictions. How Chinese citizens perceive the world has profound implications for China's future behaviour domestically and abroad.

The China Institute at the University of Alberta is pleased to introduce our first Chinese Citizens' Global Perception Survey (CCGPS). The CCGPS 2023 has examined mainland Chinese citizens' perspectives on China's current relations with global actors, including Australia, Canada, the EU, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the US. The survey report discusses the survey findings in five areas: (1) Chinese citizens' general global perception; (2) China's global roles; (3) Foreign tourism, study, work, and emigration preferences; (4) Canada-China relations; (5) Chinese citizens' sources and knowledge of global jurisdictions.

The report provides observations and insight into Chinese public opinion on global relations and the factors shaping these perceptions while highlighting critical nuances that provide a greater understanding of the complexities of Chinese public opinion.

Please join the lead author and main contributors as we discuss the key findings during How China Sees the World in 2023 report launch. 



SPEAKER
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Reza HASMATH

Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta

Reza Hasmath (Ph.D., Cambridge) is a Professor in Political Science at the University of Alberta. He has previously held faculty positions at the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne and Oxford. He has worked for think tanks, consultancies, development agencies, and NGOs in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and China. His award-winning research examines how the behaviour of emerging Chinese state and non-state actors potentially affects salient theories, practices, and assumptions in international affairs.

MODERATOR

 
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Jia WANG

Interim Director, China Institute, University of Alberta

Jia Wang is currently the Interim Director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, where she manages research, programs, and government and media relations since 2011. Jia has over 15 years of direct management experience focusing on the economic and political dimensions of contemporary China and Canada-China relations in various capacities. At the China Institute, in addition to overseeing the operations, she leads policy research initiatives examining Canada's diplomatic, trade, investment and energy linkages with China. Jia also provides strategic and policy advice on China to University senior leaders as well as executives at public and private sector organizations. She is a frequent media commentator, speaker and moderator at community, national and international events.