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China Week

China Week is our annual flagship, week-long series of events designed to help contribute to an informed understanding of China's growing global influence through research and public engagement. 

Hosted by the Lau China Institute, each year China Week brings together experts from across academia, industry and government to explore the key themes in China's modern development through interactive discussions and debates. Previous China Week themes have examined climate change and the environment, technology and AI, education and research and China's economic challenges. 

China Week 2025 | 20-24 October 

China and the New World Order

Keynote speakers

Vince Cable

Vince Cable is a Visiting Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science and Nottingham University and a Distinguished Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. He was previously Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade. He served as MP for Twickenham for twenty years until retiring in 2019. His books include After the Storm(2015), Money and Power (2021) and The Chinese Conundrum (2022).

Kaiser Kuo

Kaiser Kuo is the host of the Sinica Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China that has run since 2010. He was Head of Podcasts and Editor-at-Large for The China Project, and previously served as Director of International Communications for Baidu. In his over 20 years in China, his career ran the gamut from rock music to tech journalism to corporate communications. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and holds an M.A. from the University of Arizona.