China seminar public talk

March 18, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room) Add to Calendar

Title: “China–U.S. Security Relations after 2011: Contention since the ‘Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific’ Policy”

Speaker: Reg Kwok, UHM Urban & Regional Planning, and Asian Studies

Abstract: As China rose to the second place in the international economic order in 2011, the U.S.–China relations became increasingly competitive and intensive. After President Obama announced the 'Rebalance to Asia-Pacific' Policy at the end of APEC meeting at Honolulu in 2011, economic and security competition in Asia has escalated into the urgent international relations issues for both countries and become the most explosive regional conflict. This seminar concentrates on the security relations between the two countries, the key policies adopted by the US and the response from China. The military conflict in the South China Sea will be examined to illustrate the brinkmanship strategies leading to the current temporary stalemate, and projected for the future development of the bilateral relationship.

About the Speaker: Reg Kwok is a Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Urban & Regional Planning at UHM, since 1989. His undergraduate studies at The Polytechnic in London earned him a Diploma in Architecture, and he practiced as an Architect in London and Hong Kong. He, then went to Columbia University, New York City for his Masters' and PhD degrees in Urban Planning. He started specializing on contemporary China when he wrote his dissertation. He started his academic life in 1970 at Architectural Association in London, and 1973 at Columbia University in New York City. In 1980, he went to Hong Kong University as the founding Director and Chair of the Centre of Urban Studies & Urban Planning, which offered two Masters' and a Ph D degree. In 1989, he came to UHM.

His research and teaching specializations cover: Political Economy of Chinese Development and Urbanization, Globalization and Sustainability in Pacific Asia, Spatial and Development Economics, and Cultural Impact on Asian Urban Form. He has authored 14 academic books and monographs, 4 academic journal editions, and 9 Planning reports. He has also published 97 articles in international academic journals, and Chinese and Hong Kong academic journals (in Chinese).


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Center for Chinese Studies, Mānoa Campus

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956-8891, china@hawaii.edu

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