The University of Melbourne Chinese Studies Research Group Workshop

Registration is now open for the Workshop on Environmental Challenges in China: Climate Change, Natural Resources and Urban Development which is going to be held on 28 September 2012 at the University of Melbourne. The workshop is an annual event organised by the Chinese Studies Research Group at the University of Melbourne. 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the Chinese Studies Research Group. The Group aims to host a larger scale of workshop to celebrate this milestone. Alex English, Research Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University has kindly accepted to be the keynote speaker at the Workshop. CSRG also plans to invite Dr. Xiao-wei Xuan, a very senior researcher at the Development Research Centre of the State Council of China as the other keynote speaker. A number of PhD students and researchers from interstate will present at the Workshop about the above mentioned topics. Please note that registration for the Chinese Studies Workshop is free but registration is essential for catering purpose. Please email Hao Zhang (csrg.uom@gmail.com) your willingness of attending before 16 September 2012.

The 2012 Workshop is kindly supported by the Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University. The Workshop website is updated with the latest information and you could access the website via http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/asian/CSRG/csrgsep2012.html

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