President Xi Jinping has made it clear: When it comes to big data, advanced weaponry, and other innovations in tech and AI, China has plans to surpass the United States as the world’s next techonomic superpower. But between the trade war with the U.S., the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, and an array of domestic challenges, are China’s goals outpacing its capacity? Or is China building and investing in strategic partnerships that will push the country toward global dominance?
Staged in the Intelligence Squared U.S. “Unresolved” format, this debate brings together five foreign policy luminaries to tackle pressing questions, including: Do Chinese military innovations threaten U.S. dominance? Will the next Silicon Valley be in China? And will the U.S. and China both lose the trade war? Is the Belt and Road Initiative a trillion-dollar blunder?
Intelligence Squared US- Unresolved: The Techonomic Cold War With China. Debaters include Ian Bremmer, Founder and President of Eurasia Group; Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec & Fmr. U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Yasheng Huang, Professor at MIT & Author; Parag Khanna, Founder & Managing Partner at FutureMap; Susan Thornton, Senior Fellow at Yale University Paul Tsai China Center & Fmr. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
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