Professor Miwa Hirono to Moderate the Global China Studies Seminar Series

Global China Studies Seminar Series, co-presented by Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Institute and the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies, will be held in person at Osaka Ibaraki Campus with hybrid participation available via Zoom. Professor Miwa Hirono (RARA Associate Fellow) will act as the moderator for all seminars featuring distinguished speakers who will explore critical aspects of China’s evolving global role.

Overview of seminar series: https://rara.ritsumei.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Global-China-Studies-Seminar-2025.pdf

Session 1
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 16:40-18:10 JST
Title: Public International Law and Commercial Diplomacy: China’s Strategic Utilization of Mediation and Arbitration in the Belt and Road Initiative
Speaker: Ms. Harini Weerasinghe, Attorney at Law (LLB Sri Lanka) and PhD Candidate, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China
Details: https://rara.ritsumei.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025.11.26.pdf

Session 2
Date/Time: Thursday, November 27, 2025 12:30-14:00 JST
Title: China’s Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy
Speaker: Dr. Dylan, M.H. Loh, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Details: https://rara.ritsumei.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025.11.27.pdf

Session 3
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 3 , 2025 16:40-18:10 JST
Title: Who Governs Deep-Sea Mining? A Battle between Global Governance and National Governance
Speaker: Dr. Lai-Ha Chan, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
Details: https://rara.ritsumei.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025.12.03.pdf