Speaker:

Prof Zhao Suisheng
Professor and Director, Center for China-US Cooperation,
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA

Date & Time:

Friday, 14 July 2023
9:30 am – 11:00 am

Video recording:

Please click on https://youtu.be/U13bLlMSRJk or visit EAI’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/EastAsianInstituteNUS.

Abstract:

China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China’s turbulent history in its relations with neighbours and Western countries. Today, with President Xi Jinping’s political authority unmatched, Xi’s sense of mission to restore what he believes is China’s natural position as a great power drives the current course of the nation’s foreign policy. How has China emerged as a global power and what forces have shaped its international behaviour in the past, now and possibly in the future? Professor Zhao’s talk will attempt to find answers to these questions based on the research of his new book that develops a leadership-centred framework to weave together complex events, processes and players, and provide a historically in-depth, conceptually comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Chinese foreign policy transitions since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

About the Speaker:

Zhao Suisheng is a Professor and Director of the Centre for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China and the author and editor of more than two dozen of books. His most recent book is The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2023). A Post-Doctoral Campbell National Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University, he received his PhD degree in political science from the University of California-San Diego, an MA degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri and BA and MA degrees in economics from Peking University.