Events

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 policy), polar politics, Pacific politics, and New Zealand foreign policy. She is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker. She is founding and executive editor of The […]

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 of Technology Moderator: Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College China MaritimeStudies Institute M. Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan […]

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, as well as a faculty fellow with the Clements Center for National Security and a distinguished scholar with the Strauss Center for International Security and […]

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 bounce back strongly with 8% growth in 2021.  But in the medium term it faces daunting domestic and external challenges. On the domestic side, demographic […]

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 regional and global ambitions? The Chinese leadership has been at once a revisionist, defender, reformer, and free-rider in the international system—insisting rigidly on issues that […]

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 of the world shape its future power? From its Belt and Road Initiative linking Asia and Europe, to its "Made in China 2025" strategy to […]

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 action could take place in the next six years. Such dire predictions are largely based on estimates of PLA capabilities. But even if China can […]

Critical Issues Confronting China featuring Kellee Tsai – Evolutionary Governance under Authoritarianism in Contemporary China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUxKgh7eN9Q Speaker: Kellee Tsai, Dean of Humanities and Social Science and Chair Professor of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The structural transformation of China over the past several decades has given rise to a fundamental tension between the pursuit of social stability and authoritarian resilience.  On the one hand, repressive […]