2012 China-US Symposium
This year, we explore how the 2012 leadership transitions in China and the United States will affect their economic, security, legal, and diplomatic relations and interests. Four panels focused on the facets of China-US relations.
David Rawson Memorial Lecture
Joseph Fewsmith, Director of Boston University's Center for the Study of Asia; Professor of International Relations and Political Science
Panel 1: The Role of Law in Political Reform - Rule of Law in Development
Jamie Horsley, Deputy Director of the China Law Center and Lecturer in law at Yale Law School
Margaret Woo, Professor of Law at Northeastern University
Jacques Delise, Professor of Chinese Politics and Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Panel 2: 2012-- 20 years after Deng Xiaoping-- Economics and Business
Jeffrey Rosenberg Chairman of AZ Investment Management and Adjunct Lecturer at the Fletcher School
William Kirby Director of the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
William A. Reinsch President of the National Foreign Trade Council
Panel 3: America’s “Return to Asia” and China’s Broadening Pacific Power - Military Security
Nan Li Professor at the China Maritime Studies Institute of the U.S. Naval War College
Michael Beckley Research Fellow at the Belfer Center of Harvard University, Incoming Tufts Professor of International Relations of East Asia
Andrew Erickson Associate Professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College
Panel 4: Engagement with China - Diplomacy, Negotiation, and Dispute Resolution
Sharon Hom Executive Director of Human Rights in China
Sung-Yoon Lee Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School
Xuedong Wang Associate Professor of International Politics, Sun Yat-Sen University
Schedule
Friday March 9th, 2012
11:30am: Symposium Registration
1:00pm: Opening remarks
1:15pm: Rawson Memorial Lecture Keynote
2:00pm : Panel 1 Law, Development, and Environment
4:00pm: Break
4:30pm: Panel 2 Economics
Saturday March 10th
10:15am: Opening Remarks
10:30am: Panel 3 Military Security
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Panel 4 Engagement
2:30pm: Concluding Remarks
The symposium is marked by the David Rawson Memorial Lecture, in honor of former Tufts graduate David Rawson. Past lectures included Retired Rear Admiral Eric McVadon and Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy.
Thank you to all who made the 5th Annual Tufts China-US Symposium a stellar sucess!