Unfortunately due to flights disruption in Europe caused by volcano ash, the speakers for this event are unable to come to China for this event. Therefore we regrettably must postpone until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this force majeure.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite you to a breakfast seminar in which guest speakers Alex Mackinnon & Barnaby Powell will discuss how China has become the global counting house, trading western debt and cashing western obligations - financially, socially and diplomatically.
This is the view expressed and described in the second book titled 'China Counting: How the West Was Lost' co-authored by the guest speakers, Alex Mackinnon and Barnaby Powell, who show that, by 'buying' its own democratic electorate with easy credit, the West has ceded power to the Chinese. China's primary goal, however, is internal stability and external security, aiming neither for international dominance nor military confrontation. Its governing party has a national mandate - of, by and for the people - a main street mandate for a resurgent China.
Mackinnon and Powell argue that China is determining its own destiny with a policy of gradual global expansion and offering alternatives to open capitalism and liberal democracy. The book sifts constants from variables to reveal a China positioning itself for recognition as an equal.
Drawing on extensive research and experience in the greater China region, the speakers will address the following issues in their presentation:
• How China's emergence as a global economic power has changed global geopolitical dynamics
• How China's shift from the world's factory to the world's counting house will shape future global trade relations
• China's historical focus on the need for knowledge and the relevance of this to its future direction
About the speakers
Alex Mackinnon and Barnaby Powell have lived and worked in the Chinese world for most of their lives during which they have been directly involved in the politics, economics, business and management of an expanding China.
Alex Mackinnon has expensive management experience 'East of Suez' - in the Middle East, India and Pakistan, in Japan, in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, in Malaysia, and in New Zealand and Australia. His analysis of Chinese strategic expansion was awarded a PhD in 2005. He has commented on Asia in newspapers, academic journals and conferences and regularly lectures in Europe and China.
Barnaby Powell is a Chinese son-in-law and veteran of development banking in East and South-East Asia. He was initial Director of the Asia-Invest Programme for the European Commission and has over 35 years experience in the strategic nature of Asian negotiations.
Agenda
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 08:35 Introduction by European Chamber of Commerce
08:35 - 09:30 Speaker Presentations
09:30 - 10:00 Q&A
Event Terms & Conditions
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