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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Just a reminder of this exciting online talk this afternoon, organised by
<b>CHERN's </b>new <b>Working Group 6 </b>on<a href="https://china-in-europe.net/working-group-6/" data-outlook-id="0821c474-0cce-4524-9c19-86e930154a4e" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
</a><b><a href="https://china-in-europe.net/working-group-6/" data-outlook-id="516ff4ab-9e28-4374-ac64-5b1e8f159aab" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Energy: transition, extraction, resources</a></b> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Very much looking forward to
<b>Paolo Gerbaudo's </b>talk (Complutense University of Madrid) on the explosive growth of the Chinese electric vehicle sector in recent years, particularly the<b> remarkable rise of BYD to become the world's largest EV manufacturer</b>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>1 October 14.00-15.30 CET,</b> </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://vu-live.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NFsb6nAeTTSmGz6OizG86w" title="https://vu-live.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NFsb6nAeTTSmGz6OizG86w" data-outlook-id="da3b25e9-5fc9-412a-b6b3-e6e373b98e6c" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Online
via Zoom</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">, including Q&A</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">More information and registration:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://china-in-europe.net/chern-wg-6-autumn-talk-energy-transition-extraction-and-resources-with-paolo-gerbaudo-complutense-university-of-madrid/" title="https://china-in-europe.net/chern-wg-6-autumn-talk-energy-transition-extraction-and-resources-with-paolo-gerbaudo-complutense-university-of-madrid/" data-outlook-id="7f9ee9bf-e979-42c1-8450-f9382dea1b5e" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://china-in-europe.net/chern-wg-6-autumn-talk-energy-transition-extraction-and-resources-with-paolo-gerbaudo-complutense-university-of-madrid/</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The talks are open to all CHERN members. Feel free to circulate to anyone you think may be interested
in coming along. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">If you would like to join the new Working Group, please get in touch (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="mailto:nicholas.jepson@manchester.ac.uk" title="mailto:nicholas.jepson@manchester.ac.uk" data-outlook-id="507bd7c9-dab6-47d9-b3b5-6c777086caa6" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">nicholas.jepson@manchester.ac.uk</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">More info on CHERN (China in Europe Research Network) is available here:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a href="https://china-in-europe.net/" title="https://china-in-europe.net/" data-outlook-id="68f46763-ce6f-4f18-925e-0bb1a4fc101a" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://china-in-europe.net/</a></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">On behalf of Nick (WG leader WG 6), all the best, </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Prof. Nana de Graaff</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> |
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Professor of Global Politics and Networks,
<b>VU Amsterdam</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><u><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/na-de-graaff" data-outlook-id="70c8e3f1-98cc-4cc2-ada6-4f7296f6fcd0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/na-de-graaff</a></u>
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">| Principal Investigator <b>ReGlobe</b>:
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><u><a href="https://www.re-globe.eu" data-outlook-id="08fec9df-bd9d-4d56-9a3c-c65478119123" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.re-globe.eu</a></u>
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">|Chair <b>China in Europe Research Network (CHERN</b>):
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="https://china-in-europe.net/" data-outlook-id="05893f9d-307c-43a0-9cf2-631ba574893d" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://china-in-europe.net</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"> |Co-editor
<b>RIPE</b> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.routledge.com/RIPE-Series-in-Global-Political-Economy/book-series/RIPE?srsltid=AfmBOoplxtNs7wuq-BWFQF3bhILt9Q9aFvhrRgpHo2RxeiBGpngRnWw4" data-outlook-id="b066d9bb-9087-4a54-90b9-5952c8878b33" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Series
in Global Political Economy</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">, Routledge</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>Selected recent publications</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>‘</b>The Geoeconomic turn in International Trade, Investment and Technology’, Special Issue
<i>Politics and Governance</i>, Vol 12. (2024) <u>open access</u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">:</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.i383" data-outlook-id="6e194aa4-a338-464c-9afd-92d4a4e71bd0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.i383</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; background-color: white;">‘Chinese Multinationals and Europe’s Geoeconomic turn: The De-Globalization of the Chinese ECT and Automotive Industry?; Politics and Governance, Vol 12. (2024),
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><u>open access</u></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); background-color: white;">:
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8195" data-outlook-id="9e31b8cd-848e-448a-88c9-d0ebdcf80d9c" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8195</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Trump and the Remaking of American Grand Strategy: The Shift from Open Door Globalism to Economic Nationalism. Palgrave (2023):
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34692-7" data-outlook-id="efa3a1bb-b2e1-4199-81fd-829fbc479208" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34692-7</a></u></span></p>
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