The talk, Value Struggles: Waste Work and Urban Ecology in Delhi, will be on Tuesday, Oct. 8, with coffee beginning at 10:30am, followed by the lecture at 11.30am, at 519 Kaneff Tower, Keele campus. YCAR will also host a roundtable with Gidwani later in the day for graduate students, from 3 to 5pm, at 857 Kaneff Tower.

Vinay Gidwani

Gidwani, who studies the layering of labour processes and ecologies in agrarian and urban settings, describes waste as the flip side of value, the antithesis of capitalist value. Waste is the byproduct of surplus accumulation.

鈥淚 suggest that by tracing the dialectic of value and waste[鈥we gain insight into how capital always draws its economic vitality and moral sanction from programs to domesticate and eradicate waste,鈥� says Gidwani.

Waste confounds capitalism鈥檚 attempts to discipline and contain life within the domain of utility and accumulation. Contemporary urban transformations in cities like Delhi, India, around the management of municipal solid waste, for instance, should be properly construed as the latest salvo in a long history of value struggles.

Gidwani is also an adjunct professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New 91亚色 and is editor of Antipode, the leading journal of radical geography. He is currently involved in The Afterlives of Waste, a project that examines the spatial histories, political uses and contemporary global political economy of waste as both commodity detritus and social excess. His most recent book is Capital, Interrupted: Agrarian Development and the Politics of Work in India (University of Minnesota Press, 2008).

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The question of reconstructing the conceptual frameworks for research in Asia and Asian Diaspora has been actively debated in the last few decades. These discussions pay critical attention to the modern politics of constructing Asian spaces and identities, and of disseminating knowledge of the area throughout the world.

Taking up this challenge, this conference will explore how our own work can better contribute to this understanding, and point out the misunderstandings of the categories, spaces and frameworks constructed as part of Asian Studies within and beyond the territorial limits of 鈥淎sia.鈥�

The conference keynote speaker will be Professor Vinay Gidwani of the Department of Geography and Institute of Global Studies, University of Minnesota.

The organizing committee welcomes graduate research with interdisciplinary approaches. For a complete list of topics, visit the conference website.

Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract with keywords (250 words maximum), along with brief biographical information (name, affiliation, stage of graduate study) by Dec. 1 to YCARreconstructions2013@gmail.com.

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Dattani will read from his plays Seven Steps Around The Fire and Dance Like A Man An Friday, June 15, from 1 to 3pm, at 280A 91亚色 Lanes, Keele campus. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Winner of India鈥檚 prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 from India鈥檚 National Academy of Letters, Dattani is one of the country鈥檚 best-known playwrights.

Mahesh Dattani

He is also known for his directing work in the cinema, including films such as Mango Souffle, which won Best Motion Picture in 2003 at the Barcelona Film Festival, and Morning Raga, which took Best Artistic Contribution in 2004 at the Cairo Film Festival.

His plays are crafted gestures of dissent. His oeuvre has forged wide-ranging critiques of Indian heteronormativity, social institutions such as the family, as well as cultural rituals, including marriage, are interrogated and found wanting.

The event is hosted by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research, 91亚色鈥檚 departments of English and Theatre, and the Sexuality Studies Program at 91亚色.

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Several international observers were asked to oversee the January Taiwan presidential election to ensure freedom and fairness in what was predicted to be an extremely close race. Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), was one of them. She鈥檒l be discussing her experience as part of a panel Tuesday.

鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Super Saturday: Perspectives on the 2012 Polls from Canadian Election Observers鈥� will take place Feb. 14, from 3:30 to 5:30pm, at 857 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus.

Invited by the (ICFET), Henders was one of about 21 scholars, business people, parliamentarians and former government officials from eight countries, including Canada, the United States and several in Europe and Asia. This was the fifth time the Taiwanese people have voted directly for a presidential candidate since 1996. In addition, the legislative elections were also underway.

A street rally in support of聽the Democratic Progressive Party campaign

鈥淭here are always issues of freedom and fairness in Taiwan elections,鈥� says Henders, a political science professor at 91亚色. 鈥淗owever, there were particular concerns about this one because the presidential race was predicated to be really close. The ICFET wanted some international observers there who could comment on the spot about what might be going on in the days leading up to the polls and also to provide some judgment about the freedom and fairness of the election.鈥�

Michael Stainton (left)聽in Taiwan聽with聽a聽poster in the background聽in support of聽the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party, which was re-elected

Henders found the experience interesting and enlightening, and despite Taiwan鈥檚 unique situation and challenges, feels it has something to teach other democracies about the conditions that undermine the strength of democracy and the democratic nature of elections. She will join Michael Stainton, a Taiwan scholar and president of the Taiwan Human Rights Association of Canada who was also a member of the ICFET mission, in discussing their experiences as observers at the Tuesday event.

Stainton and Henders聽will聽examine how Taiwan鈥檚 democracy is affected by the island鈥檚 authoritarian past and its relations with China and the United States. B. Michael Frolic, a 91亚色 political science professor emeritus, will speak about the election in light of Taiwan-China relations and democratization in other contexts. Lois Wilson, a former Canadian senator and president of the World Council of Churches, who was also part of the election observation mission, will also speak at the event.

A meeting聽for the Democratic Progressive Party campaign, with the presidential candidate and her running mate on the background poster

In the preliminary report following the election, the ICFET observers noted issues, such as vote buying, were a problem in the Jan. 14 polls. They also noted some misuse of government power and a severe imbalance in party wealth and resources, which undermines the freeness and fairness of elections, but is a result of the island鈥檚 authoritarian past. Taiwan was under authoritarian rule until the late 1980s and is still trying to throw off the residue of that period in its bid for democracy.

Susan Henders

Taiwan鈥檚 particular geopolitical and economic positioning with respect to China and the United States also means that foreign interference in elections remains an issue, says Henders.聽

The international election observation report stated that both Chinese and former United States officials interfered in the political process. During the election process, Taiwan and international media reported that Chinese officials聽were using聽China鈥檚 economic power to try to sway the election outcome. In addition,聽a few days before the election, a former American Institute in Taiwan chairman commented that Taiwan relations with China and the US would suffer if the opposition won.

鈥淚t was that kind of thing we were able to respond to quickly,鈥� says Henders. Head of the ICFET mission Frank Murkowski, former US Alaska governor and senator, publicly condemned the remarks saying the US government should be neutral in the election.

The Taiwanese people are particularly sensitive to the views of US and Chinese officials. Although the US doesn鈥檛 recognize Taiwan as a state, it is obliged to protect it militarily. 鈥淪o if a former US official says anything before an election in Taiwan, it gets a lot of attention,鈥� says Henders.聽聽As Canada doesn鈥檛 formerly recognize Taiwan either, 鈥渋t is particularly important that Canadian people, by participating in the election observation mission, showed support for efforts by Taiwanese people to strengthen their democracy.鈥�

The Central Election Commission counting centre

Henders says the mission should be seen as a small contribution to the long-term building of a stronger democracy in Taiwan by getting rid of old authoritarian legacies and dealing with the power of China. 鈥淲e were in many ways impressed by the election. We did not hear of issues with ballot counting or the mechanics of the process while we were there, and the candidates on the whole were forthcoming in answering the questions of our observation mission. Taiwan has achieved a lot.鈥�

The ICFET mission visited Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taichung and met with candidates or organizers from the three main political parties 鈥� the Democratic Progressive Party, the Chinese Nationalist Party and the People鈥檚 First Party. They also attended street rallies and campaign events, and visited polling stations. The mission members were present in the Central Election Commission counting centre on election day, they spoke with the media and held press conferences, as well as a public forum on democracy.

鈥楾hese kinds of observer missions represent a way civil society groups can be vigilant in helping each other and strengthening democracy,鈥� Henders says.

For more information, contact YCAR at ycar@yorku.ca or visit the YCAR website.

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Although environmental protection is considered a strategic issue in China today, how it is discussed and perceived can vary from one ethnic minority to another. Nimrod Baranovitch, a lecturer in Chinese culture and society in the Department of East Asian Studies at Haifa University in Israel, will discuss what environmental protection means in China at his upcoming talk at 91亚色.

His talk, 鈥淔ear of Extinction: Environmental Protection as Political Metaphor among China's Ethnic Minorities鈥�, will take place Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 1 to 3pm, at 626 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus.

Right: Nimrod Baranovitch

鈥淢y talk will focus on the discourse and meanings of environmental protection among several ethnic minorities in China, particularly the Tibetans, the Uyghurs and the Mongols,鈥� says , also a聽research Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 鈥淎mong these minorities, the topic is heavily politicized and often also loaded with metaphoric meanings.鈥�

Ethnic minorities in China often see themselves as an integral part of the natural environment, whereas environmental destruction is associated with the Han majority. 鈥淚n this context, the environment is perceived as a very specific territory, and environmental protection is not just in the narrow sense of maintaining clean water and air, but as the right of the minority group to control its territory and to maintain its traditional way of life and distinctive identity,鈥� says Baranovitch.

He will show how the legitimate discourse of environmental protection is used by ethnic minorities to express illegitimate sentiments that cannot be expressed in public otherwise.
To illustrate his points, he will also present and analyze several video clips of rock songs by Tibetan, Mongol and Uyghur musicians, who live, create and perform in China.

The talk is sponsored by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) and is presented by the Literatures & Human Rights in Asia and Asian Diaspora project, as well as the Critical China Studies Group.

For more information, visit the YCAR website.

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The recipient of the 2011 Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award, de Leon received her master's degree in sociology聽& equity studies in education, and women聽& gender studies at the University of Toronto, and her honours bachelor degree in women鈥檚 studies and English language聽& literature from Queen鈥檚 University, before coming to 91亚色. Her research interests focus on critical race theory, transnational feminist praxis, gender and migration and the development of critical Filipino studies in Canada.

Left: Conely de Leon

Her research explores whether long-term family separation, for example as an outcome of Canada's Live-In Caregiver Program, results in enduring and pervasive adverse effects on the socioeconomic, cultural and political engagement of children of Filipina migrant domestic workers as adults. Specifically, de Leon鈥檚 research in Manila will focus on the relationships that adult children now in Canada have to extended kin, often identified as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and close family friends, who acted as their 鈥減rimary鈥� caregivers in the Philippines, while separated from their mothers.

By exploring these relationship dynamics through one-on-one, in-depth interviews, de Leon hopes to offer some insight into the complexities of long-term family separation.

The award is named for the Honourable Vivienne Poy and assists a graduate student in fulfilling the fieldwork requirement for the Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies. YCAR is grateful for Senator Poy's support for this award.

Colin McGuire (right)聽and Chad Walasek are the 2011 recipients of the YCAR Language Award. McGuire, a doctoral candidate in music, will continue to study languages and advance his abilities in Cantonese during a year in Hong Kong as an exchange student. Walasek, a master's candidate in dance at 91亚色, will use the award funding to build on his Urdu language skills in a fall 2011 course in India.听听听

McGuire plans to study at the Yale-China Chinese Language Centre for two semesters starting in September 2011. His research is on the music of the martial arts and his doctoral dissertation will focus on the percussion repertoire performed by Chinese-Canadian kung fu clubs. His approach is interdisciplinary and draws from ethnomusicology, hoplology, phenomenology, semiotics and Asian studies.

Of particular importance to the intersection of music and martial arts are the processes of transmission, identity formation, creation of space, claiming of place and construction of meaning. McGuire is currently performing ethnographic fieldwork through participant observation at the Hong Luck Kung Fu Club in Toronto鈥檚 Spadina/Dundas Chinatown.

Before entering the PhD program, McGuire earned an MA in composition in 2003 from 91亚色, was a course director for 91亚色鈥檚 computer music classes and received transmission of the complete Sum Nung Wing Chun Kuen system of Chinese kung fu under Lo Kuen-Hung Sifu. His music has been featured on the award-winning TV show "Departures" and also in the Little Pear Garden Collective鈥檚 production of The Four Beauties of China. He is the recipient of a 2010 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award.

Left: Chad Walasek

Walasek is both a professional kathak dancer and a graduate student. After participation in an exchange program with India and subsequent work in Pakistan as part of a BSc in international development studies at the University of Toronto, he began training in the Hindustani performing arts (dance, percussion and vocal).聽

He has studied tabla for the last several years and made his debut with the Toronto Tabla Ensemble in 2007. A senior kathak student of Joanna de Souza and disciple of Pandit Chitresh Das, Walasek tours internationally with Chhandam Dance Company and regularly participates in independent productions. He performed his first formal full-length classical solo in March 2008.

A recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Walasek's current research focuses on the development of kathak dance in post-Partition Pakistan and the ambivalent relationship between kathak dance and Pakistani identity.

The main phase of his fieldwork was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, in February and March 2011. A combination of research methods were employed, including participant observation, oral history collection, English and Urdu language archival material collection and a series of semi-structured interviews conducted in both English and Urdu with local dancers, dance students, musicians and members of the performing arts community.聽

From September through December 2011, building on his knowledge of intermediate-level Urdu, Walasek will participate in an intensive immersion-based Urdu language program in Lucknow, India, through the American Institute of India Studies. Following this program, follow-up research in Lahore will be conducted if necessary and Urdu language materials will be analyzed in detail.

The YCAR Language Award was created to support graduate students in fulfilling the language requirement for the Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies (GDAS) and to facilitate awardees master's or doctoral-level research.

Veronica Javier聽(left)聽graduated from 91亚色 with a master鈥檚 degree in social work from the School of Social Work during the 2011 Spring Convocation ceremonies. She also holds an honours bachelor degree with a major in sociology and minor in religious studies.

Javier is currently a research assistant for the Filipino Youth Transitions in Canada research project with Professor Philip聽Kelly. In addition, she is also a writer for the first Filipino-Canadian family and lifestyle magazine, TAHANAN, and has a regular section, titled 鈥淥rdinary People, Extraordinary Lives; featuring astonishing and inspiring stories of everyday heroes鈥�.

Her practise research paper (PRP) brought to light the lived-experiences of聽Filipino-Canadian youth in Canada. Her research demonstrated how youth are challenging ideas around the role of religion in the construction of their 鈥渆thnic鈥� identity within a Eurocentric and neoliberal Canadian context. The youth see themselves as active agents in negotiating how they could continue to fit in while being a proactive Catholic in contrast to the secular Canadian norm.

During their process of re-negotiation, the youth鈥檚 Filipino identity moved to the background and their Canadian and Catholic identity became more important. Their repositioning of their 鈥渆thnic鈥� and religious identity is reflective of the ways in which the youth鈥檚 subject position intersects within the whiteness that operates in Canadian society. For these youth, their renegotiation utilizes a personal and experiential language that individualizes experiences and therefore also enables them to negotiate the imperfections within Catholicism.

Javier hopes that her research will contribute to the creation and implementation of more culturally sensitive social services programs that will better assist and take into consideration the lived, post-settlement experiences of Filipino-Canadians.

Her PRP was supported by the David Wurfel Award, which enabled her to bring to light not just the voices of the youth, but also a fuller picture of their lives. The financial assistance allowed her to travel to various Filipino youth events within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as well as to meet her research participants in different points in the GTA.聽

Javier's research gave her a better understanding of the environments of which the youth were a part. She was also able to give an honorarium for their participation and cover any expenses that her research participants incurred during the interview, such as meals and transportation. Finally, the award gave her freedom to network within the Filipino-Canadian community through community events, symposiums and conferences in order to better understand the issues the Filipino community is facing, especially the youth, and how she can ultimately be of service to them in the near future.

The award was established in 2006 by Senior YCAR Research Associate Dr. David Wurfel. He wanted to contribute to the emergence of a new generation of Filipino leadership that is grounded in the country鈥檚 history, culture and public affairs. Dr. Wurfel is a Philippine specialist who received his PhD from Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program.

Sara L. Jackson (right)聽is the 2011 recipient of the Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship. She has a BA in international studies from the University of Washington and an MA in geography from the University of British Columbia. She began her PhD at 91亚色 in geography in 2009, after lecturing at the Metropolitan State College of Denver and the National University of Mongolia. Last summer, she was a language fellow at the American Center for Mongolian Studies in Ulaanbaatar.

Her dissertation research looks at the political and cultural impacts of mining-related infrastructure development in Mongolia鈥檚 South Gobi province. She will conduct ethnographic research in Ulaanbaatar and the regions surrounding the Oyu Tolgoi gold-copper mine beginning聽this coming fall.

Jackson is also working on a graphic novel with an illustrator that draws from her research experiences. It will be translated and distributed in Mongolia. The working title of her dissertation is Building a Gold Rush: Imagining New Territory in Mongolia鈥檚 South Gobi.

The Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship was established by the Albert C.W. Chan Foundation to encourage and assist 91亚色 graduate students to conduct field research in East and/or Southeast Asia. YCAR would like to thank the Albert C. W. Chan family for their support of 91亚色 graduate students.

For more information on any of the awards, visit the YCAR website.

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There is one Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award available worth $1,500. It will be given to a graduate student who is enrolled at 91亚色 and is a graduate associate of YCAR. Priority will be given to students who apply to do research in fulfilment of the fieldwork requirement of the Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies (GDAS). The award is open to local and international students who have a grade point average of at least B+ and can demonstrate how fieldwork in Asia will contribute to the completion of their program and to an understanding of Asia. Financial need will also be considered.

The criteria for selection will include the importance of fieldwork for the graduate student's program, the academic merit of the research proposal, the fit with YCAR's research mandate and active participation in YCAR, including enrollment in the GDAS. Academic merit will include the clarity of the proposal, the聽potential contribution of proposed research to Asian studies and Asian communities, and the feasibility of the research.

There are up to聽two YCAR Language Awards available to local and international graduate students enrolled at 91亚色 and registered for the GDAS with a grade point average of at least B+.聽Each award聽will provide up to $1,500 to reimburse costs directly related to language study. Receipts will be required before related language training expenses are reimbursed. The awards are open to students with demonstrated need to learn a specific Asian language to appreciate and better understand the context and perspectives relating to their area of research study.

One Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship worth $1,000 is available. Established by the Albert C.W. Chan Foundation, the fellowship encourages and assists graduate students to carry out field research in East and/or Southeast Asia. Applicants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons, be Ontario residents and demonstrate financial need.

For more information, to obtain the application forms and for details on what to include in the application, visit the YCAR website or e-mail ycar@yorku.ca.

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This series聽is an opportunity for graduate students conducting research on Asia and the Asian diaspora to present their research-in-progress to graduate students and a 91亚色 faculty member. It is intended for 91亚色 students in graduate programs in the social sciences, humanities, fine arts, natural sciences and professional schools to get presentation experience and valuable feedback on their research in a friendly and supportive environment.

Guidelines for submissions:

• Deadline for abstract submissions for the 2011 Graduate Student Workshop series is Dec. 20. Send submissions to Miriam Katz at windgeek@york.ca.
• Presentation proposals should include a title and a short abstract of 250 words. Proposals should be related to research concerning Asia or Asian diaspora.
• Students should also provide a short list of two or three potential 91亚色 faculty members that they would like to comment on their research at the seminar and should indicate whether they have already approached the faculty members about this possibility. Note that each workshop presentation will have one faculty member discussant.
• Submissions should also include a selection of dates between January and April 2011, when the student is unavailable to present, to assist with event scheduling.

YCAR was established in 2002 to advance the academic study of Asia (South, East and Southeast) and the Asian diaspora. It promotes excellence in research on historic and contemporary Asia and Asian diaspora communities. The centre cooperates with many partners at 91亚色, across Canada and internationally to promote public understanding of Asia and Asian diasporas and Canada鈥檚 multiple engagements with the region.

For more information, visit the YCAR website.

Questions regarding submissions or this series can be directed to Miriam Katz at windgeek@yorku.ca.

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The talk, presented by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at 91亚色, will take place Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3:30pm in W136 Executive Learning Centre, Seymour Schulich Building, Keele campus. The lecture is free of charge.

Right: Xu Xin

Xin, director of the Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Nanjing University, is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and the only professor of Jewish studies in China.

The Centre for Jewish Studies at 91亚色 is Canada's first interdisciplinary research centre in Jewish studies, bringing together a vibrant community of scholars and teachers to promote cutting-edge research in the field.聽Jewish studies encompasses the study of the texts, histories and cultures of the Jewish people, which developed alongside and within Western and non-Western civilizations.

The event is being co-sponsored by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research and the Department of Humanities.

For more information, visit the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies website or call 416-736-5823.

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CASS has over 30 research institutes, while 91亚色 has one of the largest faculties of social sciences and humanities in Canada, which makes this an ideal partnership. 鈥淐ASS is the premier institution in China for social sciences research,鈥� says , associate vice-president international. 鈥淎s 91亚色 International researchers and 91亚色 faculty members have already partnered with CASS researchers, I thought it was probably time we formalize what we were doing.鈥�

Right: Delegates from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences meet with Lorna Wright (centre)

Six delegates from CASS came to 91亚色 from China to meet with 91亚色 researchers聽and discuss future initiatives and collaborations. 鈥淏asically, it will give 91亚色 researchers better access to opportunities in China for research and we鈥檒l have a partner for that research,鈥� says Wright.

One of those researchers is 91亚色 political science Professor Gregory Chin in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, who currently has about six research projects on the go all involving CASS scholars in one way or another across disciplines. "The signing of this agreement with CASS will further strengthen these links," he said.

As the two delegations discussed areas of mutual interest, , associate vice-president research (social sciences & humanities), said he has worked with several CASS researchers in the past, in the 1990s. 鈥�91亚色 used to work a lot with CASS researchers. I hope this will afford us the opportunity to start that again.鈥�

Left: Wright signs a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From left, Zhang Youyun, deputy director general in聽CASS's Bureau of International Cooperation; vice-president of CASS Professor Wu Yin; Wright and Gregory Chin.

, chair of the Department of Anthropology, agreed saying,聽鈥淭here are so many areas where we could work together.鈥�

Chin, Dewitt and Lumsden, along with Bernie Frolic, director of the Asian Business & Management Program; Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research; Faculty of Education Professor Qiang Zha; Haideh Moghissi, associate dean, external relations, for the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies; and Professor , chair of the Department of Political Science, discussed some of their research interests with delegates from CASS to get a better understanding of their mutual goals.

The Chinese delegation from CASS included: Professor Wu Yin, vice-president; Professor Zhang Changdong, deputy director general in the General Office; Professor Wang Zheng, deputy director general of the Bureau of Scientific Research Management; Professor Hu Guocheng, research fellow in the Institute of American Studies; Professor Zhang Youyun, deputy director general of the Bureau of International Cooperation; and Li Bin, program officer in the Bureau of International Cooperation.

As Wright pointed out, the collaborative nature of the agreement will also be beneficial when it comes to securing funding from granting agencies, as the agencies are always looking for international partnerships. 鈥淎nd CASS is a very prestigious partner.鈥� In addition, the partnership will also facilitate faculty exchanges.

鈥淚 hope the agreement will result in further concrete results and research collaborative projects,鈥� says Wright. "It was agreed that the next step would be a meeting at CASS in Beijing during Dean trip next month when a task force of Martin Singer, Bernie Frolic and myself would convene with researchers from CASS to discuss the strategic direction."

Following the signing, the CASS delegates had a tour of the campus and lunch with 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri.

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