China has seen a revival in Confucianism in the last decade. Discussants explored this renaissance and its implications for modern Chinese politics and society.
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Shi Tianjian is a specialist in Asian security issues and political participation.
He was associate Professor and before that assistant Professor in Duke University’s Department of Political Science from 1993 to 2008. He was also assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, 1992 to 1993, a lecturer in Peking University’s Department of International Politics, 1988 to 1989, and deputy director of The Opinion Research Center of China, 1988 to 1989.
The author of several books, including, Lineage and Village Governance in Contemporary China: Multidisciplinary Research and Political Participation in Beijing, Shi Tianjian also sits on the editorial board of Journal of Contemporary China, and is a present or past member of the editorial board of China Review and of Chinese Social Science Quarterly.
China has seen a revival in Confucianism in the last decade. Discussants explored this renaissance and its implications for modern Chinese politics and society.
Carnegie Beijing co-sponsored a conference to examine the implications of European integration for East Asia.
As North Korea defies international calls to abandon its nuclear ambitions, the international community increasingly looks to the United States and China to lead the effort to reign in the Kim regime.
The U.S. and China have developed good relations over the past eight years, but mutual misunderstanding persists. President Obama should recognize the importance of cultivating personal ties with Chinese leaders and visiting East Asia soon after taking office and avoid aggressive public language on hot-button issues.
The incoming Obama administration faces a variety of challenges and opportunities in China and Asia more broadly. Many in Asia have assessed Barack Obama's presidential victory as a mandate for a more thoughtful, engaging American foreign policy.
People in Asia embraces democracy as a principal but have a very different understanding of what it looks like compared to citizens in the West.