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22
2024
Geopolitics
Can China offer a real alternative to liberal democracy?
China’s 20th National Party Congress was replete with both expected outcomes and abrupt surprises. Lurking beneath the surface of the official Party pronouncements and personnel appointments, many questions remain about China’s trajectory both domestically and abroad. What did this round of leadership change reveal about the prospects for political succession? How will Xi Jinping’s new team handle the challenges that confront the country at home – like economic unease and ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns – and abroad – like strain in U.S.-China relations, tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and war in Europe?
On Wednesday, November 9, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted two panels of Brookings China scholars who discussed the implications of the 20th Party Congress for Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy.
Viewers submitted questions via email to [email protected] or on Twitter using #20thPartyCongress.
Agenda
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November 9
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Panel 1: Chinese domestic politics
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Moderator
Jamie P. Horsley Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center - Yale Law School, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China CenterPanelist
Cheng Li Director - John L. Thornton China Center, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center -
Panel 2: China’s foreign policy
9:50 am - 10:40 am
Moderator
Jonathan Stromseth Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterPanelist
Patricia M. Kim David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center @patricia_m_kim
Jonathan D. Pollack Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Yun Sun Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative, Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center
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