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Global Conference on New Sinology (GCNS)

DATE: 26-27 SEPTEMBER 2024

VENUE: THE GRAND, NEW DELHI

Concept Note

Theme: The Art of Power in Zhongnanhai

Zhongnanhai, often seen as a black box of Chinese power, is the nucleus of all decision making in China. Enclosed within its walls are the power corridors of China that guide momentous change and continuity in its social, political and economic landscape. While Beijing’s authoritative governance leads to the perception of a monolithic China, several actors and processes interact to shape, cultivate, deploy and manage power that flows from the heights of Zhongnanhai to the edges of the world. Understanding this Art of Power in Zhongnanhai is instrumental for decision makers around the world to gauge and prepare for China’s ambitions of superpower status. The Global Conference on New Sinology 2024 seeks to bring together the brightest minds in the field of Sinology to deliberate the instruments and impacts of China’s art of power.

The conference will dissect China’s growing military strength and its evolution into a modernized armed force that is increasingly willing to assert itself in maritime and continental domains around the world. The conference will also analyse the inner workings of the Communist Party of China, its method of centralizing control and the thought-process of its top leaders. With China’s economy struggling for momentum, the conference will detail domestic economic headwinds while also examining external economic risks that imperil Beijing’s economic power. China’s foreign policy, keen to project a favorable image of China and develop a new type of international relations, will be studied to reveal the impact of various stakeholders participating in foreign policy implementation.

This year's theme is, “The Art of Power in Zhongnanhai”, which encapsulates the symbolic and substantial preeminence of China’s seat of power in politics, economics, foreign policy and military affairs.

SPeakers

Lt. Gen. S L Narasimhan

Lt. Gen. S L Narasimhan

Former Director General, Centre for Contemporary China Studies; and Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

Captain Sarabjeet Singh Parmar (Retd.)

Captain Sarabjeet Singh Parmar (Retd.)

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Military History and Conflict Studies, The United Service Institution of India (USI); and Distinguished Fellow, Council for Strategic and Defence Research

Dr. Ma Bo

Associate Professor, School of International Studies; and Assistant Director, China Center for Collaborative Study of the South China Sea, Nanjing University, China

Cmde. Anil Jai Singh

Cmde. Anil Jai Singh

Vice President and Head-Delhi branch, Indian Maritime Foundation; and Senior Vice President, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems India

Dr. Pooja Bhatt

Dr. Pooja Bhatt

Associate Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University

Dr. Wen-Hsuan Tsai

Dr. Wen-Hsuan Tsai

Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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ABout GCNS

The GCNS assembles the finest global minds in Sinology from diverse academic backgrounds to analyze and understand China's path to global superpower status. ORCA has consistently resolved to make this annual conference the largest gathering of Indian and foreign new sinologists and practitioners in India specifically dealing with China in various capacities. The GCNS audience seats leading China-focused scholars from various Indian institutes and government bodies as well as international institutions. The format of dialogue is divided across Panels, Roundtables, Keynote Addresses, Experts' Dialogues and Special Events. The inaugural edition of the GCNS, saw ORCA host 55+ national/international experts and 400+ delegates in attendance across 5 sessions spanning two days with over 22 panels. The full report of GCNS 2023 which amassed over 11000+ views. The second edition of the GCNS hosted 60 national and international experts and retained a 400+ delegate attendance count across five sessions. The unique topics ideated by ORCA at each GCNS go on to become grander avenues of discussion and scholarship by our speakers/attendees, and reports continue to inform debates for students and professionals alike. GCNS remains India’s foremost and only dialogue-driven conference dedicated to Chinese domestic politics, integrating emerging themes in New Sinology, and convening the largest gathering of Indian and international China scholars in the country.

OTHER EDITIONS

ORCA has successfully held two editions of GCNS, featuring 110+ speakers and 500+ attendees over two days of dynamic discussion.

GCNS 2025

GCNS 25

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GCNS 2023

GCNS 23

The Global Conference on New Sinology (GCNS) was held on 25th-26th September 2023 on the theme 'China's Superpower Ambitions in the New Era' at The Grand, New Delhi.

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Convenors

Eerishika Pankaj

Eerishika Pankaj is the Director of New Delhi based think-tank, the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA), which focuses on decoding domestic Chinese politics and its impact on Beijing’s foreign policymaking. She is also an Editorial and Research Assistant to the Series Editor for Routledge Series on Think Asia; a Young Leader in the 2020 cohort of the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders Program; a Commissioning Editor with E-International Relations for their Political Economy section; a Member of the Indo-Pacific Circle and a Council Member of the WICCI’s India-EU Business Council. Primarily a China and East Asia scholar, her research focuses on Chinese elite/party politics, the India-China border, water and power politics in the Himalayas, Tibet, the Indo-Pacific and India’s bilateral ties with Europe and Asia. In 2023, she was selected as an Emerging Quad Think Tank Leader, an initiative of the U.S. State Department’s Leaders Lead on Demand program. Eerishika is the co-editor of the book 'The Future of Indian Diplomacy: Exploring Multidisciplinary Lenses' and of the Special Issues on 'The Dalai Lama’s Succession: Strategic Realities of the Tibet Question' as well as 'Building the Future of EU-India Strategic Partnership'. She can be reached on [email protected]

Rahul Karan Reddy

Rahul Karan Reddy is a Senior Research Associate at Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He works on domestic Chinese politics and trade, producing data-driven research in the form of reports, dashboards and digital media. He is the author of ‘Islands on the Rocks’, a monograph about the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute between China and Japan. Rahul was previously a research analyst at the Chennai Center for China Studies (C3S). He is the creator of the India-China Trade dashboard and the Chinese Provincial Development Indicators dashboard. His work has been published in The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, ISDP & Tokyo Review, among others. He can be reached via email at [email protected] and @RahulKaranRedd1 on Twitter.

Omkar Bhole

Omkar Bhole is a Senior Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He has studied Chinese language up to HSK4 and completed Masters in China Studies from Somaiya University, Mumbai. He has previously worked as a Chinese language instructor in Mumbai and Pune. His research interests are India’s neighbourhood policy, China’s foreign policy in South Asia, economic transformation and current dynamics of Chinese economy and its domestic politics. He was previously associated with the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and What China Reads. He has also presented papers at several conferences on China. Omkar is currently working on understanding China’s Digital Yuan initiative and its implications for the South Asian region including India. He can be reached at [email protected] and @bhole_omkar on Twitter.

Ratish Mehta

Ratish Mehta is a Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). He is a postgraduate in Global Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi and works on gauging India’s regional and global political interests. His area of focus include understanding the value of narratives, rhetoric and ideology in State and non-State interactions, deconstructing political narratives in Global Affairs as well as focusing on India’s Foreign Policy interests in the Global South and South Asia. He was previously associated with The Pranab Mukherjee Foundation and has worked on projects such as Indo-Sino Relations, History of the Constituent Assembly of India and the Evolution of Democratic Institutions in India. His forthcoming projects at ORCA include a co-edited Special Issue on India’s Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia, Tracing India’s Path as the Voice of the Global South and Deconstructing Beijing’s ‘Global’ Narratives.

Trishala S.

Trishala S is a Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). She holds a degree in Sociology with a minor in Public Policy from FLAME University. Trishala’s research interests lie at the intersection of socio-political dynamics, family and gender studies, and legal frameworks, with a particular focus on China. Her work examines the effects of aging populations, gender disparities, and rural-urban migration on social welfare, labor policies, and the integration of migrants into urban environments. She is also the coordinator of ORCA's Global Conference on New Sinology (GCNS), which is India's premier dialogue driven China conference. She can be reached at [email protected]

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