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China and the South China Sea

Sep 09, 2016
03.00 PM - 03.00 PM
Auditorium, Institute of Postgraduate Studies Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

  Date
September 9, 2016

 Time
3.00p.m.

 Venue
Auditorium, Institute of Postgraduate Studies Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

 Language
English

Speaker :
SHEN Dingli

Professor and Associate Dean at Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies

There has been a lot of conflicting signals from China, and also misunderstanding by others, over the Chinese position in the South China Sea dispute. Professor Shen, a leading Chinese scholar on the subject, helps to clarify the Chinese position by discussing the following topics. They are 1) The Nine Dash Line: What China has said and has not said; 2) UNCLOS: What China has said and what has evolved; 3) What others have said and not said; 4) What others have changed; 5) Bilateralism, multilateralism, and unilateralism in the SCS context; 6) The US response; 7) The future