"China’s Vulnerability Paradox" presents an original framework to explain the uneven transformations in global commodity markets resulting from the dramatic, contemporary expansion of China’s economy.

In this recorded conversation, Dr Pascale Massot (author) & Prof Matthew Paterson (moderator) discuss "China's Vulnerability Paradox", focusing on unpacking global commodity markets. The in-person event took place on Thursday, 26th September 2024 at the Manchester China Institute (MCI).
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Pascale Massot is an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is also non-resident Honorary Fellow, Political Economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, and a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. In 2022, she was a member and adviser to the Co-Chairs of the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee, which was tasked with providing recommendations to the Minister on the development of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy. She also served as the Senior Advisor for China and Asia in the offices of various Canadian Cabinet ministers, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade, between 2015 and 2017 and again between 2020 and 2021.

Matthew Paterson is Professor of International Politics and Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester. He is a leading expert on climate change politics and policy. He has carried out research on climate change within the United Nations system, on carbon markets as a response to climate change, on various transnational initiatives on climate by cities, institutional investors, NGOs and others, and the politics of trying to wean the global economy off fossil fuels. He has extensive media experience on radio, TV and print media.

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