On 12 November, 10.30 a.m., another session of the Seminar Series Meetings on Studies on China will take place with Xing Li (Director of the European Research Centre, Guangdong Institute for International Strategies – Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (China) and Professor of International Relations at Aalborg University (Denmark)), as guest speaker and Luís Tomé (Director of OBSERVARE and Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon) as dicussant.The communication is entitled “The International Political Economy of China-US-Europe competition and the Impact on the World Order Transformation”.
The session will be held online via Microsoft Teams:
Meeting ID: 315 146 379 119 0
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Abstract:
This lecture examines the evolving transformation of the world order through the lens of major power relations, focusing on the China–US rivalry and the challenges in the China–Europe relationship. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the China–US relationship by exploring its tensions and contradictions across multiple dimensions. The lecture also debates whether this rivalry represents a functional redistribution of power within the existing system or signals a deeper structural transformation requiring a redefinition of global institutions, norms, and values. In addition, it analyzes Europe’s challenges amid the decline of its position within this changing world order. The lecture concludes with an open-ended research question: is the world order truly moving toward multipolarity, or rather, toward a multi-order world?
Biography:
Li Xing is a Yunsh
an Leading Scholar and the Director of the European Research Center at Guangdong Institute for International Strategic Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. He is also an adjunct professor of international relations at Aalborg University, Denmark. Before he came to work in China 2024, he was a full professor of international relations at Aalborg University.
His research areas include international relations, international political economy, emerging powers and world order. Apart from publishing numerous international and Chinese journal articles, Li Xing has, since 2010, edited 10 book series on the theme of “the rise of China and the impact on the existing world order.” Four of his recent edited volumes are: Mapping China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019); The International Political Economy of the BRICS (Routledge 2019); China-EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation (Routledge, 2021); China-US Rivalry and Regional Reordering in Latin America (Routledge, 2024).
