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OBOR and RMB Internationalization

Workshop at the IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies  |  Wed, Feb. 16, 2017, 10.00–17.30 h  |  Room SG 183, Geibelstr. 41, 47057 Duisburg  |  Please register by Feb. 13

Co-organized by IN-EAST School of Advanced Studies and Confucius Institute Metropolis Ruhr

Program

10:00–10:30   Welcome Speech and Organizations
Markus Taube, University of Duisburg-Essen
Gang Li, Embassy of People’s Republic of China in Germany
Shuanping Dai, University of Duisburg-Essen

10:30–12:00   Session Chair: Werner Pascha, University of Duisburg-Essen
Gunther Schnabl, Leipzig University: China’s Exchange Rate and Financial Repression: The Conflicted Emergence of the Renminbi as an International Currency
Yibing Ding, Jilin University, Changchun: The Trade Structure between China and the OBOR Countries, and its Implication on RMB’s Internationalization

12:00–13:30   Lunch

13:30–15:00   Session Chair: Hanns Günther Hilpert, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Junjiang Li, Jilin University, Changchun: Internal Challenges to the OBOR: Structural Imbalances and Supply-side Reform
Alessandra Cappelletti, The American University of Rome: Cultural Diplomacy and Communication Strategies Implemented by Chinese state and non-state Actors in the Framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. A theoretical framework

15:00–15:30   Coffee Break

15:30–17:00   Session Chair: Yibing Ding, Jilin University, Changchun
Xiao Li, Jilin University, Changchun: One Belt and One Road and the Reformation of China’s Geopolitical Strategies
Yuan Li, University of Duisburg-Essen: Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative through the linkage between Domestic and International Dynamics

17:00–17:30   Closing Remarks

18:00   Dinner

Download of the complete program:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/in-east/events/program_obor_2017c.pdf