The USC-US-China Institute has a free workshop on the use of history this Sunday Feb 17 to help observers better understanding foreign policy today with China.
An interesting concept …… does one look at Imperial China and her relations with the outside world? Does one look solely at Asian nations and their rise to economic power and their corresponding foreign policy to better understand today’s China? Or does one examine the similarities between a former rising economic superpower [like say Germany between 1870-1910; or Japan in the 1900s] and her problems with such a rapid growth.? Should be an interesting presentation regardless of how they examine the issue….
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02/13/2008 11:48 PM
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History and foreign relations
With the new developments in China in this present decade, the free lecture should be a very interesting forum. For me personally, as a teacher of History and as a journalist, I'm trying to reset my commitments this weekend to be able to attend this interesting lecture. Otherwise, I'll just probably request for notes on the salient points. China is slowly but surely becoming an economic power, a far cry from what it was four or even three decades ago. I think it will be a totally different economic landscape by the end of this decade behind the "Bamboo Curtain."
Harry Harding set the bar way high and made for an excellent forum on “ History and Foreign Relations” His insightful comments and rapid fire observations regarding the panel’s weekend discussions really made for a wonderful day and a worthwhile trip. As usual the US-China Institute stepped up to plate with a superb panel. If you did not make it, the papers and summaries are on line at the www.china.usc.edu web .