2:00 pm EDT - 5:15 pm EDT
Past Event
2:00 pm - 5:15 pm EDT
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC
20036
This fall, most of the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party will be replaced during the 18th Party Congress. The leadership realignments will affect the most important leadership bodies of the country – the ruling Politburo and its Standing Committee, the State Council and the Party’s Central Military Commission. What social, economic and foreign policy challenges await the new generation of Chinese leaders, and how might the new leadership respond?
On September 20, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion analyzing the major issues that will confront China’s new leadership, including tensions in U.S.-China relations, the China-Japan South China Sea dispute, and the country’s future economic and military development.
2:00 pm
Moderator
3:45 pm
Moderator
Panelist
Bonny Lin, Thomas J. Christensen, John Culver, Jonathan A. Czin, M. Taylor Fravel, Allie Matthias, Joel Wuthnow, Brian Hart, Suyash Desai +4 more
February 24, 2026
William A. Galston, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Thomas Wright, Miles Yu +2 more
February 18, 2026
Ryan Hass
February 18, 2026