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Issue no. 4 | 2022

International Virtual Conference: G20:
Geopolitical Reconfiguration and the Global

Economic Recovery

Sponsored by the Embassy of By Dr Peter T. C. Chang
the People’s Republic of
China in Kuala Lumpur,
Institute of China Studies held
its annual international
conference, on the 28th
November, 2022. The day-
long virtual conference titled
‘G20: Geopolitical
Reconfiguration and the Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, the
Global Economic Recovery’ founder and Chairman of the
FPCI (Foreign Policy
started with the keynote Community of Indonesia) G20 Summit at Bali
speaker, Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, the founder and Chairman of ongoing Ukraine war, and the increasingly tense US-China
the FPCI (Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia) rivalry became the focal point of discussion. Kerry Brown
providing an insider assessment of the recently concluded of King’s College London expressed concern that the
G20 summit. According to Dr Dino, the successful hosting West has yet to figure out how to co-exist with a rising
of the leadership conclave at Bali in the middle of a global China. Prof Zha Daojiong of Beijing University on the other
crisis was the result of the key stakeholder’s readiness to hand called for China to make itself better understood by
strike geopolitical compromises. the world.

The remaining program was divided under two main Deliberations in the Economic Recovery and Global
themes: Geopolitical Reconfiguration, Economic Recovery Health section centred on the world’s post-pandemic
and Global Health. The panelists featured an international economic recovery and China’s zero-Covid policy. Dr Khor
line-up, with representation from Indonesia, China, India, See Kheng of Angsana Health also made the plea to the
America, Australia, Germany, UK, the Philippines, and global community to work together in order to be better
Malaysia. In the Geopolitical Reconfiguration section, the prepared for the next pandemic.

Roundtable discussion on “Post-colonialism,

Decolonial Thought and Autonomous Knowledge.”

By Dr. Welyne Jeffrey Jehom Valley together to discuss issues related to the critique of
A roundtable discussion on ‘Postcolonialism, Decolonial Eurocentric and Orientalist knowledge creation in the
thought and Autonomous Knowledge’ was co-organised Social Sciences and Humanities. These issues include (i)
by the Department of Anthropology & Sociology and the the distinction between post-colonial theory and
Department of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya and decolonial thought, both of which are responses to
National University of Singapore at the Cube, Faculty of Eurocentrism; (ii) Malaysian contributions to post-colonial
Arts & Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya on November 22. theory and decolonial thought since independence; and
The roundtable brought the scholars based in the Klang (iii) the need for critical perspectives on knowledge
creation that are not dealt with in post-colonial and
decolonial approaches. The roundtable coincided with
the visit of a delegation from Wirltu Yarlu Aboriginal
Education, The University of Adelaide, led by Dr. Kamaljeet
Kaur, Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges.

The roundtable as an open forum enabled a discussion on
the critical and contentious issues in knowledge creation.
The organizers plan to follow it up with further activities
and events. The event was coordinated by Dr. Welyne
Jeffrey Jehom (UM) and Prof. Syed Farid Alatas (NUS).
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