China's New Agenda: National Governance and Development

This special event will feature a dialogue between two of the most observant and experienced observers of Chinese politics, Susan Shirk and Lin Shangli. Their discussion will explore the new paradigm of Xi Jinping's governance model as well as the future of U.S.-China relations.

 

 

Lin Shangli is the vice president of Fudan University and was appointed to this position in April 2011 and is the executive associate dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Fudan University. Lin’s research interests include political theory, especially Marxian philosophy, and domestic Chinese politics. He has published more than ten books on politics, including “Party Politics and Modernization”, “Electoral Politics”, “The Logic of Politics” and “Contemporary Chinese Political Forms” in addition to more than 100 articles in various journals and magazines. Lin is also a guest researcher of the Shanghai CCP College and Shanghai Administration Institute, Vice Chairman of Academic Committee of Institute of East Asia, Shanghai.

 

Susan Shirk is the chair of the 21st Century China Program and Ho Miu Lam Professor of China and Pacific Relations at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UC San Diego. She also is director emeritus of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). She previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state (1997-2000), responsible for U.S. policy toward China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia. She founded and continues to lead the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, an unofficial forum for discussions of security issues. Her book “China: Fragile Superpower” helped frame the policy debate on China policy in the U.S. and other countries.