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Event banner for the 2024 Susan Shirk Lecture on U.S.-China Relations, with speaker Fareed Zakaria of CNNSusan Shirk Lecture on U.S.-China Relations

The Susan Shirk Lecture on U.S.-China Relations is part of the UC San Diego Forum on U.S.-China Relations, the only American leadership conference focused entirely on the relationship with China. An eminent scholar of China and a prominent practitioner of U.S. policy toward China, the lecture has been established in honor of Susan Shirk who is professor emeritus at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and founding chair of the 21st Century China Center.

Winning the Cold Peace: A New Path to U.S.-China Relations
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Venue: The Jeannie, UC San Diego

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The 2024 Susan Shirk Lecture on U.S.-China Relations will be delivered by Fareed Zakaria, host of the renowned CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS.

Speaker:

Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a bestselling author

Fareed Zakaria is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a bestselling author. As the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, he has interviewed notable figures like Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and the Dalai Lama since the program’s debut in 2008. He has also hosted numerous primetime specials for CNN and has been nominated for several Emmys, winning one, along with his show winning the prestigious Peabody Award.

Zakaria’s daily digital newsletter, Fareed’s Global Briefing, is widely read, and his column for The Washington Post is one of the longest running for that newspaper. He has authored five New York Times bestselling books, including his latest book "Age of Revolutions" (2024). Named a "Top 10 Global Thinker of the Last 10 Years" by Foreign Policy magazine in 2019, Zakaria has received numerous accolades, including the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India and the Order of Merit from Ukraine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a doctorate in political science from Harvard University.

The 21st Century China Center gratefully acknowledges the support of the following sponsors for the Susan Shirk Lecture on U.S.-China Relations. 

East West Bank Foundation, Fong Foundation, Roche Family Foundation, Qualcomm, James Kralik and Yunli Lou, Anonymous.