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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.
8:15 am Opening/Greeting
Bonnie S. Glaser Director, China Power Project Senior Adviser for Asia, CSIS
8:25 am Opening/Greeting
Dr. John J. Hamre President and CEO, CSIS
8:30 am Keynote Address: Implications of China's Growing Power for the U.S.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
9:15 am Proposition: The Belt and Road Initiative will achieve China's desired strategic and economic gains
FOR: Zhou Fangyin Senior Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Researcher, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
AGAINST: Joshua Eisenman Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
10:25 am Coffee break
10:40 am Proposition: There is a growing risk of war between the U.S. and China
FOR: Graham Allison Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
AGAINST: Evan Medeiros Managing Director for Asia, Eurasia Group
11:50 am Proposition: In the coming decade, China will emerge as a global leader in technology innovation
FOR: Huang Can Professor, Head of Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Co-Director of Institute for Intellectual Property Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University
AGAINST: Adam Segal Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
1:00 pm LUNCH
1:15 pm Lunch Address: Competition with China in the 21 Century
[Off The Record] Brigadier General Robert S. Spalding III Senior Director for Strategy and Planning, United States National Security Council
2:25 pm Proposition: Beijing will effectively utilize the uncertainty of the Trump presidency to firmly establish China as the leader of Asia
FOR: Chen Dingding Professor of International Relations, Jinan University Founding Director, Intellisia Institute
AGAINST: Evan Feigenbaum Vice Chairman, Paulson Institute
3:35 pm Coffee break
3:50 pm Proposition: Xi Jinping will make economic liberalization a higher priority during his second term
FOR: Damien Ma Fellow and Associate Director, Think Tank, Paulson Institute Adjunct Lecturer of Global Initiatives in Management, Northwestern University
AGAINST: Anne Stevenson-Yang Co-Founder, Research Director, J Capital Research Co. Ltd.
5:00 pm CONFERENCE END |