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What to Expect from China After the Leadership Change?

Assessments from Germany and Japan

Closed experts' meeting in cooperation with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
November 20, 2012

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Immediately after the nomination of the new leadership of the People's Republic of China, the KAS Japan Office in cooperation with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) held a closed experts' meeting on the question: What to Expect from China After the Leadership Change?

The meeting was jointly moderated by Mr. Hideki Asari, Deputy Director General of JIIA, and Mr. Jörg Wolff, KAS Resident Representative for Japan, and open by Minister and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the German Embassy in Tokyo, Mr. Stefan Herzberg.

The focus of the discussion was laid on the presentations of

  • Mr. Johnny Erling, China Correspondent, Die Welt

  • Dr. Peter Roell, President, Institute for strategic, political, security and economic consultancy (ISPSW)

  • Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Senior China Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Munich; Deputy Chairperson, External Economics Relations Advisory Board, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

as well as Japanese China-experts on the expactions with regards to economy, society and security policy after the transition of government to the new leadership generation.

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November 20, 2012
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Tokyo

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Joerg Wolff

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Thomas Yoshimura

Thomas Yoshimura

Resident Representative in Korea Interim Head of the Japan office until July 2024

thomas.yoshimura@kas.de +82 2 793 3979
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Mr. Stefan Herzberg (3rd from the left) with Mrs. Andrea Ostheimer, Head of the KAS Multinational Dialogue on Development Policy in Brussels, Mr. Jörg Wolff, Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Mr. Johnny Erling and Dr. Peter Roell
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Mr. Hideki Asari, Deputy Director General of JIIA
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In his closing remarks Mr. Jörg Wolff, KAS Resident Representative for Japan, expressed his gratitude to the experts, participants and JIIA representatives