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Understanding China’s Strategic Path to Great Power Status
Wed, October 23rd, 2024
Washington, DC and Live Online
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Thirty years ago, the idea that China could challenge the United States economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is considered a great power. How did China manage to build power in an international system that was largely dominated by the United States? What factors determined the strategies Beijing pursued to achieve this feat?
Oriana Skylar Mastro, a nonresident scholar at Carnegie’s Asia Program, explains how China used the strategic mix of emulation, exploitation, and entrepreneurship to rise as a global power without provoking major international backlash. She will be joined by Carnegie scholars Ashley J. Tellis, a senior fellow in the South Asia Program, Tong Zhao, a senior fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program, and Isaac B. Kardon, a senior fellow for China studies.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Oriana Skylar Mastro is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy.
Isaac B. Kardon
Senior Fellow, Asia Program
Isaac B. Kardon is a senior fellow for China studies in the Asia Program.
Ashley J. Tellis
Former Senior Fellow
Ashley J. Tellis was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Tong Zhao
Senior Fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China
Tong Zhao is a senior fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China. Formerly based in Beijing, he now conducts research in Washington on strategic security issues.