Research & Development
Annual Report 2018

Public Talk organized by CEE & CIS to staff, students, titled "Pyongyang's Survival Strategy: North Korea under Kim Jong-un" on 9 February 2018 at A003, 2pm to 4pm.
Kampar Campus UTAR.

Speaker : Dr Hoo Chiew Ping (Senior Lecturer at the Strategic Studies and International Relations Program at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and she holds a PhD from La Trobe University, Australia).

Talk titled " Malaysia/ASEAN and the Major Powers" organized by CIS for visiting students from Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia on 28 February 2018, at KB112, Sg Long Campus, UTAR.

Speaker : Dr Stephen Leong (UTAR CIS Senior Advisor. He holds a PhD in History from the University of California, U.S.A)
(Foreign Student Delegation was organized by Learning Across Borders (LAB) California, U.S.A)

Public Talk organized by CEE & CIS  to staff, students, public, titled "Understanding the Nature of the Chinese Political System " on 28 February 2018 at KB315, Sg Long Campus UTAR, 2pm to 4pm.

Speaker : Dr Ngeow Chow-Bing (Acting Director of the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya. He holds a PhD in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A)

Public Talk organized by CEE & CIS  to staff, students, public, titled "The South China Sea Dispute and China-ASEAN Relations" on 11 April 2018 at KB315, Sg Long Campus UTAR, 2pm to 4pm.

Speaker : Dr Mike Chia-Yu Huang (Deputy Director of the Institute of International General Education Studies, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. He holds a PhD in International and Political Studies from the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. Australia).

Public Talk organized by CEE, CIS, BRSRC and The Head Foundation to staff, students, public, titled " Version 3.0 of China's Diplomacy: How to Be Creatively Involved in World Affairs?" on 25 July 2018, at KB105, Sg Long Campus UTAR, 2pm to 4pm.

Speaker : Prof. Wang Yizhou ( Professor and Vice-Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University, China).

Public Talk organized by CEE & CIS  to staff, students, public, titled "Special Relationship in the Malay World - Indonesia and Malaysia " On 31 October 2018 at KB315, Sg Long Campus UTAR, 2pm to 4pm.

Speaker : Dr Ho Ying Chan (Assistant Professor of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman). He holds a PhD in International and Political Studies from the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia.

Public Talk organized by CEE & CIS to staff, students, public, titled "Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan's Relations with China :A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation" on 9 November 2018 at KB315, Sg Long Campus UTAR, 2pm to 4pm.

Speaker : Dr Lai Yew Meng is an Associate Professor of Politics International Relations at the Centre for Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Warwick, UK.

Held in conjunction with the visitation of six scholars from the prominent academic institute in China—Institute of World History (IWH) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), an International Symposium on the Transition of China, East Asia and the Neighbouring World was conducted on 7 December 2018 at KB105, UTAR Sungai Long Campus, 9am to 6pm.

Organizers: Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Centre for Chinese Studies (CChS), UTAR, Institute of World History (IWH) of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Co-organizers: Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP), and Centre for International Studies (CIS), UTAR.