The China Research Programme of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) organized the Second Annual Conference, “Inside China: Understanding Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Problems” on 8 September 2012 at the India International Centre (IIC), this time at the national level.

The primary objective of this conference was to bring scholars studying China across India on a common platform to discuss and engage on contemporary issues.

The Conference was held in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University and the India International Centre (IIC).

The themes for discussion at the conference were as follows:
1. The Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China
2. Eurozone Crisis: Its implications for China
3. Social Unrest in China
4. PRC’s relations towards Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.

Select papers presented during the conference will be published shortly as IPCS Special Reports.

INSIDE CHINA: FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE (September 2011) 

The first annual conference was organised in September 2011, along with the inaguration of China Research Programme by Mr Gautam Bamabawale on 2 September 2011.

The focus of the first conference was on media, social unrest, separatism and demographic trends within China. Papers presented during the First Annual Conference have been published as IPCS Special Reports.

#119, April 2012
Migrant Unrest in China: An Analysis
Namrata Hasija

#120, April 2012
Internet in China: An Emerging Society
Alpana Verma

#121, April 2012
Demographic Dividend in China: The Challenge Ahead
Teshu Singh

#122, April 2012
Separatism in Xinjiang: Between Local Problems and International Jihad?
Bhavna Singh

#123, April 2012
Media in China: An Irreversible Transition?
Gunjan Singh

#124, May 2012
Greater Tibet and Cultural Nationalism: Understanding the Responses to Chinese Policies
Jigme Yeshe Lama

#125, May 2012
New Security Concept of China
Anil Kumar