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The Chinese Conundrum

26 May 2022 17.00 - 18.30
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Virtual seminar

Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrat party, former MP for Twickenham, former Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, will give a lecture on his recently published book, The Chinese Conundrum. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.

The Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable was Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade (2010-2015). He served as Member of Parliament for Twickenham 1997-2015, leader of the Liberal Democrats 2017-2019, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats 2007-2010, and shadow chancellor 2003-2010. 

Vince Cable read Natural Sciences and Economics at Cambridge University, where he was President of the Union, followed by a PhD at Glasgow University.

From 1966 to 1968 he was Treasury Finance Officer for the Kenya Government. After lecturing at Glasgow University in economics he worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a first secretary in the Diplomatic Service (1974-76). He was then appointed Deputy Director of the Overseas Development Institute, which included a period working for the then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, John Smith, as a special advisor. From 1983 to 1990, Vince Cable worked as special advisor on Economic Affairs for the Commonwealth Secretary General, Sir Sonny Ramphal.

In 1990 he joined Shell International taking up the post of Chief Economist in 1995. He has also been head of the economics programme at Chatham House and is a former fellow of Nuffield College Oxford and the LSE.

Vince Cable served as a Labour councillor in Glasgow between 1971 and 1974, before joining the Social Democrat party.

Sir Vince Cable is currently a Professor in Practice at the LSE (London School of Economics, attached to the Institute of Global Affairs). He is also a visiting Professor at Nottingham University Economics Department. He has worked on a collaborative project with Future Learn to develop a MOOC (on-line course). As well as being a Visiting Professor at St Mary University in Twickenham he has worked on the course development within its business school.

This is one of the lectures in the on-going China Centre Seminar series, hosted by the China Centre, Jesus College. The lectures, given by eminent speakers, cover a broad range of topics and disciplines.

Booking

This is a virtual seminar. Attendance is free. Advance booking is required by emailing: china-centre@jesus.cam.ac.uk.  Priority will be given to members of Jesus College and the University of Cambridge.