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Official launch of the Leiden Asia Year website
The provisional programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website at the opening of the Academic Year of Leiden University on 5 September. With the opening of the new Asian Library in September 2017, Leiden University want to emphasize its role as internationally centre of expertise on Asia. The LeidenAsiaCentre is one of the partners of the Leiden Asia Year 2017 and will help organize several events with a special focus on East Asia during this year.
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Final findings from the Slaves to the System project
North Korean forced labour in the EU, the Polish case: How the supply of a captive DPRK workforce fits our demand for cheap labour.
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Slaves to the System project team presents research findings
On 6 July 2016 the ‘Slaves to the System’ project team and LeidenAsiaCentre organised a conference to present the project’s research report, which since has received considerable coverage in the international press.
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Interesting blogs on “Modern China”
Many social scientists have their own blog. In this article we highlight two of them; Social scientist and China-scholar Florian Schneider and China-specialist Ingrid d’Hooghe.
Looking back at the ‘Tourism from China’ conference
On June 9th, specialists from the Dutch tourism branch gathered at the Gouden Leeuw Hotel in Voorschoten, the Netherlands, to attend the conference on ‘Tourism from China’.
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First findings from the Slaves to the System project
North Korean forced labour in the EU, the Polish case: How the supply of a captive DPRK workforce fits our demand for cheap labour.
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Workshop The Middle East and China-Europe relations
On the 23rd of May, an international group of experts from various research institutes in Europe gathered at the Clingendael Institute for a discussion on what consequences or opportunities an emerging relation between China and the Middle East might have for Europe.
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Looking back at the first Sino-Dutch Forum on cultural heritage
Experts from China and the Netherlands gathered on 22 April in Haarlem to learn from each other’s experiences and to discuss the opportunities this exchange of knowledge could offer both parties.
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