It’s research and education, stupid!Doris Fischer

ASIEN – Nr. 120 (2011) pp. 6–7

The latest biennial conference of the German Association of Asian Studies (DGA) took place in Berlin on 17 June 2011 and concentrated on the development of China’s and the United States’ engagement in Asia and on the effects these developments are having on Europe’s role in Asia. The conference included a number of interesting presentations, some of which were controversial. The assumption underlying the overall topic was that Europe’s influence in Asia will somehow depend on the two major world powers, China and the US. It could be argued, though, that the impact that China’s rise is having on Europe is not being decided in Asia or South-east Asia, or by US activities in Asia, but in Europe…