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SUMMARY:One China\, Two Sudans? Sovereignty\, self-determination and the '
 referendum for freedom' - Dan Large\, Research Director\, Asia Africa Cent
 re (SOAS)
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CONTACT:Sharath Srinivasan
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Large is research director of the Africa Asia Centre\, 
 School of Oriental and African Studies\, London. He is also a Research Ass
 ociate with the South African Institute of International Affairs\, and fou
 nding director of the Sudan Open Archive (www.sudanarchive.net).\n\nOne Ch
 ina\, two Sudans? Sovereignty\, self-determination and the ‘referendum f
 or freedom’\n \nThis seminar will examine the Chinese engagement in Suda
 n in relation to the current politics of Southern self-determination\, a r
 ight to be exercised via a referendum scheduled for January 2011. Since 20
 05\, China has adapted to Sudan’s North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreem
 ent’s ‘one Sudan\, two systems’ framework by developing dual-track e
 ngagements: maintaining good relations with the ruling National Congress P
 arty in Northern Sudan\, while at the same time improving relations with t
 he Government of Southern Sudan in a forward looking manner. China has fol
 lowed a necessary hedging strategy by establishing quasi-diplomatic relati
 ons with the Government of Southern Sudan\, thereby allowing for a possibl
 e formal upgrading of diplomatic relations should the South vote to secede
 . This engagement with Southern Sudan marks a major policy shift away from
  previous practice of exclusively recognising and dealing with the soverei
 gn central government in Khartoum. Such adaptation to political developmen
 ts in Sudan\, however\, does not leave China invulnerable to present uncer
 tainties concerning the country’s potential spilt.
LOCATION:Senior Common Room\, POLIS\, 17 Mill Lane
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