The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. To help make sense of the issue, ChinaPower hosted its third annual conference on November 29, 2018. The conference featured a series of debates between leading experts on the nature of Chinese power. The audience was polled for their opinion both before and after each debate. Polling results, debate descriptions, and conference video are posted below.
Morning Keynote
Senator Edward J. Markey
(D-Massachusetts)
Proposition 1
FOR: Ely Ratner
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies
Center for a New American Security
AGAINST: J. Stapleton Roy
Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Founding Director Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Wilson Center
Proposition 2
FOR: Pei Minxin
Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government
George R. Roberts Fellow
Claremont McKenna College
AGAINST: Wu Xinbo
Professor and Dean, Institute of International Studies
Director, Center for American Studies
Fudan University
Proposition 3
FOR: Scott Kennedy
Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies
CSIS
AGAINST: Mu Rongping
Director-General, Center for Innovation and Development
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Proposition 4
FOR: Edward Tse
Founder and CEO
Gao Feng Advisory Company
Gao Feng Advisory Company
AGAINST: Samm Sacks
Cybersecurity Policy Fellow
New America
Cybersecurity Policy Fellow
New America
Proposition 5
FOR: Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
AGAINST: Peter Dutton
Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute
U.S. Naval War College
Afternoon Keynote (VTC)
Admiral Philip S. Davidson
25th Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)