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Press release: EU’s leading role in the global Internet governance
Continue reading ➤Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA) as the legislative step of the European block towards strengthening ‘EU’s Strategic autonomy’: high-level dialogue with European Parliament’s member and lead rapporteur dr. Andreas Schwab and Mr. Mark Boris Andrijanič, former Minister for Digital transformation, Slovenia
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Webinar: EU’s leading role in the Global Internet governance
Continue reading ➤East meets West Expert Series An Expert Roundtable organised by the Europe-Asia Centre, Brussels – August 2022 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) presents another legislative step of the European block towards strengthening the European’s “strategic autonomy”. With the rise and integration of digital platforms into almost every dimension of European life, Europe recognized the needContinue reading “Webinar: EU’s leading role in the Global Internet governance”
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H.E. Erik Solheim, Former UN Under-Secretary-General: 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence
Continue reading ➤Editorial contribution by H.E. Erik Solheim, renowned Norwegian diplomat, former United Nation’s Under-secretary General and Executive director of UN Environmental Programme. It’s time the world opens its eyes to how fast India is moving forward Money straight into the account of those who need it. This is how many poor people perceive that India hasContinue reading “H.E. Erik Solheim, Former UN Under-Secretary-General: 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence”
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H.E. Violeta Bulc, former EU Commissioner for Transport & Mobility: Keynote address at “China and the shared future for Mankind: Exploring common Values and Goals” seminar
Continue reading ➤Keynote address by H.E. Violeta Bulc, former EU Commissioner for Transport & Mobility (2014 – 2019) on the occasion of the launch of publication by Professor Martin Albrow and seminar “Exploring Common Values and Goals – China and the Shared Future for Mankind”.
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Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of Europe – Asia Center: Address on the occasion of 25th Anniversary of reunification of Hong Kong with the People’s Republic of China
Continue reading ➤Written by Ambassador (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of Europe – Asia Center and Consul General of Kingdom of Belgium to Hong Kong (1993 and 1997) As Consul General of Belgium in Hong Kong between 1993 and 1997, I was a privileged witness of the years leading to the reunification of Hong Kong with the People’sContinue reading “Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of Europe – Asia Center: Address on the occasion of 25th Anniversary of reunification of Hong Kong with the People’s Republic of China”
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Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of the Europe – Asia Center: Statement on Ukraine
Continue reading ➤The address by Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel is a transcript of his keynote given at the webinar “Ukraine: What happened? What’s next?”, hosted by CCG – China Center for Globalization. While we are discussing this morning the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Putin’s air force continue to bomb indiscriminately Ukrainian cities. Kyiv is theContinue reading “Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of the Europe – Asia Center: Statement on Ukraine”
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Press release: Europe-Asia Center Advocates Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations
Continue reading ➤Brussels, 11th January 2022 – With less than a month until the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022, the Europe-Asia Center has as part of the East-Meets-West webinar series highlighted the topic of Sports diplomacy. Titled “’Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together’ – The Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”, the webinar provides insightful dialogueContinue reading “Press release: Europe-Asia Center Advocates Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”
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Manifesto on the Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations
Continue reading ➤Call to Global leaders, following the webinar “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – The Importance of Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia – Europe Relations The universal values of excellence, friendship and mutual respect are the foundations of the Olympic movement redefined through the modern manifesto of Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1892. These values areContinue reading “Manifesto on the Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”
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Webinar: “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – The Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations
Continue reading ➤East meets West Expert Series An Expert Roundtable organised by the Europe-Asia Centre, Brussels (December 2021) Sports diplomacy is a new term that describes an old practice: the unique power of sport to bring people, nations, and communities closer together via a shared love of physical pursuits. Though sport diplomacy is not new, the powerContinue reading “Webinar: “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – The Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”
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Belgian Passage to China at Villa Empain, Brussels
Continue reading ➤Brussels, 13th December 2021—The Europe-Asia Centre, as an affiliated partner, co-organised the launching ceremony of the Chinese version of A Belgian Passage to China, 1870-1930, a book containing unique and never before published images, letters, diaries and documents which present a historical record of Belgium-China interchange during the 60 years. The launching ceremony of theContinue reading “Belgian Passage to China at Villa Empain, Brussels”
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Event: A Belgian Passage to China
Continue reading ➤ Monday, 13th December 2021 Location: Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Belgium and the People’s Republic of China in 2021, a book The Belgian Passage to China was published by the author Dr Johan Mattelaer and co-authors Mr Charles Lagrange andContinue reading “Event: A Belgian Passage to China”
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Event: EU-China think tank exchange in challenging times: prospects and innovation
Continue reading ➤ Tuesday, 7th December 2021 Location: Online webinar Webinar is presented as part of China Center for Globalization‘s flagship event Sixth Annual China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum 2021 In a fast-changing world, the traditional role and responsibilities of think tanks require fundamental rethinking. Today, think tanks are not only tools of public-policyContinue reading “Event: EU-China think tank exchange in challenging times: prospects and innovation”
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Project: Jan-Ove Waldner – Liu Guoliang Cup
Continue reading ➤For more than 50 years, Table Tennis has played an essential part through what is famously known as Ping-Pong diplomacy. It all started when the sport knitted bonds between the US and China in 1970. To promote dialogue and opportunities for collaboration, two of the Table tennis and sport’s legends, Jan-Ove Waldner and Liu Guoliang,Continue reading “Project: Jan-Ove Waldner – Liu Guoliang Cup”
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H.E. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014-2019): Strategic autonomy of the EU
Continue reading ➤»Autonomy is the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires.”[1] Written by H.E. Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014 – 2019), Deputy Prime-Minister of Republic of Slovenia We live in times where every m2 of the planet is claimed. Where every citizen ofContinue reading “H.E. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014-2019): Strategic autonomy of the EU”
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Webinar: EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance
Continue reading ➤East meets West Expert Series An Expert Roundtable organised by the Europe-Asia Centre, Brussels August 2021 The last European Council raised “strategic autonomy”1 to the level of a central concept for a new phase of the European project. Building European strategic autonomy on a horizontal – cross-policy basis is expected to – strengthen EU multilateral action, reduce dependence on externalContinue reading “Webinar: EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance”
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Webinar: Human Rights at the Heart of the European Integration and UN Sustainable Development Goals
Continue reading ➤Human Rights at the Heart of the European Integration and UN Sustainable Development Goals East meets West Expert Series An Expert Conversation organised by the Europe-Asia Centre, Brussels October 2021 In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the EU on the grounds that the organisation had advanced peace in Europe. When awarding the Nobel PeaceContinue reading “Webinar: Human Rights at the Heart of the European Integration and UN Sustainable Development Goals”
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Event: Human Rights at the Heart of the European Integration and UN SDG’s
Continue reading ➤ Monday, 18th October 2021 Location: Online In 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the EU on the grounds that the organisation had advanced peace in Europe. When awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said its decision was based on the stabilising role the EU hasContinue reading “Event: Human Rights at the Heart of the European Integration and UN SDG’s”
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Calling for EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance
Continue reading ➤Brussels, 28th August 2021 – At the first in series of webinars organized by the Europe – Asia Center, the ‘EU’s Strategic autonomy’ as the new central concept of the European project was at the core of the dialogue of high-level panelists. The last European Council raised “strategic autonomy”1 to the level of a centralContinue reading “Calling for EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance”
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