The Third Annual China Symposium: "Becoming a Stakeholder: China in International Affairs"
Friday, April 20, 2007
Panel One
Panel Two
Panel Three
Anticipated Presenters
History of the China Symposium
About the Columbia Center for Chinese Economy and Society
Time, Date and Location
This year the China Symposium will explore China’s increasing role as a major global player in the world stage. In the past ten years the world has witnessed the impressive growth of China’s economy, military, society and, perhaps most notably, China’s international influence. Far from being the isolated empire of the past, the People’s Republic of China is a key participant—and, for some, a concern—in international governance, negotiations, social and environmental reform, and in shaping the future of the entire East Asian community.
To explore these complicated and fascinating issues, this year’s Symposium will focus on three primary topics.
Panel One: China and International Security
This panel will explore China’s role in global affairs from an economic, security, commerce and foreign relations perspective. As the world’s fourth largest economy and steadily rising to become the first, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and APEC, and home to the three major global cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, China is a substantial presence and integral voice in international politics. As the geo-political map of the world continues to change, the implications of China’s economic and international leadership is a topic that continues to be widely discussed, and which this particular panel will specifically address.
Panel Two: China’s Role in Dealing with Global Issues
China ’s steadily growing influence and recognition has also given rise to questions of the nation’s role in global health, environmental, and human rights reforms. To investigate these concerns, a panel of speakers will share their perspectives, focusing on topics ranging from the AIDS epidemic to global cooperation concerning environmental initiatives. China’s vast and diverse geographical territory, which ranks the globe’s 3rd largest and most populated nation, shares borders with 14 other countries. These facts alone arguably make China a crucial component in initiatives to ease global problems of disease, pollution, and other socio-ecological issues.
Panel Three: China and the U.S. in Regional and Global Relations
Of specific interest among an international community of leaders, policymakers, and experts is China and the U.S. in Regional and Global Relations. This panel will primarily focus upon the interaction between China and the United States in educational, political, popular, and organizational capacities. We will be looking at more localized partnerships between China and the United States, as well as the more global ties between Washington and Beijing. Furthermore, panelists will touch upon the implications of a rising competitor to the U.S.’s status as a global “superpower,” and what further initiatives are needed to build a healthy global East Asian community that takes into account China’s individual status as well as China-US relations.
A special conversation with the Hon. Robert B. Zoellick will further the day long exploration.
- Lee C. Bollinger (President, Columbia University)
- Andrea Bartoli (Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University)
- Myron L. Cohen (Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
- Jude Howell (Professor, Director of the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics, UK)
- Yanzhong Huang (Director, Center for Global Health Studies, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations)
- David Lampton (Director, China Studies Program, John Hopkins University)
- Ken Lieberthal (Professor, University of Michigan)
- Ambassador James R. Lilley (Former U.S. Ambassador to the PRC, current Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute)
- Zhenmin Liu (Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the U.N.)
- Xiaobo Lü (Professor, Barnard College)
- Edward C. Luck (Director, Center on International Organization, Columbia University)
- George Mitchell (2007 China Symposium Co-Chair)
- David Shambaugh (Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University)
- James Swan (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
- Yongchen Wang (President, Green Earth Volunteers)
- Robert Zoellick (Former Deputy Secretary of State & current Managing Director and Chairman of the International Advisors Department of Goldman Sachs
* Anticipated
History of the China Symposium
The Annual China Symposium began in 2005 when the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Columbia Center for Chinese Economy and Society, along with several co-sponsoring organizations, presented the first international symposium featuring the world’s leading experts on contemporary China. With an aim to educate the public on the global and domestic impacts of China’s economic emergence, the China Symposium highlights a current and pertinent issue in today’s China, which is then explored through the lens of specific panels consisting of exemplary representatives from the international business, nonprofit, academic, and public policy communities. Past titles include “ China’s Economic Emergence: Progress, Pitfalls and Implications at Home and Abroad,” and “Feeding the Giant: The Global and Domestic Impact of China’s Energy Needs.”
The Columbia Center for Chinese Economy and Society
Founded in 2004, the Columbia Center for Chinese Economy and Society builds on the university's strengths in research and teaching on China to create a physical and virtual site for transpacific exchange, global dialogue, and the study of contemporary China. The Center provides a forum for timely discussion and information about China for business, government, NGOs, students, scholars, and the general public, not only in the United States but around the world. Among other programs, the Center sponsors the Annual China Symposium and the Next Generation Network research fellowship for mid-career Chinese scholars, professionals, and public intellectuals.
Friday, April 20, 2007
9:00AM-5:00PM
Altschul Auditorium
4th Floor, International Affairs Building
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