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China's Peaceful Rise?
Mon, September 20th, 2004
Washington, D.C.
IMGXYZ363IMGZYXA major two-day conference in September explored a wide range of questions related to China's foreign relations and political and economic development. What do we make of a rising China that aspires to a leadership role, despite its daunting internal challenges? Will it be able to overcome domestic problems and sustain its growth? How should the United States respond to China’s economic and security gains? The Carnegie Endowment also announced its new Chinese-language website and office in Beijing.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A Historical Perspective on the Rise of China
Moderator: Dr. Jessica T. Mathews President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Spence, Professor of History, Yale University
Can China Rise Peacefully? A Debate
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Speakers:
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor
Dr. John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science, The University of Chicago
Sustaining China’s Rise: Obstacles and Risks
Moderator: Dr. Richard Bush, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Speakers:
Mr. James Burkhard, Director of Global Oil, Cambridge Energy Research Associates: “Energy Constraints on China s Growth”
Dr. Harry Harding, Dean, The Elliott School , The George Washington University:“Domestic Political Risks: Can China Maintain Political Stability?”
Dr. Angang Hu, Professor of Public Policy, Tsinghua University: “Accounting for the Hidden Costs of China ’s Economic Rise ” Dr. Ashley Tellis Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: “Will China ’s Rise Trigger Regional Counter-Balancing?”
Keynote Speaker : Dr. David Ho, CEO, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Can China Sustain its Economic Dynamism? A Debate
Moderator: Dr. Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Speakers:
Mr. Martin Wolf ,Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
Dr. Weijian Shan, Managing Director, Newbridge Capital Partners
China’s Impact on the Global Economy
Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Speakers:
Dr. Homi Kharas, Chief Economist of East Asia and the Pacific Region, the World Bank: “How is China’s Growth Affecting the Developing World?”
Mr. Jim Jarrett Vice President for International Affairs, Intel Corp. “The Growth of China ’s Hi-Tech Industry: Is It Catching Up?”
Dr. Jiqiang Zhang. Vice President, The Blue Moon Fund: “The Environmental Impact of China’s Growth”
Keynote Speaker : Mr. John Thornton, Professor and Director of Global Leadership, Tsinghua University
China’s Rise: Challenges for American Primacy
Moderator: Dr. Michael Swaine, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Speakers:
Amb. Stapleton Roy, Former U.S. Ambassador to China: “Bilateral Strategic Interests: Diverging or Converging?”
Mr. Ruan Zongze, Vice President, the China Institute of International Studies: “Behind China ’s Goal of Peaceful Rise: A Beijing Perspective”
Mr. Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:“American Leadership and Chinese Aspirations: Is Accommodation Possible?”
Speaker : Dr. Minxin Pei: Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace would like to thank Motorola, Inc. for its financial support of the conference.
Carnegie India 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
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Distinguished Fellow
Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
Jonathan Spence
Kenneth Lieberthal
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski served as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1981. He is the author of several acclaimed books on foreign policy, most recently, Strategic Visions: America and the Crisis of Global Power.
John Mearsheimer
Richard Bush
Richard C. Bush III is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, holds the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, and is director of its Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He previously served as chairman and managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
James Burkhard
Harry Harding
Angang Hu
Ashley J. Tellis
Former Senior Fellow
Ashley J. Tellis was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
David Ho
Dr. Albert Keidel
Former Senior Associate, China Program
Keidel served as acting director and deputy director for the Office of East Asian Nations at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Before joining Treasury in 2001, he covered economic trends, system reforms, poverty, and country risk as a senior economist in the World Bank office in Beijing.
Martin Wolf
Weijian Shan
Nicholas Lardy
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Homi Kharas
Jim Jarrett
Jiqiang Zhang
John Thornton
Michael D. Swaine
Former Senior Fellow, Asia Program
Swaine was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.
Stapleton Roy
Zongze Ruan
Robert Kagan
Former Senior Associate
Kagan, author of the recent book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams (Knopf 2008), writes a monthly column on world affairs for the Washington Post and is a contributing editor at both the Weekly Standard and the New Republic.
Minxin Pei
Former Adjunct Senior Associate, Asia Program
Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and the director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College.