- Jean-Philippe Béja, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po Paris
Format:
30 Minutes: Input
30 Minutes: Debate
Followed by Networking
About
In 1978, led by Deng Xiaoping, China embarked on an ambitious program of reforms and opening up what dismantled the Maoist policies that since the 1950s had caused untold damage to the social, political and economic fabric of the country, culminating in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). In the decades that followed, Deng’s vision brought about a socioeconomic transformation without precedent in human history. Today, 40 years after Deng charted a new path, China’s “fifth generation” leader, Xi Jinping, has amassed a degree of power perhaps not seen since the pre-reform era. Xi claims that China has entered a “new era” of strength and prosperity, in which it must move to center stage in global affairs. This discussion will assess the dramatic changes in China over the past four decades, and will address the key issues and concerns in Chinese society, politics, law and foreign affairs.
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From left to right: Qian Gang, Founder of the China Media Project at University of Hong Kong and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, David Bandurski, Co-Director of the China Media Project at University of Hong Kong and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, and Jean-Philippe Béja, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies and Research at Sciences Po Paris
Lunch Talk @Academy: 40 Years of Reform and China’s 'New Era'
Jean-Philippe Béja, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies and Research at Sciences Po Paris
Qian Gang, Founder of the China Media Project at University of Hong Kong and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy
David Bandurski, Co-Director of the China Media Project at University of Hong Kong and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy
Andreas Kindl, Director for Strategic Communication at Federal Foreign Office
Tecla Wanjala, Director of the Social Healing and Reconciliation Program of the Green String Network in Nairobi and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy