Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Grappling with China

Sui Jianguo
The Sleep of Reason, 2005*
PLAYING OUR GAME: WHY CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL RISE DOESN’T THREATEN THE WEST. 3/9, 5:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: SAIS. Speaker: Edward Steinfeld, professor of political economy, Department of Political Science. MIT. 

REBALANCING GROWTH IN ASIA - ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR CHINA. 3/9, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Carnegie Asia Program (CEIP). Speakers: Vivek Arora, assistant director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF; Pieter Bottelier, scholar, Carnegie's International Economics Program; Nicholas Lardy, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute; Min Zhu, special advisor, IMF; Douglas Paal, vice president, CEIP.

GREEN GOVERNANCE VICTORIES AND ONGOING CHALLENGES IN CHINA. 3/9, 9:00-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Wang Canfa, China University of Political Science and Law/Center for Legal Assistance for Pollution Victims; Yu Wenxuan, China University of Political Science and Law; Li Zhiping, Sun Yat-sen University Law School, Li Yanfang, Energy Law Center and Renmin University.

CHINA'S NARRATIVES REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY. 3/10, 9:15am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-China Economic and Security Review Committee hearing on “China’s Narratives Regarding National Security Policy.” Speakers: David Lampton, Director of China Studies, SAIS; Gilbert Rozman, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University; Christopher Ford, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Alison Kaufman, Research Analyst, CNA; Ashley Esarey, Professor of Politics, Whitman College; Jacqueline Newmyer, President and CEO, Long Term Strategy Group; Gary Rawnsley, Professor of Communications, University of Leeds; Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute; John Park, Senior Research Associate, U.S. Institute of Peace; Abraham Denmark, Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security; Andrew Scobell, Senior Political Scientist, RAND.

CHINA'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN. 3/10, 3:30-4:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies. Speakers: Naohiro Kitano, Ph.D., Director General, East and Central Asia and the Caucasus, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Charles W. Freeman III, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies.

RESOLVED: THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD PRESS CHINA TO MAKE THE FULL TRANSITION FROM HEALTH AID RECIPIENT TO GLOBAL HEALTH DONOR. 3/11, 9:30-11:00am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Global Health Policy Center. Speakers: Jack Chow, professor of global health, Carnegie Mellon University; Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow of global health, Council on Foreign Relations. 

*Painted fiberglass and 20,000 toy dinosaurs, dimensions variable; Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan; photo: Kaz Tsuruta, courtesy Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; © Sui Jianguo and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

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