Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations book panel on Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas well received
On July 12, 2023, Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations (Wong MNC Center), led a panel entitled “Diving into Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe” which was arranged for the 17th annual gathering of the “China Goes Global” conference (Bologna, Italy). The purpose of this panel was to disseminate the findings of the Wong MNC Center orchestrated book Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas (Routledge, 2023). Professor David Styan, Ms. Kirsten Kaare Jensen, Professor Sebastian Bersick, and Professor Francesca Spigarelli and Dr. Dominique Lepore gave presentations on, respectively, Chinese involved ports in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greenland, and the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Dr. Blanchard summarized the book’s conclusions, highlighted various unknowns, and offered recommendations for future study. The audience showed considerably interest in the book and the presentations and there were fruitful audience-panelist exchanges.