University of International Relations explained

University of International Relations
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Country:China
Coordinates:40.0021°N 116.2801°W
Former Names:Institute of International Relations
Other Name:国关 Guó Gūan
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S:国际关系学院
T:國際關係學院
P:Guójì Guānxì Xuéyuàn
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The University of International Relations (UIR;) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China.

The Institute for International Relations, later translated into English as Institute of International Relations, was established in 1949 by the first premier of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Enlai, to train diplomats.[1] It became one of the National Key Universities in 1960, and was one of the first in China to offer master's degrees. In 1983, the school became the first foreign studies institute in China to evolve into a comprehensive university.[2] [3]

The University of International Relations has offered a joint doctoral program with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, the 11th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's civilian intelligence agency.[4] A 2011 report by the Open Source Enterprise stated, "CICIR appears to have a close relationship with the University of International Relations in Beijing, with nearly half of the organization's senior leadership — including President Cui Liru and Director of the CICIR Institute of American Studies Yuan Peng — having either taught or studied at the school."[5]

History

The University of International Relations was founded in 1949 to train foreign affairs cadres for the newly created People's Republic of China. In 1961, the school merged with then Foreign Affairs College.[6]

In 1964, then-Premier Zhou Enlai ordered the creation of colleges and university departments to focus on international affairs.[7] Several government agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, established their own institutes for the study of international affairs. The University of International Relations was formally affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security in 1965, and was charged with training intelligence agents for the Central Investigation Department (both predecessors to the MSS) and for Xinhua News Agency.

Like many schools in China, the University of International Relations was shuttered during China's Cultural Revolution and reopened in 1978.[8] In 1983, the school became the first foreign studies institute in China to evolve into a comprehensive university. In 2021, UIR was accredited to confer doctoral degrees in politics and master's degrees in national security.[9]

Affiliation

Despite claims from CCP sources that the University of International Relations operates under the direction of the Ministry of Education,[10] [11] [12] the university does not appear on the Ministry of Education's list of subordinate universities, and every available academic source concludes that the university is an affiliate of the Ministry of State Security (MSS).[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] Also, provincial government documents suggest that the UIR is affiliated with the MSS, mentioning it alongside Jiangnan Social University, a known MSS training institute.[18] The university's campus is directly adjacent to the national headquarters of the MSS to the south and to the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the west. According to Stratfor, "training for most MSS officers begins at the Beijing [campus of the] University of International Relations."[19]

The Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence states that the university's "relationship with the MSS is intended to be covert". According to József Boda of Hungary's National University of Public Service, the "UIR gives the MSS a way to work with foreign universities and academics to shape and learn about perceptions of the PRC's views on security. It also provides a platform for the MSS to identify talents, recruit officers and collect intelligence."[20]

Partnerships

The university maintains partnerships and exchanges with Marietta College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Aalborg University, Toulouse 1 University Capitole, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City University, Ibaraki University, among others.

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith . I. C. . Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence . West . Nigel . 2012-05-04 . . 978-0-8108-7370-4 . 31 . en . March 20, 2023 . August 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812031304/https://books.google.com/books?id=WgANEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22university%20of%20international%20relations%22%20%22state%20security%22&pg=PA32 . live .
  2. Web site: History of University of International Relations . University of International Relations . 2019-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043029/https://www.uir.edu.cn/c/2015-11-20/521453.shtml . January 20, 2019 . live .
  3. Web site: 中共中央关于增加全国重点高等学校的决定 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119141305/http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/szyw/200706/11/t20070611_11693907.shtml . 2019-01-19 . 2019-01-19 . . zh.
  4. Web site: 2020-11-05 . 国际关系学院_院校信息库_阳光高考 . School of International Relations . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105044220/https://gaokao.chsi.com.cn/sch/schoolInfo--schId-37,categoryId-27849,mindex-1.dhtml . 2020-11-05 . 2023-05-16 . . zh-CHN . "The school and the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations jointly train doctoral students majoring in international relations.".
  5. Web site: 25 August 2011 . Profile of MSS-Affiliated PRC Foreign Policy Think Tank CICIR . August 11, 2023 . . June 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608040553/https://irp.fas.org/dni/osc/cicir.pdf . live .
  6. Book: Chan, Gerald . International Studies in China: An Annotated Bibliography . 1998 . . 978-1-56072-588-6 . en . 923873469 . March 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200824014146/https://books.google.com/books?id=klXMxhCSSCkC&hl=en . August 24, 2020 . live.
  7. Shambaugh. David. David Shambaugh. 2002. China's International Relations Think Tanks: Evolving Structure and Process. The China Quarterly. 171. 171. 575–596. 10.1017/S0009443902000360. 0305-7410. 4618770. 154801635.
  8. Book: Barnett, A. Doak. The Making Of Foreign Policy In China: Structure And Process. 2019-07-11. Routledge. 978-1-000-30316-2. en. 1108547701. A. Doak Barnett. March 8, 2020. August 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200824014151/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAaiDwAAQBAJ&hl=en. live.
  9. News: 2021-11-10 . 国际关系学院获批成为博士学位授予单位 . zh . 国际关系学院新闻网 . August 10, 2023 . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810231520/https://news.uir.cn/c/2021-11-10/617392.shtml . live .
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  11. News: 季晓旭 . 2019-09-17 . 国际关系学院 . China Education News Network . November 7, 2022 . November 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104140939/http://www.jyb.cn/rmtzcg/xwy/wzxw/201909/t20190917_261037.html . live .
  12. Web site: 国际关系学院2010年研究生招生简章 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200613084505/https://yz.chsi.com.cn/kyzx/kydt/200909/20090916/32928980.html . 2020-06-13 . 2020-06-13 . Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
  13. Web site: University of International Relations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191127195122/https://unitracker.aspi.org.au/universities/university-of-international-relations/ . 2019-11-27 . 2019-11-27 . . en-au.
  14. Book: Wise, David . Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China . 2011-06-14 . . 978-0-547-55487-7 . 8–9 . en . 759835935 . David Wise (journalist).
  15. Mattis . Peter L. . 29 August 2012 . Assessing Western Perspectives on Chinese Intelligence . . en . 25 . 4 . 678–699 . 10.1080/08850607.2012.678745 . 0885-0607 . 154919371.
  16. Book: Golden, Daniel . Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities . Spy Schools . 2017-10-10 . . 978-1-62779-636-1 . 85–95 . en . 967864126 . Daniel Golden.
  17. Book: Joske . Alex . Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World . Spies and Lies (Joske book) . Hardie Grant . 2022 . 9781743589007 . Melbourne . en-AUS . Alex Joske.
  18. Web site: Zhejiang Provincial Human Resource Department, Public Security Department, and National Security Department . 1997-06-23 . 浙江省人事厅、公安厅、国家安全厅关于从公安、安全系统院校应届毕业生中录用人民警察有关问题的通知 . Notice on the recruitment of the people's police from the fresh graduates of the public security and security system colleges and universities . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221050825/http://www.nbrs.gov.cn/rsgl/klytp/zcfg/200806/t20080611_54448.html . 2013-12-21 . Ningbo City Human Resources and Social Security Bureau . zh-CHN . "Fresh graduates of police colleges and universities affiliated to the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Security (including teachers' public security professional courses of Northeast Normal University and forensic majors in West China, Zhongshan, Xi'an and China Medical University, as well as graduates of the School of International Relations and Jiangnan School of Sociology under the Ministry of National Security) and the provincial public security and national security system police colleges Graduates entering the provincial public security and state security organs must implement examination and recruitment methods. Those who pass the examination and examination can be hired as the people's police.".
  19. Web site: April 24, 2010 . Espionage with Chinese Characteristics . subscription . . May 25, 2023 . August 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812031306/https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/chinese-espionage-hacking-intelligence-mosiac . live .
  20. Boda . József . 2022-11-11 . The Situation of National Security Studies: A Short Overview . Nemzetbiztonsági Szemle . . 10 . 3 . 13–24 . 10.32561/nsz.2022.3.2 . 2064-3756 . 253876097 . free.
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  22. News: 2020-05-18 . 中国驻以大使杜伟意外去世，母校国际关系学院刊文沉痛悼念 . zh . . live . 2020-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200601115406/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_7445459 . 2020-06-01.
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  25. Web site: 2017-03-30 . 梅峰：关于《不成问题的问题》的问题 . . zh . November 8, 2022 . November 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221108122841/https://www.sohu.com/a/131099901_550958 . live .
  26. Web site: 2021-11-02 . Ambassador Qin Gang . 2022-11-14 . . en . December 30, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221230205035/https://www.uschina.org/about/bio/ambassador-qin-gang . live .
  27. News: 储舒婷 . 2022-09-15 . 外交部直属"双一流"高校，迎来新院长！ . zh . . . live . 2022-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114124914/http://wenhui.whb.cn/zhuzhan/xue/20220915/485665.html . November 14, 2022.
  28. Web site: 阎学通 . 2022-11-10 . . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112000605/https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/625 . live .
  29. Web site: 12 June 2018 . 邹加怡任财政部副部长、党组成员(图/简历) [Zou Jiayi Appointed Finance Vice Minister and Party Committee Member (Picture/CV)] ]. 2 June 2020 . . zh . September 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210917040400/http://renshi.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0612/c139617-30051429.html . live .

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