Critical Issues Confronting China
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Deborah Brautigam – Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics: Sri Lanka, Angola, and Beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SvFjlu9ZM&feature=youtu.be https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/debt-relief-with-chinese-characteristics-sri-lanka-angola-and-beyond-with-deborah-brautigam?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Reading the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Deborah Brautigam, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Director of the SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Part of the Critical Issues Confronting China Series Presented via Zoom Webinar
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Andrea Ghiselli – Protecting China’s Interests Overseas: Securitization and Foreign Policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyI34EGR4k https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/protecting-chinas-interests-overseas-securitization-and-foreign-policy-with-andrea-ghiselli?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Andrea Ghiselli, Assistant Professor, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University Moderator: Robert Ross, Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Fairbank Center Associate The securitization of non-traditional security issues is a scarcely discussed and, yet, extremely powerful force that shapes the evolution of Chinese foreign and security policy. The lecture […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Yuen Yuen Ang – China’s Corrupt Meritocracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FXPUdMduNw https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-corrupt-meritocracy-with-yuen-yuen-ang?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript for the event here. Speaker: Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Portrayals of China’s political economy tend to be divided, with one side depicting it as a Confucian-style meritocracy, and the other arguing that the regime is a kleptocracy. In fact, neither view is correct: […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jean Oi – The Political Genesis of Local Government Debt in China
https://youtu.be/kBCR9tSQaf4 https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/the-political-genesis-of-local-government-debt-in-china-with-jean-oi?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Jean Oi, William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics, Department of Political Science; Director, Stanford China Program, Stanford University China’s rapidly growing local government debt (LGD) is now branded a “grey rhino,” a known threat that has received little attention. Why did Beijing let LGD get […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Anne-Marie Brady – Magic Weapons: How the Democratic States are Responding to China’s Political Interference Activities
https://youtu.be/d29cd3bY1gI https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/magic-weapons-with-anne-marie-brady?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Anne-Marie Brady, Professor, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Professor Brady is a specialist of Chinese politics (domestic politics and foreign […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring M. Taylor Fravel – China’s Military Strategy in the New Era
https://youtu.be/Am8l7uZ3UCk https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-military-strategy-in-the-new-era-with-m-taylor-fravel?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Sheena Greitens – China’s Approach to National Security under Xi Jinping
https://youtu.be/rbTnfU4xTXA https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-approach-to-national-security-under-xi-jinping-with-sheena-greitens?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Sheena Greitens, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Sheena Chestnut Greitens is an associate professor at the LBJ School, […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Lecture Series featuring David Dollar – China’s Economy Faces Domestic and External Challenges
https://youtu.be/y_V_PGvMy7w https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-economy-faces-domestic-and-external-challenges-with-david-dollar?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: David Dollar, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution China has gotten COVID-19 under control and is poised to […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Lecture Series featuring Eswar Prasad – China’s Role in Global Finance
https://youtu.be/UdZOGL87u3s https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-role-in-global-finance-with-eswar-prasad?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University; Senior Fellow and New Century Chair in International Economics, Brookings Institution; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research. This lecture will discuss China’s economic prospects, policies, and reforms, and their implications for its role in […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jessica Chen Weiss – A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China’s Foreign Policy
https://youtu.be/9WNJ1l1SIfs https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/a-world-safe-for-autocracy-with-jessica-chen-weiss?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Jessica Chen Weiss, Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University How does China’s domestic governance shape its foreign policy? What role do nationalism and ideology play in Beijing’s […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Luke Patey — How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions
https://youtu.be/Fq1KVYYnIYc https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/how-china-loses-the-pushback-against-chinese-global-ambitions-with-luke-patey?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Luke Patey, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies At a time when many are fixated on US-China strategic competition, how will China’s relations with the rest […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Bonnie Glaser – How Great is the Risk of War Over Taiwan?
https://youtu.be/gvHLF-1zjc0 https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/how-great-is-the-risk-of-war-over-taiwan-with-bonnie-glaser There is an intense debate among experts over the likelihood of a near-term Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Senior US military officers have warned that a PRC military […]