Lecture Political and historical implications of Chinese 'national spatial infrastructure' Why high-tech innovations? Add to calendar 2021-12-17 10:00 2021-12-17 11:30 Europe/Rome Political and historical implications of Chinese 'national spatial infrastructure' Hybrid Online on Zoom and in Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia, Via Boccaccio 121, Firenze YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 17 December 2021 10:00 - 11:30 CET Where Hybrid Online on Zoom and in Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia, Via Boccaccio 121, Firenze Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies GGP: Global Governance Programme Third in a series of three lectures by Chisako T. Masuo, Associate Professor at Kyushu University. The other two take place on 5 October and 9 November. In recent years, Xi Jinping has been calling both for China’s people and the global population to ‘stand on the right side of history’. On the basis of the Communist Party’s unique Marxist understanding of history, Xi believes that he is carrying out an important historical mission to ‘win’ the next age by achieving advanced high-tech innovations that will be the foundation for the next generation of human society. For this purpose, China has been building a huge 'National Spatial Infrastructure' that covers the entire globe with a network of satellites, enabling the government to obtain, monitor, and communicate various data on human activities and global conditions from the sky. Scientific Organiser(s): Giulio Pugliese (University of Oxford and European University Institute) Speaker(s): Chisako T. Masuo (Kyushu University) Contact(s): Valentina Bettin (EUI)