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From: Emma Holland, Centre for East Asian Studies [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: 3rd Annual Bristol Lecture in East Asian Studies
3rd Annual Bristol Lecture in East Asian Studies
Monday 31st January 2011
NORTH KOREA: CHINA'S COMING TAKEOVER
AIDAN FOSTER CARTER, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Synopsis: The confirmation of Kim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-eun, as
his ailing father's chosen successor, by no means guarantees a stable
future: either for him or for the peculiar state he is now set to rule.The
young Kim faces urgent policy choices: nuclear disarmament?; letting
marketforces rip?; and can the DPRK retain its much-prized
independence(juche)? This talk will argue that the Kims' old game of
militant mendicancy is finally up. To survive, the DPRK now needs a
protector while it undertakes a delicate and long-overdue transition. Forget
reunification, however. The North does not want to be swallowed, nor the
South to digest it. That leaves only China with the means and motive to
step in. North Korea's future is as a pliant client of Beijing.
Profile: Aidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in
Sociology and Modern Korea at the University of Leeds. He has followed
Korean affairs for over 40 years and is now an independent Korea analyst
and consultant: writing, lecturing and broadcasting worldwide. He writes
regularly on Korea for, among others, the Economist Intelligence Unit,
Jane's and Oxford Analytica. A regular visitor to both Koreas, his
ambitions are to read more Korean lyric poetry, and to travel by train
from Pusan to Paris.
Time: 4.00-5.30pm, followed by a drinks reception in the Social Sciences
Café Area.
Venue: Room 2D1, University of Bristol, Social Sciences Complex, Priory
Road, Bristol.
Booking: Places will be reserved on a first come first served basis.
Please register your interest by contacting Emma Holland
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Emma Holland
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Centre for East Asian Studies
School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)
University of Bristol
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