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PARADOXAL CHINA:
WESTERN PERCEPTIONS, EASTERN REALITIES?

A conference of the
Academic China Meeting (ACO)

Groningen, Friday 28 November 2008

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Recordings are available of the panel:
"Human Rights and Good Governance in China: Our Values, Chinese Values?"

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Keynote-speech
Education and Research in China and the Dutch Scientific Community’s Response
Mr. Dirk Jan van den Berg, President Technical University Delft & former Dutch Ambassador to China

Keynote-speech
Chinese Investments in The Netherlands: Why China is attracted to The Netherlands
Mr. Roy Ho Ten Soeng, Chair of the Dutch-China Association (VNC) and Mayor of Medemblik

Conference Introduction
ACO, China and the West: What We See is What We Want to See
Prof. Peter Ho, Director of the Centre for Development Studies, University of Groningen and Chair ACO

Panel: China's Science and Education: Collaborator or Competitor?
Chair: Dr. Dirk-Jan van den Berg
Organizer: Charlotte van Hees, senior officer, VSNU

• S&T developments in China: Prospects for bilateral cooperation in research
  Bob Su, Professor of Spatial Hydrology and Water Resources Management,
  International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
• The importance of coordination at the national and European level
  Dr. Max Spoor, Associate Professor, ISS; member China Committee Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
• The culture of teaching and learning in China and Netherlands: A comparison
  Wu Wei and/or Henk Frencken, resp. PhD candidate and educational advisor, ICLON, graduate school of teaching, Leiden University

Panel: Rethinking China’s History: From Mao and Red Guards to Tian’anmen
Chair: Prof. Stefan Landsberger, Amsterdam University
Discussants: Floris-Jan van Luyn and Aernout Bouwman
Organizer: Dr. Leo Douw, Senior Lecturer, Amsterdam University

• China’s Time-lag in Economic Development
  Prof. Barend ter Haar, Leiden University
• Confucianism and Civil Society
  Dr. Leo Douw, Amsterdam University
• The Politics of Remembering and Forgetting in Contemporary China
• Prof. Tak-wing Ngo, Erasmus University

Panel: Organizing Your Business: China Low Cost Producer or Source of Knowledge?
Chair: Prof. Koos Krabbendam (presentation)
Professor of Operations Management, University of Twente
Organizer: Prof. Koos Krabbendam

• Innovation Systems & Knowledge transfers in Global Production Networks: The Chinese case
  Prof. Bert van der Knaap, Professor of Economic Geography, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Managing the Supply Chain with China
  Dr. Yujian Fan, China Sourcing Leader, Power Packer
• Managing and Implementation of Enterpise Systems in China
  Dr. Nel Wognum, Senior researcher Management Studies, Wageningen University

Panel: Human Rights and Good Governance in China: Our Values, Chinese Values?
Chair: Gerard Steeghs, Minister Plenipotentiary, Dutch Royal Embassy, Beijing
Organizer: Prof. Peter Ho, Groningen University

• China’s Human rights and Good Governance: Implications for Foreign Policy
  Adriaan Palm, Head Section East-Asia, DAO, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Do International Media and NGOs cover Modern China Correctly?
  Willem Offenberg, filmmaker/journalist, FEM Business and NRC Handelsblad, former Editor-in-Chief Amnesty International (Dutch Section)
• The Role of Human Rights in China’s Building of the Rule of Law
  Dr. Li Yuwen, Associate Professor, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University
• Governance of Technology and Science in China’s Society: A Clash of Participation versus Authoritarianism?
  Dr. Sjaak Swart, associate professor, Science and Society Group, University of Groningen
• China's Civil Society, NGOs and Social Movements: Signs of Democratization?
  Prof. Peter Ho, professor and director, CDS, Groningen University

Panel: China's Politics: Post-1989 Perceptions and Impact on Sino-Western Relations
Chair: Dr. Frans-Paul v.d Putten, Institute Clingendael
Organizer: Dr. Frans-Paul v.d Putten, Institute Clingendael

• China's Rise: The reaction in Europe and the US, different perceptions and attitudes
  Jan-Willem Blankert, Director-General External Relations European Commission
• Western Perceptions of China through the Eyes of Media: Another front in the "war of ideas"
  David Fouquet, Director The Asia Europe Project Information Service
• Perceptions of China's Handling of the 2008 Olympics, Paralympics and on the Sichuan Earthquake
  Ingrid d'Hooghe, Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
• Perception in the West of Chinese Political System after 1989
  Boi Boi Huong, Journalist/Sinologist

• Development Studies: Asia and Africa how do they interact
  Dr. Pieter Boele van Hensbroek, Senior Lecturer, CDS, Groningen University
• Chinese in Zambia: Illustrating Contradictions
  Dr. Jan Kees van Donge, Senior Lecturer Africa Studies Centre, Leiden University, and Coordinator NWO Program Africa-Asia
• China’s Influence on Corporate Security and Social Ssupport in Africa
  Egbert Wesselink, senior advisor, IKV Pax Christi/ECOS
• China’s destabilizing impact on Sudan? Oil and Security
  Prof. Meine Pieter van Dijk, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague
• China in Africa
  Andrew M. Fischer, Lecturer in Population and Social Policy, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague

Panel: Chinese Investments in The Netherlands: Is China Taking over?
Chair: Haico Ebbers
Organizer: Prof. Haico Ebbers, University Nyenrode

• A framework to explain Chinese FDI Outflow: CIC and Sovereign Wealth Fund
  Prof. Haico Ebbers, Director China Centre, Universiteit Nyenrode
• Chinese companies: Examples of strategies, success and failures
  Dr. Jianhong Zhang, Senior researcher, Universiteit Nyenrode
• Culture as an Explanandum of Chinese companies: Are Chinese managers capable to survive in mature markets?
  Fons Lamboo, Director of China Link
• Western images on integration and public functions of the Dutch Chinese society and their reality
  Roy Ho ten Soeng, Chairman VNC or Boudewijn Poldermans, Director

• Introduction to the Panel
  Professor Dr. Oliver Kayser
  Dr. Mei Wang, Senior Researcher TNO, SU BioMedicine
• Chinese medicine, a source of inspiration for drug development?
  Pharmacognosy and TCM
  Prof.Dr. Rob Verpoorte, Senior researcher, Dept Pharmacognosy, Section Metabolomics
• Facts and fictions around TCM
  Zhu Y.P. TCM, Hwa To Centre for Chinese Medicine, Groningen

Other participants: Cees van der Gondel (Chief Scientific Officer, Leiden University, Inst Biology); Paul van der Logt (Principal Scientist Unilever Research); Mw Marja Pronk Health Care Consultant and Allergene Registration.

Panel: Media after the Olympics: The Chinese King Kong under control?
Chair: Yiu Fai Chow, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam
Organizer: Dr. Jeroen de Kloet, Amsterdam University

• Medals, Media and King Kong - Spectacle in the age of globalization
  Dr. Jeroen de Kloet, Assistant Professor Mediastudies, University of Amsterdam
• Reporting the Olympics - Reflections of a Journalist
  Sigrid Deters, Journalist Wereldomroep
• What's in a flame? Mediation of the Olympic Torch Relay
  Wei Liu, PhD student Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam
• More than a smile? Olympic volunteers as the new model citizens
  Gladys Pak Lei Chong, PhD student Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam