ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has nominated Pakistan’s ex-envoy Syed Hasan Javed as its special research fellow, along with eight other eminent experts from Asian countries.
Javed, who has twice served in Beijing, received this special position in the Chinese major think-tank due to his vast contribution towards the development of Sino-Pak relations and his in-depth insight in the regional geo-political situation, a press release on Friday said.
Currently, he is Director of Chinese Studies Centre of Excellence at National University of Sciences and Technology.
He was also Pakistan’s Ambassador in Mauritius, Singapore and Germany before retirement in December 2015. He is author of several books on China, including ‘Chinese Made Easy’, ‘Chinese Soft Power Code’, ‘Chinese English-Urdu Dictionary’ and ‘Rise of China and Asian Century’.
He also serves in the Global Advisory Board of China Create Foundation established in December 2016, to complement the work of Nobel Prize Foundation.