The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower's annual conference features leading experts from both China and the U.S. to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power.
Bonnie S. Glaser Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser for Asia Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 8:20 a.m. Morning Keynote Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia)
9:00 a.m. Coffee Break
9:15 a.m. Proposition: If Beijing and Taipei do not come to an agreement on unification by 2035, China will use military force to invade Taiwan. FOR: James Fanell (Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet) Fellow Geneva Centre for Security Policy AGAINST: Timothy R. Heath Senior International Defense Researcher RAND Corporation 10:25 a.m. Coffee break 10:40 a.m. Proposition: Beijing is seeking to export the Chinese development model. FOR: Elizabeth Economy C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University AGAINST: Wang Huiyao Founder and President Center for China and Globalization 11:50 a.m. Proposition: A technology Cold War between the United States and China will lead to separate spheres of technology influence. FOR: Naomi Wilson Senior Director of Policy, Asia Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) AGAINST: Joy Dantong Ma Data Scientist Home Partners of America 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:40 p.m. Proposition: The US economy is better positioned than China’s to weather a long-term trade conflict. FOR: Christopher Balding Associate Professor Fulbright University Vietnam AGAINST: Yi Xiong Economist, China Deutsche Bank 2:50 p.m. Proposition: Xi Jinping will face a leadership challenge by 2025. FOR: Jude Blanchette Freeman Chair in China Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) AGAINST: Joseph Fewsmith Professor of International Relations and Political Science Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University 4:00 p.m. Coffee break 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Keynote Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State 5:00 p.m. CONFERENCE END
This event is made possible by support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York