China's Power: Up for Debate

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.

Bonnie S. Glaser

Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser for Asia

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

8:20 a.m.      Morning Keynote

Senator David Perdue

(R-Georgia)

9:00 a.m.      Coffee Break

9:15 a.m.      Proposition: If Beijing and Taipei do not come to an agreement on unification by 2035, China will use military force to invade Taiwan.

FOR: James Fanell

(Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet)

Fellow

Geneva Centre for Security Policy

AGAINST: Timothy R. Heath

Senior International Defense Researcher

RAND Corporation

10:25 a.m.      Coffee break

10:40 a.m.      Proposition: Beijing is seeking to export the Chinese development model.

FOR: Elizabeth Economy

C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

AGAINST: Wang Huiyao

Founder and President

Center for China and Globalization

11:50 a.m.      Proposition: A technology Cold War between the United States and China will lead to separate spheres of technology influence.

FOR: Naomi Wilson

Senior Director of Policy, Asia

Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)

AGAINST: Joy Dantong Ma

Data Scientist

Home Partners of America

1:00 p.m.      Lunch

1:40 p.m.      Proposition: The US economy is better positioned than China’s to weather a long-term trade conflict.

FOR: Christopher Balding

Associate Professor

Fulbright University Vietnam

AGAINST: Yi Xiong

Economist, China

Deutsche Bank

2:50 p.m.      Proposition: Xi Jinping will face a leadership challenge by 2025.

FOR: Jude Blanchette

Freeman Chair in China Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

AGAINST: Joseph Fewsmith 

Professor of International Relations and Political Science

Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

4:00 p.m.      Coffee break

4:15 p.m.      Afternoon Keynote

Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Department of State

5:00 p.m.      CONFERENCE END

This event is made possible by support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York