Wed 28 Oct · 5:30pm
UTS Business School · Ultimo
a China specialist on whether Taiwan is the next flashpoint
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The Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) will host Ms Linda Jakobson, Founding Director and former Deputy Chair of China Matters, for a public lecture examining cross-Strait developments. She will address former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s recent warning that People's Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping may underestimate US resolve to defend Taiwan and move to take the island by force as early as 2028.
Ms Jakobson will provide her assessment of this potentially ‘dangerous window’, including whether an overconfident Xi could view the confluence of presidential elections in the US and Taiwan as a ‘unique opportunity’. Drawing on her ongoing research, presentations and engagement with policymakers in China and Europe, Ms Jakobson will explore the challenges facing policymakers if such a scenario materialises.
Following the lecture, UTS:ACRI Director James Laurenceson will join Ms Jakobson in conversation to discuss the implications for Australia.
The event will conclude with audience Q&A.
Registration is essential: https://events.humanitix.com/is-a-clash-over-taiwan-just-around-the-corner
About the speaker: Ms Linda Jakobson
Ms Linda Jakobson returned to Finland in 2023 after a 32-year international career as a China specialist. She is best known for her publications about China’s foreign policy, China’s ambitions in the Arctic, and the Taiwan question. A Mandarin speaker, Jakobson lived and worked in the People’s Republic of…
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