TAU opens first ever Israel Studies Center in China
The center will be located at the Shanghai JTU School of International and Public Affairs.
Tel Aviv University has established the first research center for Israel Studies in China, at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. It was inaugurated on September 16th, in the presence of both university presidents. The center will be located at the Shanghai JTU School of International and Public Affairs.
JTU President Zhang Jie said the center aims to “achieve three main goals: Research on contemporary Israel and Sino-Israeli relations; promotion of academic and students exchanges; as well as technological cooperation.” He also stressed the importance of “the long historical relations between Shanghai and the Jewish people.”
TAU President Prof. Joseph Klafter pointed out that the project is “unique in terms of its focus on contemporary Israel” and will “open a window to the state of Israel, its history, law, economy and culture, for Chinese and international students.”
Israel's ambassador to China Matan Vilna’i and Consul-General in Shanghai Shalom Cohen were also at the ceremony.
TAU has also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tsinghua University in Beijing for the establishment of a study center aiming at “strategic cooperation in innovative research and education for the mutual benefit of both nations.”
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