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U.S.-China University Think Tank Dialogue on Bilateral Relations (Virtual)

Dec. 6-7, 2021 PST | Dec. 7-8, 2021 Beijing Time

The relationship between the United States and China is the most important, difficult and vital bilateral relationship in the world today. Given the rapid changes taking place in the U.S.-China relationship, the question of how to preserve a stable relationship between the two nations while also competing with one another has never been more urgent. In service of answering this question, UC San Diego and Fudan University once again are bringing together scholars from America and China to engage in dialogue on the critical issues animating the Sino-American relationship

This dialogue brings together Chinese and American scholars and policy experts to examine how, given escalating tensions over the last five years, the U.S-China relationship can be managed productively and safely. Speakers will draw on their research to examine the current administration’s policy, contemporary challenges, ways of promoting cooperation, lessons from the recent and more distant past, as well as prospects for future relations going forward. The dialogue seeks to draw out policy implications from such discussions, leveraging the international pool of talent this dialogue draws upon.

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Organizers:

  • 21st Century China Center, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
  • Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Co-sponsor:

  • Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China

Participants:

2019 Confirmed Participants

Erin Carter BAGGOT, Assistant Professor, School of International Relations, University of Southern California

Tai Ming CHUENG, Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego

Avery GOLDSTEIN, David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations, UPenn

HUANG Jing, Dean of Institute of International and Regional Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University

David M. LAMPTON, Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University

James LEE, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation

LIU Feng, Professor and Associate Dean, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University

LI Chen, Associate Professor, Renmin University of China

Lizhi LIU, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Barry NAUGHTON, Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego

Weiyi SHI, Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego

Victor SHIH, Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego

Susan SHIRK, Research Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy, UC San Diego

SONG Guoyou, Professor and Associate Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

WANG Yong, Director, Center for International Political Economy, Peking University

WU Xinbo, Professor and Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

XIN Qiang, Professor and Associate Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Jack Jiakun ZHANG, Assistant Professor, Political Science, The University of Kansas

2016 Dialogue

U.S.-China University Think Tank Dialogue on Bilateral Relations

June 24-25, 2016 | Shanghai

The 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy is pleased to co-host with Fudan University’s Center for American Studies (CAS) a multiyear U.S.-China University Think Tank Dialogue on Bilateral Relations from 2016-18. CAS is a part of research network in China called the Collaborative Innovation Center for a New Model of Sino-U.S. Major-Country Relationship.

The dialogue brings together university-based and other policy experts from the U.S. and China to engage in deep discussions about bilateral relations, with the aim of enhancing mutual understanding and helping to improve ties between the two countries in the 21st century.

The theme of the inaugural meeting in June 2016 is on the domestic influences on U.S.-China relations, covering such topics as the public opinion, economic interests, as well as policy process and legislative politics. Future dialogue themes will include U.S.-China interactions in the Asia Pacific region and global governance and U.S.-China relations.

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Organizers:

21st Century China Center
Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Papers (password protected):

"Electoral Politics and China-U.S. Relations in the 2016 Presidential Election" (PDF)
DIAO Daming

"Impact of China’s Internal Politics on Sino-US Economic and Trade Relations: A Case Study of Shanghai Free-Trade Zone" (PDF)
SONG Guoyou

"The Correlation between policy agenda, media agenda and public opinion in China-US relationship: A Content Analysis on Chinese President Xi’s Visit to the United States" (PDF)
LIAO Shengqing, SHEN Qi, YI Hongfa and HUANG Wenseng

"Campaign Rhetoric and Chinese Reactions to New Leaders" (PDF)
Kacie MIURA and Jessica Chen WEISS

"Reciprocity and Public Opposition to Foreign Direct Investment" (PDF)
Dustin TINGLEY

"Authoritarian Audiences and Government Rhetoric in International Crises: Evidence from China" (PDF)
Jessica Chen WEISS

"China’s Government Politics and Sino-US Relations" (PDF)
ZHANG Qingmin

“The Obama Administration’s responses to the New Model of Great Power Relations and US Reflection on the Engagement Policy toward China” (PDF)
ZHAO Suisheng

Participants:

Cheung, Tai Ming, Associate Professor at University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy; Director of University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

Diao, Daming, Assistant Professor at Chinese Academy of Social Science’s Institute of American Studies

Fravel, Taylor, Associate Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Glaser, Charles, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs

Goldstein, Avery, David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations at University of Pennsylvania

Guang, Lei, Director of 21st Century China Center at University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy; Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University

Huang, Renwei, Professor and Deputy President at Shanghai Academy of Social Science

Jin, Canrong, Professor and Deputy Director of the School of International Relations at China Renmin University

Lake, David, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at University of California San Diego

Schell, Orville, Arthur Ross Director at Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations

Shambaugh, David, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs

Shen Qi, Lecturer of Communication at Fudan University's School of Journalism

Shirk, Susan, Research Professor of Political Science and Chair of 21st Century China Program at University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy

Song, Guoyou, Professor and Deputy Director of Center for American Studies at Fudan University

Tingley, Dustin, Professor of Government and Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University

Weiss, Jessica Chen, Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University

Wu, Xinbo, Professor, Executive Dean of Institute of International Studies and Director of Center for American Studies at Fudan University

Xin, Qiang, Professor and Deputy Director of Center for American Studies at Fudan University

Yao, Yunzhu, Major General and Emeritus Director at Center on China-America Defense Relations, People’s Liberation Army’s Academy of Military Science

Yuan, Peng, Deputy President at China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Zhang, Qingmin, Professor at Peking University’s School of International Relations

Zhao, Suisheng, Professor and Executive Director of Center for China-U.S. Cooperation at University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Zhao, Xiaozhuo, Professor and Director at Center on China-America Defense Relations, People’s Liberation Army’s Academy of Military Science

Zhu, Feng, Professor and Executive Director of Collaborative Innovation Center for South China Sea Studies at Nanjing University

Observers:

Cai, Cuihong, Associate Professor at Fudan University's Center for American Studies

Ding James, Managing Director at GSR Ventures

Gibel, Brian, Chief of Public Affairs Section at U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai

Jarrett, Kenneth, President of American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

Pan, Yaling, Associate Professor at Fudan University's Center for American Studies

Smith, Hanskom, Consul General at U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai

Townshend, Ashley, Visiting Fellow at Fudan University's Center for American Studies

Wald, Andrea, Assistant of Public Diplomacy at U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai

Wallace, Jeremy, Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University

Wang, Hao, Professor at Fudan University's Center for American Studies

Wei, Zongyou, Professor at Fudan University's Center for American Studies

Zhang, Jiadong, Professor at Fudan University's Center for American Studies