Re: China concerns. CONFERENCE ANOUNCEMENT - China & The West - P.R.C AU

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:15:34 +0000 (GMT)
From: C.E.HILL@mdx.ac.uk
Subject: CONFERENCE ANOUNCEMENT - China & The West - P.R.C 
AUG. 2000
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Dear History-Ideas list member,

Please find enclosed details of the following conference sponsored 
by Guangxi Normal University, Guilin Institute of Technology, the 
Ming Ai Institute and Middlesex University. However, you should 
note that the Middlesex contact for this project is ONLY Professor 
Ryan and not myself.

Dr. Clive Hill,
List owner/Moderator,
Middlesex University.

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Date sent:              Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:40:13 -0500 (EST)
From:                   AFZRyan@aol.com
Subject:                CONFERENCE P.R.C AUG. 2000

         CONFERENCE AUG. 2000   Aug. 14 - 18.  2000

                    GUILIN, GUANGXI PROVINCE, P.R.C.

     CHINA AND THE WEST: ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
                         CO-OPERATION.
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            REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS.
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SPONSORS:          GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY
                              GUILIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
                              MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
                              MING AI INSTITUTE
                             

CONTEXT AND PHILOSOPHY:
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 China's determined quest for modernisation, its opening to the 
world and its massive capacity to influence global processes 
require a new spirit of international accommodation and co-
operation.

In this spirit, the coming conference will explore a set of shared 
one-world concerns including sustainable economic development, 
international education, technological transfer, and mutual cultural 
respect.

 A major aim of the project is to make available to any Western 
university, seriously contemplating new arrangements for Pacific 
Studies, a negligible-cost opportunity of directly observing 
emerging dynamics in Central China and entering into relevant co-
operative networks. 


KEY NOTE FRAMEWORK.
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Four key note speakers from Middlesex University, London, in 
association with four Chinese respondents will establish the basic 
structure of the conference, with papers on the general themes: 
 (1) Science. Technology and Human Progress   
 (2) Education and International Understanding 
 (3) Media, Culture and Society                           
 (4) Sustainable Economic Development. 

The precise titles, to be decided shortly, will correspond to the 
objectives of the conference and school: sharing historical 
perspectives, building bridges of co-operation and generating a 
discourse of openness and trust within which Chinese and Western 
scholars may address equally world problems which equally beset 
us all - rather than theoretical novelty and issue-identification.


PAPERS
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1.   All papers, consistent with the conference objectives and 
relevant to its themes are welcome and, subject to time/space 
restrictions will be included in the conference proceedings.

2.   Maximum speaking time for papers 15 minutes to allow time 
for interpretation and questions.

3.   Deadline; April 30. 2000 for a 300 word abstract and June 15 
for paper.

4.   Abstracts and papers to be submitted in electronic form to:

Papers in Mandarin:

Prof. Cai Chang Zhou.      ccz@osmanthus.gxnu.edu.cn          
               
Prof. Tian Sui Wen            tsw@center.glite.edu.cn                     
                
Papers in English:

Adrian Ryan
(Visiting Professor to Guangxi Normal University)    
afzryan@aol.com


REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES (Accommodation, fees, travel, 
etc.)
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Prof. Xu Deqiang, FAO  Guangxi Normal University. 
gxnu@public.glptt.gx.cn

Li Junbo.  FAO  Guilin Institute of Technology
ljb@center.glite.edu.cn


PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS
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1.  Meeting, exchanging ideas and networking with fellow 
academics involved in student recruitment, student and staff 
exchange and joint research projects between the West and East 
Asia.

2. The unforgettable 6 hour boat trip on the Lijiang river from Guilin 
to Yangshao, with its infinite variations on the themes of peaks 
water and sky.

3. Guided visits to centres of social, civic and economic interest.


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