20.04.2025

Summer 2025 Greater China Studies Lecture and Colloquium Series

Mondays 16-18h, Wednesdays 12-14h, Keplerstr. 2, Room 036 and Zoom 987 1722 3673

ROOM CHANGE: Room 036, Keplerstr. 2 (same building as before)

Greater China Studies / Taiwan Colloquium – Summer Semester 2025          

28 April Monday  
18 – 20h  
Prof. James Lee (Taiwan Colloquium) 
Taiwan, the One-China Policy, and the Theory of Deterrence 

7 May Wednesday  
12 – 14h 
Prof. James Lee (Public Lecture) 
Deterrence and the Status Quo in the Taiwan Strait 

26 May Monday 
16 – 18h 
Chen Yuyao (Taiwan Colloquium) 
How the narrative of China as a threat evolved into a populist attitude in Taiwan during the administration of the Democratic Progressive Party (2016–2024)  

4 June Wednesday 
12 – 14h 
Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Public Lecture) 
The “strategic triangle” of China, Russia and the USA: Can the three actors agree on the reorganization of the world? 

18 June Wednesday 
12 – 14h 
Prof. Gordon Cheung (Public Lecture) 
Chinese Ethnics Food Enterprises in the UK: Socio-economic Changes vs. Entrepreneurial Resilience after the Pandemic 

23 June Monday  
16 – 18h 
Prof. Gordon Cheung (Taiwan Colloquium) 
From Cold War Island to Museum of Peace?: Kinmen in Cross-strait Relations 

14 July Monday  
16 – 18h (sharp!) 
Lin Chia-Yi (Taiwan Colloquium) 
Taiwan's Semiconductor Supply Chain Strategy under Global Economic Security  
Chen Wei-chen (Taiwan Colloquium) 
The Integration of Infrastructure and Islam: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Thailand 

16 July Wednesday 
12 – 14h 
Lukas Eggert (Research Colloquium) 
The Chinese Video Game Market: Between State Control and Economic Ambition 
 

23 July Wednesday  
12 – 14h 
Julia Fernández García (Research Colloquium) 
Mainland Chinese Workers in Hong Kong: Labour Market Integration, Challenges, and Opportunities