Transitions in Pakistan: Implications for China’s engagement with Islamabad

Public Lecture with Rong YING, Vice-President of the China Institute for International Studies.

 

PSIA presents Rong Ying, Vice-President and Director of the South Asian Studies Center at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). Starting from the democratic transition which followed the February 2008 elections, Dr. Rong Ying will examine some of the main features of today’s Pakistan as well as its domestic and regional standing and will draw some consequences for China’s policy in the region. Previously, Rong Ying was Director for American Studies, Director for International Strategic Studies, Director for International Exchange, and Deputy Director for South Asian, Middle Eastern and African Studies at CIIS from 1999 to 2007. He also served in the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania in 1993-1997.  Rong Ying received his Ph.D from Peking University, and was a visiting scholar at the Bush School for Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University, from April to October 2000. His major areas of interest include political and security issues in South Asia, China’s foreign relations and US foreign policy. He has co-edited two books: India’s Rise and the China-India Relations (2006) and A Bluebook on International Situation and China’s Foreign Affairs 2005/2006.

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