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________________________________ From: Chinese [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 12 June 2008 11:52 To: 'Chinese-enquiries' Subject: FW: The Battle for China - Saturday 12 July Administrator, Institute for Chinese Studies University of Oxford Clarendon Institute Building Walton Street Oxford, OX1 2HG Tel +44 (0)1865 280387 Fax +44 (0)1865 280435 ________________________________ From: Claire Fox [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 12 June 2008 08:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The Battle for China - Saturday 12 July THE BATTLE FOR CHINA Saturday 12 July 2008 Norton Rose LLP, 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AQ Dear Colleague, I thought you might be interested in the Battle for China<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/strand/1138/>, an important day of debates in London on Saturday 12 July, designed to challenge assumptions and explore the rise of China in economic, cultural and political spheres. The event is part of the CHINA NOW festival and is sponsored by Norton Rose and The Times. Sessions will examine whether the growth of China is a threat or an opportunity?<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1139/> Has China now gone from being a Yellow Peril to a Green Menace<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1146/>, choking on its growth? Or will it be the economic saviour of the 21st century<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1149/>? Alongside rapid economic growth, is a new cultural revolution<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1147/> taking place in China? Could it be the hotbed of a new intellectual renaissance<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1148/>? Is China destined to be the next superpower?<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1151/> And is it the responsibility of the west to take every opportunity, including the Beijing Olympics, to pressurise China to improve its human rights record?<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/session_detail/1140/> Speakers include: Professor Hugo De Burgh<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1286/>, director of China Media Centre, University of Westminster; Sarah Champion<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1265/>, CEO of Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester; Professor Deepak Lal<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1260/>, University of California; Claire Fox<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/263/>, Director, Institute of Ideas; Professor Frank Furedi<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/9/>, author of Invitation to Terror, Politics of Fear and Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?; Simon Heale<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1267/>, CEO China Now; Professor Colin Lawson<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/41/>, Rector, Royal College of Music; Mark Leonard<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1266/>, author, What Does China Think?; Dr Rana Mitter<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1261/>, lecturer in Modern Chinese history and politics, University of Oxford; Brendan O'Neill<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/84/>, editor, Spiked; organiser, Beijing 2008 - Challenging China-Bashing campaign; Tao Wang<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1268/>, environmental economist and researcher; Guo Yue,<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/speaker_detail/1263/> Chinese bamboo flutes soloist and composer; author of Music, Food and Love, the first childhood memoir to have come out of Beijing's hutongs. And many more<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2008/strand/1138/>. Do you think the West is right to criticise China? You could win a day pass to the Battle of Ideas 2008 by filling in our Battle for China survey<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YFheRT2s9zRnSVHzCWuo0Q_3d_3d>. In the spirit of the Battle of Ideas festival<http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/>, audience participation is a major part of the sessions. Free speech is allowed! Tickets for the event at the Norton Rose LLP offices are strictly limited. We urge you to book now<http://www.instituteofideas.com/tickets/china.html> to ensure your place at this timely day of debates. Best wishes Claire Fox Institute of Ideas Signet House 49-51 Farringdon Road London EC1M 3JP 020 7269 9220 Join the Institute of Ideas<http://www.instituteofideas.com/support/index.html> & get a discounted Battle of Ideas 2008 and Battle for China ticket. The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.