The year of 2009 has drawn a lot of interests and attention to China since it is the 60^th anniversary of People’s Republic of China. To respond to that, ARI is organizing the second semester of 2009 Civic Lecture, which will be organized by four major themes, politics, economy, society, and culture.   All lectures will be held in ARI main conference room, Korea University. These Civic lectures are open to anyone who is interest in topics, so please feel free to come and participate in lectures.

[Visible China, Invisible China]

1^st: “The Theory of Chinese Authentic Democracy, Is It a Search for an Alternative Theory of                   Democracy?” on October 14^th by Lee, Jeong-Nam

2^nd: “Does China have Minorities?” on October 28^th by Kim, Seon-Ja, Dept. of Chinese Literature, Yonsei University

3^rd: “Contemporary Chinese Society Portrayed in Movies” on November 11^th by Jang, Dong-Chun, Dept. of Chinese Literature, Korea University 

4^th: “The Value of Yuen, Chinese Currency and World Economy” on November 25^th by Kim, Sang-Wook , Dept. of China Studies, PaiChai University