CHINA’S GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRATEGY

CHINA’S GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRATEGY

The International University of Monaco hosts a conference on

China’s geopolitical and economic strategy

on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 6pm. room 20

While entrance is free, we kindly ask you to register to Prof. Damyana Bakardzhieva at dbakardzhieva@monaco.edu

Antoine Brunet and Jean-Paul Guichard are the authors of La visée hégémonique de la Chine (China’s hegemony conquest), published in January 2011 by L’Harmattan. The book was awarded an honor distinction at the 2012 Financial Economics book of the year “Turgot” award.

Antoine Brunet has more than 35 years experience as Chief Market Economist at...

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