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Understanding China’s Role in
Central Asia and Afghanistan
Pan Guang
Vice Chairman of Shanghai Center for
International Studies at Shanghai Academy
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Discussant
Tuesday
September 18, 2012
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Light Luncheon Provided
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th Street NW
Washington DC, 20036
1111 16th Street NW
Washington DC, 20036
Seventh Floor Conference Room
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Dr. Pan
Guang will be addressing China’s role in Central Asia and Afghanistan.
He will explain China’s interest in fighting terrorism and extremism in
the region as well as China’s interests in containing the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction, promoting energy and economic
development, and supporting Afghanistan in its post-war reconstruction.
Like the United States, China is interested in tackling issues such as
transnational crime, illegal immigration, environmental degradation,
water resource shortage, and emerging public health issues. Beijing
however, has different views of political reform in Central Asia, the
alignment of energy pipelines in the region, and the withdrawal of
NATO troops from Afghanistan. Dr. Pan Guang will also provide his
insight on China’s role in Afghanistan and its implications for
U.S.-China relations.
Participant Biographies
Dr. Pan Guang
Dr.
Pan Guang is Vice Chairman and Professor of Shanghai Center for
International Studies at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Director
of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Studies Center in Shanghai,
Dean of Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai (CJSS) and Vice President of
Chinese Association of Middle East Studies. He is an International
Council Member of the Asia Society in USA, Senior Advisor of
China-Eurasia Forum in USA, Advisory Board Member of Asia Europe Journal (by ASEF) in
Singapore, Member of the Board Management Committee of Asian
Scholarship Foundation in Bangkok and Senior Advisor on Anti-terror
Affairs to Shanghai Municipality and the Chinese Ministry of
Public Security of PRC. He obtained the James Friend Annual Memorial
Award for Sino-Jewish Studies in 1993, the
Special Award for Canadian Studies (especially for research on Canadian
Jews from China) in 1992, the Sankt Peterburg-300 Medal for
Contribution to China-Russia Relations awarded by President Putin in
2004 and the Austria Holocaust Memorial Award in 2006. He was appointed
by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as member of the High-Level Group for
the UN Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) in 2005, and appointed as
Ambassador of the AOC in 2008.
Dr. Pan
has been doing research and giving lectures widely in North America,
East Asia, Russia, Central Asia, Europe, Middle East and Australia. He
holds a number of prestigious posts in Chinese institutions in
International Studies, Asian Studies, Middle East Studies and Jewish
Studies. He also has published books and articles on a variety of topics
such as “The Jews in China,” “The Jews in Asia: Comparative
Perspective,”” The Jews in Shanghai,” “The Political and Cultural Impact
of the Holocaust,” “From Silk Road to ASEM: 2000 Years of Asia-Europe
Relations”, “A Comprehensive Studies on Shanghai Cooperation
Organization”,
"Contemporary International Crises”, “China’s Success in the Middle
East”, “China’s Anti-terror Strategy”, “Islam and Confucianism: the
Development of Chinese Islam”, “China’s Energy Strategy”, as well as
“China’s Policy on AF/PAK.”
Dr. Richard Weitz
Richard
Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for
Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute. His current research
includes regional security developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and
East Asia as well as U.S. foreign, defense,
and homeland security policies. Dr. Weitz is also a non-resident Senior
Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he
contributes to various defense projects and is the author of a
forthcoming Jamestown Occasional Report titled “Beijing Ponders NATO
Military Withdrawal from
Afghanistan."
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