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The 61st Charhar Institute Roundtable Discussion
On the 30th of May 2019 the team at BYICAA attended a roundtable discussion
organised by The Charhar Institute.
Entitled “Brexit, European Parliament Elections and the Future of China-UK and
China-EU Relations”, the seminar was a discussion on how the results from the
recent European Parliament Elections would affect the “Golden Era” of China UK
relations.
Speakers were invited from across China and across disciplines to give their
opinions on the subject.
The itinerary of the discussants is listed below:
Cui Hongjian Senior research fellow and director of the Department of European
Studies at the China Institute of International Studies
Julien Buffet Journalist and language adviser, China International Publishing
Group, La Chine au Présent
Qu Bing Research Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, China Institutes
of Contemporary
International Relations (CICIR)
Sun Haichao Member of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Charhar Institute,
Director of Center of European Studies at the Foundation for China
Institute of International Studies, Former Chinese Ambassador to
the Central African Republic, and Former Minister-Counselor in
Chinese Embassy in France
Wang Yiwei Senior research fellow and director of Belt & Road Research Center
at the Charhar Institute, and Jean Monnet chair professor at and
director of the Institute of International Affairs, Renmin University
of China.
Xia Guohan Adjunct fellow of the Charhar Institute, PhD of Toulouse 1 University
Capitole, Lecturer of University of International Relations
Yang Xiepu Associate Professor at the Institute of European Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Zhang Guobin Vice President of the National Board of Trustees and Senior
Fellow at the Charhar Institute, China’s former Counsel General
in Strasbourg
Zhao Huaipu Professor in International Relations, Director of Graduate Studies,
Director of the European Studies Center at CFAU
The Charhar Institute is a leading think tank on international relations and foreign
policy. It has offices all over Asia and Africa, but the event in question took place
in their Beijing office.
Our British intern, Theo Crouch(Philosophy, Politics and Economics BA Universiy of
Durham), partook in the question-answer proportion of the event, discussing with
the panel their thoughts on how the uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the
European Union might affect trade deals between China and the UK.
The event was a great success, with the panel discussing a number of compelling
topics.