China's Power: Up for Debate (2nd Annual ChinaPower Conference)

The Second Annual ChinaPower Conference 

 

 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.

 

 

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

9:00 a.m. Opening/Greeting

 

              Bonnie S. Glaser

              Director, China Power Project            

 

9:15 a.m. Proposition: The Belt and Road Initiative will achieve China's desired strategic and economic gains

               FOR: Zhou Fangyin

               Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

 

               AGAINST: Joshua Eisenman

               The University of Texas at Austin

 

10:25 a.m. Coffee break

 

10:40 a.m. Proposition: There is a growing risk of war between China and the U.S.

 

               FOR: Graham Allison

               Harvard University

 

               AGAINST: Evan Medeiros

               Eurasia Group

 

11:50 a.m. Proposition: In the coming decade, China will emerge as a global leader in technology innovation

 

               FOR: Huang Can

               Zhejiang University

 

               AGAINST: Adam Segal

               Council on Foreign Relations

 

1:00 p.m. LUNCH

 

1:15 p.m. Lunch Address: Competition with China in the 21st Century

 

               [Off The Record]

               Brigadier General Robert S. Spalding III

               Senior Director, Strategy and Planning

               National Security Council

 

2:25 p.m. Proposition: Beijing will effectively utilize the uncertainty of the Trump presidency to firmly establish China as the leader of Asia

 

               FOR: Chen Dingding

               Jinan University

 

               AGAINST: Evan Feigenbaum

               Paulson Institute

 

3:35 a.m. Coffee break

 

3:50 p.m. Proposition: Xi Jinping will make economic liberalization a higher priority during his second term

 

               FOR: Damien Ma

               Paulson Institute

 

               AGAINST: Anne Stevenson-Yang

               J Capital Research Co. Ltd.

 

5:00 p.m. CONFERENCE END