China and the World: Challenges and Opportunities

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

China's continued rise and its interactions with the rest of the world have generated much interest in academic and policy circles. What are some of the opportunities and challenges in China's interactions with the world? This panel will address some of the issues emerging from China's rise and its extensive diplomacy in the contemporary era. The presenters will discuss the concept of modernity as China continues to modernize, Chinese multinational corporations and their competition with US businesses in international political economy, climate change and environmental diplomacy, and China's diplomatic reach in the South Pacific and its impact. Through presentation and discussion, the panel will shed light on some of the critical issues related to China's new diplomacy and China's relations with the rest of the world.

Sub Unit

• Related Groups / Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists

Individual Presentations

• China and the West: Managing the Challenges of Modernity - Guoli Liu, College of Charleston

• China-US Strategic Rivalry in Economic Affairs: Chinese MNCs in IPE - Thomas G. Moore, University of Cincinnati

• Greening the Belt While Paving the Road? China’s Environmental Diplomacy - Steven F. Jackson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• The Promise of the Silk Road: How China Builds the Credibility of the BRI - Yong Deng, U.S. Naval Academy

Chair

• Robert S. Ross Boston College

Discussants

• Yang Zhong The University of Tennessee

• Taiyi Sun Christopher Newport University