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| The Youth Association of International Affairs, affiliated with UM Postgraduate Association, holds a welcome party for its new members |
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| Teachers and students have heated discussions at the Expert Forum in memory of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 |
The Youth Association of International Affairs (YAIA), which is affiliated with the University of Macau (UM) Postgraduate Association, recently held a welcome party for its sixty-some new members. YAIA also held the sixth Expert Forum on Current International Affairs, in memory of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US. Prof. Wang Jianwei and Dr. Chen Dingding, both experts on international affairs, of the Department of Government and Public Administration, as well as Prof. Wei Chuxiong, of the Department of History, attended the forum and provided in-depth analysis of related international issues.
YAIA now has more than one hundred members. Que Wenjun, a master student of international relations and public policy, of the Department of Government and Public Administration, was elected the new president of YAIA. Que said that YAIA will continue to hold expert forums on international affairs and academic exchange forums and will continue to invite experts, scholars and political dignitaries in related fields to attend such forums in order to provide UM students with feasts of knowledge in international affairs.
At the Expert Forum on Current International Affairs, Dr. Chen Dingding pointed out that the 9/11 attacks have not materially altered the international political balance of power; they merely served to accelerate the changes in the international political landscape. Prof. Wei Chuxiong opened his speech by describing how he himself had felt in the US on that fateful day and analyzed, from multiple angles, the changes in the US after the 9/11 attacks. Prof. Wang Jianwei analyzed, from a strategic perspective, the important strategic choices made by the leaders of the Chinese government in the wake of the 9/11 attacks as well as the impacts these choices have had on China’s foreign policies and Sino-US relations.
During the Q&A session, dozens of students carried out heated discussions with the three experts. Students raised incisive and pointed questions, showing that young students nowadays have deep concerns and unique, insightful views about international terrorism and Sino-US relations in a new era. Prof. Wei Chuxiong holds that such academic activities can stimulate the students’ passion in study. He encourages the students to increase knowledge and expand horizons through taking part in various kinds of activities on campus.
