At 10:00 a.m. on October 12, 2018, the fourth session of the Latin America and China lecture series, jointly sponsored by the Fudan Development Institute and the School of Foreign Literature of Fudan University, was successfully held in the Fudan Development Research Institute. The theme of the lecture is Chinese Globalization and China-Latin America cooperation. The lecturer is Daniel Lemus, Professor of Asia Pacific Center, School of Social Science and Government at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico. He has a bachelor and History, a master degree in Humanities and a Ph.D. in International Transpacific Relations. He has published several articles about International Development Cooperation, Regional Innovation Systems, and Foreign Policy. This lecture was hosted by Dr. Rafael Matín Rodríguez, associate Professor at College of Foreign Language and Literature, Fudan University.
In this lecture, Professor Daniel Lemus informed us as one of the most important projects of cooperation and development in the XXI century-- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The dynamics, essence, and objectives of this project can transform the guidelines of collaboration to achieve a new multilateral and prosperous international order. However, the BRI is an element of a huge transformation: the Chinese globalization. This seminar explores the characteristics of globalization with Chinese characteristics from a constructivist theoretical approach and the opportunities for cooperation between China and Latin America Countries. Later, he proposed that it is possible a better China-Latin America relationship based on the principle of non-intervention and win-win cooperation, could be a formula that helps to Latin America nations to improve its economies and support the development. Finally, since relations between China and the region still face some difficulties and challenges, such as the enormous geographical distance, the difference between our cultures and social systems, the lack of breadth, magnitude and diversified forms of practical cooperation between China and the region. Therefore, it is necessary to advance in the possibilities of assistance through the following measures.
Photo 2: Professor answered questions from other scholars and students
There are several rounds of lectures on Latin America and China, with 2-3 sessions each, inviting well-known experts and scholars from Latin America. The first sessions of the fourth round started today. The second session of lectures will be held in October. The lecturers will be Dr. Fan Ye, who teaches at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Language, Peking University and has translated several kinds of Spanish literary works, such as All Fires the Fire , One Hundred Years of Solitude, To The Future Poet and Unknown University. The lecture will be Whose Magic? Whose Reality? ——From Yellow Butterfly to Godzilla. We would like to invite any scholar or student who is interested in this topic to be here next time!