This CKN Knowledge Session is the second of a two-part series about China and the West’s mutual knowledge and understanding. These sessions are two sides of the same coin.
This first part (which was held 24 September) featured PhD candidate Vincent Brussee of Leiden University, who explored the challenges for those who try to gain an accurate understanding of China – as China closes off ever more databases and other sources of information to the outside public. Watch Brussee’s presentation here.
During this second instalment, Prof. Dr. Reza Hasmath will talk about this challenge when he presents findings from the Chinese Citizens’ Global Perception Survey.
This survey tries to answer questions such as: how does China see the world in 2024? How does the Chinese public view global actors and pressing issues of international concern? Hasmath’s presentation will consider how state and non-state actors influence public opinion within China and what this means for China-Europe relations moving forward.
About the speaker
Reza Hasmath (Ph.D., Cambridge) is a Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He has previously held faculty positions in management, sociology, and political science at the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, and Oxford. He was formally trained in philosophy, public policy, international studies and diplomacy, social and political sciences, as well as various East Asian and European languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civil Society and is the Foundation Editor of the Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China book series.
For this session, there is open registration. Please register if you are interested!
