China and the Pacific the view from Oceania

Introduction / Michael Powles Conference Organiser, former New Zealand ambassador to China; former high commissioner to Fiji -- 1. Official Opening -- Chair: Fui Le'apai Tu'ua 'Ilaoa Professor Asofou So'o, Vice Chancellor, National University of Samoa, Apia -- Opening address / H...

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Zusammenfassung:Introduction / Michael Powles Conference Organiser, former New Zealand ambassador to China; former high commissioner to Fiji -- 1. Official Opening -- Chair: Fui Le'apai Tu'ua 'Ilaoa Professor Asofou So'o, Vice Chancellor, National University of Samoa, Apia -- Opening address / Hon Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa -- Welcome address / Her Excellency Mme Li Yanduan, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Apia -- Keynote address / Tony Browne, Chair, New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Wellington -- 2. Changing Geopolitics: China and the Pacific -- Chairs: Leasiolagi Professor Malama Meleisea, Director, Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, Apia, and Professor Liu Shusen, Director of the Centre for Oceanic Studies, Peking University, Beijing -- China's growing impact on the regional political order / Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva --
The Chinese Pacific: an historical review / Dr Paul D'Arcy, Associate Professor, School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University, Canberra -- China's engagement with the South Pacific: past, present and future / Professor Liu Shusen, Deputy Dean, School of Foreign Languages, and Director of the Centre for Oceanic Studies, Peking University, Beijing -- A regional perspective / Ms Fekita Utoikamanu, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea and Suva -- China's new leadership and its perceptions of the Asia Pacific Region / Professor Bo Zhiyue, Director, New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington -- Reflections on the experiences of the Chinese community in Samoa / Tuatagaloa Aumua Ming Leung Wai, Attorney-General of Samoa -- 3. Regional Security -- Chair: Associate Professor Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i --
The Pacific Islands in China's geo-strategic thinking / Associate Professor Yu Changsen, Executive Director, National Centre for Oceania Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou -- Reordering Oceania: China's rise, geopolitics, and security in the Pacific Islands / Professor Terence Wesley-Smith, Director, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa -- Regional Security and the Role of External Actors / Dr Jim Rolfe, Director, Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington -- 4. Chinese in the Pacific -- Chairs: Professor Brian Moloughney, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, Dunedin, and Professor Jenny Dixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Engagement), University of Auckland -- Chinese -- Samoan Interactions -- influences both ways: entangled and intimate histories / Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa, Head of Pacific Studies, University of Auckland --
China in the Pacific: alternative perspectives / Dr Iati Iati, Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Otago, Dunedin -- China and the Pacific: a view from Tonga / Pesi Fonua, Publisher/Editor, Matangi Tonga Online, Tonga -- The drivers of current Chinese business migration to the South Pacific / Dr Graeme Smith, Research Fellow, State, Socirty and Governanace in Melanesia Program, School of International Political and Strategic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra -- A Pacific Island student in China -- reflections / Dr Rebecca Bogiri, Port Vila, Vanuatu -- Non-traditional security and global governance: China's participation in climate adaptation in Oceania / Associate Professor Wang Xuedong, Deputy Director, National Centre for Oceania Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou -- 5. Development Cooperation --
Chairs: Associate Professor WANG Xuedong, Deputy Director, National Centre for Oceania Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, and Letuimanu'asina Dr Emma Kruse Va'ai, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, National University of Samoa, Apia -- The context of overall aid in the Pacific -- and its effectiveness / Professor John Overton, Professor, School of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington -- Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific / Dr Philippa Brant, Research Associate, Lowy Institute for Public Policy, Sydney -- Soft loans and aid: China's economic influence in the Pacific / Dr Biman Prasad, Leader, National Federation Party, Fiji; formerly Professor of Economics, University of the South Pacific, Suva -- China's aid: A Melanesian perspective / Dulciana Somare-Brash, Deputy Director, Pacific Institute of Public Policy, Vila -- The Samoan experience of China's aid / Mrs Peseta Noumea Simi, Assistant Chief Executive, Ministry of Finance, Apia --
China's development aid to Fiji: motive and method Professor / Lyu Guixia, Research Centre for Pacific Island Countries, Liaocheng University, Shandong -- The trend towards Chinese triangular development cooperation: the cases of PNG and Timor-Leste / Denghua Zhang, PhD Candidate, Australian National University, Canberra -- The tripartite China/NZ/Cook Islands Project in the Cook Islands -- a Cook Islands perspective / Hon Mark Brown, Minister of Finance, Cook Islands -- The tripartite China/NZ/Cook Islands Project in the Cook Islands -- a New Zealand perspective / Peter Zwart, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington -- 6. Trade and Investment -- Chairs: Ms Andie Fong Toy, Deputy Secretary-General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva, and Michael Powles, formerly Chair, WCPFC Preparatory Conference, ambassador to China, high commissioner to Fiji -- The Samoan experience / Auelua Samuelu Enari, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, Apia --
China and natural resource developments in Oceania: feeding the dragon / Associate Professor Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Associate Professor, Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i -- Foreign investments and local expectations: PNG's experience with China / Dr Patrick Matbob, Divine Word University, Madang, Papua New Guinea -- China's growing tuna fishing fleet in the Pacific Ocean: a Samoan fisheries perspective / Ms Joyce Samuelu Ah Leong, Assistant Chief Executive, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Apia -- China and the sea: potential for Pacific partnerships? / Dr Paul D'Arcy, Associate Professor, School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University, Canberra -- 7. The Final Forum -- Chair and Moderator: Jon Fraenkel, Professor of Comparative Politics, Victoria University of Wellington --
Co-Chairs: Leasiolagi Professor Malama Meleisea, Director, Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, and Associate Professor Yu Changsen, Executive Director, National Centre for Oceania Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou -- Overview of the final forum -- drawing the strands together / Michael Powles, Conference Organiser; formerly ambassador to China and high commissioner to Fiji
"The proceedings of a conference held by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, which discussed the following topics: Changing Geopolitics - China and the Pacific; Regional Security; Chinese in the Pacific; Development Cooperation; Trade and Investment"--Publisher information
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:283 Seiten
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ISBN:9781776560530
978-1-77656-053-0
1776560531
1-77656-053-1