May 22, 2025: Online roundtable on ‘Mineral deals as a new diplomatic tool: Ukraine, China, the EU, and the U.S’
The Ukrainian Platform for Contemporary China (UPCC) will hold a virtual discussion in English on ‘Mineral deals as a new diplomatic tool: Ukraine, China, the EU, and the U.S.’ on May 22, 2025. Check out the other details below regarding this discussion:
Moderator: Kaiser Kuo, Co-founder of the Sinica Podcast
This is a screenshot of the banner used by the Ukrainian Platform for Contemporary China on its website.
Speakers
Ivan Us, Chief Consultant, Center for Foreign Policy, National Institute for Strategic Studies (Ukraine)
Xu Qinduo, Journalist at CGTN, Senior Fellow at the Pangoal Institution (China)
Jim Mullinax, Senior Foreign Service Officer, Diplomatic Fellow (United States)
Grzegorz Stec, Head of Brussels Office, Senior Analyst at MERICS (European Union)
Time: 3:00 PM (Kyiv time) | 4 PM (Mauritius) | 8:00 AM (Eastern Time) | 5:30 PM (IST) | 8 PM (China)
Register through this link:
https://ua-china.org/?events=mineral-deals-as-a-new-diplomatic-tool-ukraine-china-the-eu-and-the-u-s
The UPCC itself is a virtual platform, whose main founder, the Ukrainian Association of Sinologists, is located in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The UPCC’s website tells us that it ‘is an initiative established by the Ukrainian Association of Sinologists, A. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Helvetica Publishing House.’