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The Strategic Significance of China's Development, Domestically and Internationally
The National Committee on United States - China Relations presents a talk to facilitate an exchange of ideas through educational and public education.
When:
December 15, 2011 12:00am
Where
Dr. Yu Keping, director of the China Center for Comparative Politics & Economics and author of Democracy is a Good Thing, will discuss the domestic and international significance of China’s political development at a Jones Day program on December 15. An influential figure in the ongoing debates on politics and democracy in Chinese intellectual circles, Dr. Yu has written many stimulating essays which examine the transformation of Chinese civil society and the effects of China’s globalization and modernization on political reform.
In addition to being the director of the China Center for Comparative Politics & Economics (CCCPE), Dr. Yu Keping is also the director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University, where he teaches courses on politics. Dr. Yu is a pioneering scholar of political reform, globalization, democracy, civil society and good governance in China and a prominent figure in official think tanks.
Among his well-known papers are “Democracy is a Good Thing” and “Fear of Public Opinion.” His books include Reform of Governance (ed. Brill 2010); Making Democracy Benefit China (Beijing 2009); Democracy and Rule of Law in China (ed. Brill 2009); Democracy is a Good Thing (Brookings Institution Press, 2008); Globalization and Changes of Governance in China (Amsterdam: Brill 2008); Emancipation of Mind and Political Progress (Beijing 2008); Globalization and Changes in China’s Governance (Beijing 2008); The Institutional Environment of Civil Society in China (Beijing 2006); and Democracy and Top (Beijing 2006).
His essay "Democracy is a Good Thing" has been the touchstone for heated debate within China on the desirability of democratic reform. In 2008, the Brookings Institution Press published Democracy is a Good Thing, a collection of essays which includes that important piece along with several of Dr. Yu’s other influential works on politics and democracy.
Phone Number:
(212) 645-9677
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