China Korea Japan Initiative

Owing to operational and personnel shortage, this initiative will no longer run until 2018 fall.

A big thank you to those who came to our event on Japan in the Neoliberal! We now look forward to our next event which has its focus on China and LGBT Human Rights in East Asia. Look out for this event in the coming weeks!

Be sure to be there on the 7th of February at 6:00pm for our Japan Event!

Thank you to all who attended our event tonight. We are grateful to Professor James H***e (Chatham House, SOAS) , Professor Kerry Brown (KCL), Jieun Baek (Harvard Kennedy School), and Ms. Jihyun Park of the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea. Here are a few photos of the event. European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea Lau China Institute

Society Briefing tomorrow in the Main Building Room at SOAS! Please do join us to learn about upcoming events for term 2 and speakers which we will be hosting.

This will take place at ROOM MB443 from 18:00-19:00. Do come around to re-engage with us!

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/26/national/politics-diplomacy/fighter-scrambled-near-okinawa-china-air-force-planes-pass-miyako-strait/ #.WEH0IHecagQ

Japan scrambles jets as China warplanes fly through Okinawa strait | The Japan Times The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled aircraft on Sunday as at least eight Chinese fighters and bombers — and possibly more than 40 — passed through a criti

The Final Push for the Obama Administration to reassure its allies in the East Asian Region. China as facing Korea and Japan which are US allies forms a unique triangular relationship.

On final trip, Carter looks to reassure Asia allies U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter makes his last scheduled trip to Asia next week, and he will try to sooth anxieties caused by Donald Trump's election, U.S. officials said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-taiwan-idUSKBN13R161.

China concerned over Taiwan content in U.S. defense bill China on Friday expressed concern that an annual U.S. defense policy bill suggests a plan to conduct high-level military exchanges with Taiwan, the self-governed island that Beijing sees as a breakaway province.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/08/31/rising-sino-japanese-competition-in-africa/

Rising Sino-Japanese competition in Africa | Brookings Institution While Japan’s heightened contribution to African development is a highly positive sign of enhanced international efforts, Yun Sun argues that such positivity is shadowed by the broad coverage on Japan intensifying its competition with China in Africa.

Dear All,

Our society briefing for term two events has had to be cancelled due to the event venue being double booked by mistake. We will hence move the event to a December date where society members will be able to better understand our direction and events planned.

Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Members,

Be sure to come join us on the 17th of January at SOAS Room G3 for a unique perspective and discussion of North Korea! The panel will feature a North Korean defector who twice escaped from the North, alongside a host of experts including Jieun Baek (Oxford) and Professor Kerry Brown (Lau China Institute, KCL)

https://soasunion.org/activities/society/9869/
We are officially registered as a SOAS Society!