"True love or a
political marriage of convenience? China-Russia relations in
light of the Ukraine war"
Zum Ende des Sommersemesters lädt das IZO zu einer spannenden Online-Diskussion ein:Am 19. Juli von 18.30-19.45 Uhr wird Marina
Rudyak mit Maria Repnikova und Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova
der Frage nachgehen, wie eng und langfristig die in den
vergangenen Monaten wiederholt beschworene Partnerschaft zwischen
China und Russland tatsächlich ist.
Die gesamte Online-Veranstaltung wurde aufgezeichnet und ist auf Youtube verfügbar.
Abstract
China and Russia have declared a friendship “without limits"
and with “no forbidden areas". Chinese official rhetoric appears largely
supportive of the Russian legitimisation of the war on Ukraine. But does China
really support Russia unconditionally? What can we read between the lines, and
how are Russia and the Russian-Ukrainian war discussed in inner-Chinese spaces
(in Chinese, not directed at foreigners?) And what role is there to play for
Europe?
The IZO is glad to host a virtual conversation on these
questions between IZO member Marina Rudyak (Goethe University
Frankfurt/Heidelberg University), Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University)
and Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova (Riga Stradins University). While
observing China-Russia relations from Western Europe, the United States and Eastern
Europe, respectively, what all three have in common is that they were born in
the former Soviet Union. Their knowledge of both Chinese and Russian political
discourses gives them a rare and unique perspective on analysing current
China-Russia dynamics.
About the speakers
Maria Repnikova is an Associate Professor in Global Communication
at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on China's political
communication, Chinese soft power, China-Africa relations and China-Russia
comparisons. She is the author of two books, Media
Politics in China: Improvising Power Under Authoritarianism (2017) and Chinese Soft Power (2022).
Since the eruption of the Russia-Ukraine war, she has been a regular
commentator on China-Russia relations.
Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova is a political scientist,
China scholar, Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre and Head
of the Asia program at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs. Her
research focuses on PRC political discourse, contemporary Chinese ideology,
EU-China relations, as well as Belt and Road and other transcontinental
interconnectivity initiatives. She is the author of the book Perfect Imbalance: China and Russia (2022).
Marina Rudyak is an Interim Professor for Chinese Politics at
Goethe University Frankfurt and Assistant Professor for Chinese Cultural
Studies at Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on China's international
development cooperation and the Chinese foreign policy discourse. Her 2020
completed doctoral Dissertation Becoming a Donor traced the formation of China's foreign aid policy. She is
the co-creator of the Decoding China Dictionary.
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Die Diskussion wird auf Englisch und via Zoom stattfinden. Eine vorherige Registrierung ist erforderlich.
Bildnachweis: Reuters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi meet in Denpasar, Indonesia (G20, July 5, 2022)
