2017
- Date: Thursday, 9 November
- Speaker: Dr Stephen Noakes
The Bronze Drum culture of the Li and Lao and ethnic relations in early South China (200-750 CE)
- Date: Wednesday, 18 October
- Speaker: Dr Catherine Churchman
New Zealand - China FTA: Definition Matters
- Date: Thursday, 28 September
- Speaker: Dr Ruiping Ye
‘Geo-developmentalism’: Theorising China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiative
- Date: Thursday, 17 August
- Speaker: Professor Gerald Chan
Toward A Yin-Yang Perspective of Relational (Guanxi) Gatekeeping in China
- Date: Thursday, 27 July
- Speaker: Dr Hongzhi Gao
Leader Cults: Propaganda or Rituals?
- Date: Thursday, 15 June
- Speaker: Dr Xavier Marquez
China and TPP: Rule Making and Trade Gains
- Date: Thursday, 18 May
- Speaker: Associate Professor Liqiang Yang
Exploring China's Foreign Aid and Triangular Aid Cooperation in Asia-Pacific
- Date: Wednesday, 5 April
- Speaker: Denghua Zhang
China and Europe along the Belt and Road
- Date：Thursday, 30 March
- Speaker: Dr Marc Lanteigne