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Our partner, the Capital Library of China has kindly brought to us two electronic exhibitions for which it has cooperated with some institutions to organize and produce. One is on COVID-19 as experienced in China, whereas the other takes us on a trip to observe changes in China’s rural areas.

The VAZ (East Asian Collections in Slovenia) website (www.vazcollections.si) was officially presented at an online event hosted by the Department of Asian Studies of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, on Thursday, 8 October 2020, at 1 pm. With a large database of East Asian material from Slovenian museums and institutions, the VAZ website (www.vazcollections.si) connects various objects of East Asian origin on the national level and makes them accessible to the general public for the first time.

On October 28, at noon (12pm), EARL Invites you to an online lecture by Mor Sobol: Negotiating the ultimate deal? Trump’s Middle East policy and its effect on China and EU’s involvement in the peace process

Until 4th December 2020, students and staff can access the ​Alexander Street's (ProQuest)) Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820.

The library is open every day as usual, from 8:00 to 20:00 (Saturdays 8:00 to 14:00). The use of masks is mandatory. Please disinfect your hands upon arrival and departure and respect the safetydistance.

FSS students and staff can remotely access ProQuest's Social Sciences Ebook Subscription which offers more than 30,000 e-books in the fields of social sciences.

FSS students and staff can remotely access PressReader which offers a vast array of magazines and newsapers from all over the world.

We are thrilled that the Japan Foundation has decided to support the Japan Corner in the EARL through the Grant Program for Japanese Studies Projects for fiscal year 2020-2021.

In order to gain new insights and perspectives on the future of EU-China relations, a panel within the MUN Salient 2020 conference was organised on June 29, 2020, by the MUN Club Slovenia, titled 'EU-China: Strategic Outlook'. Speakers on the panel included Ms. Nina Pejič, Head of Research Unit at the East Asia Resource Library and Young Researcher at the Centre of International Relations, the Ambassador of the EU to China, HE Nicolas Chapuis, and Mrs. Katja Geršak, Executive Director of the Centre for European Perspective.

JapanKnowledge Lib has published the 'Nihon Kokusei Zu-e (Graphs and Tables of Japan's National Census) 2019/2020 edition' today, on July 1st, 2020. As a data book, Nihon Kokusei provides a clear, organised and easy-to-understand commentary on Japan's social and economic situation.