A Dangerously Weak China with Gordon Chang ’76
What’s far more dangerous than a strong China? A weak and failing one.
For more than three decades, the primary basis of legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party has been economic growth. Now that the once-surging economy is tumbling toward crisis, the country’s rulers are increasingly relying on militant nationalism to stay in power.
As a result, they are lashing out in an arc, from India in the south to South Korea in the north. At the same time, Beijing is challenging the U.S. on the high seas and in international airspace, restricting freedom of navigation in the South China and East China Seas. China is on a collision course with the world.
Gordon Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World; he is also a contributor at Forbes.com and blogs at World Affairs Journal. Chang has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, the BBC, Bloomberg Television, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and is a co-host and guest on The John Batchelor Show. Chang has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the Pentagon. He has also appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Last, but not least, Chang has served two terms as a Cornell trustee.
6:00pm cash bar reception, 6:30pm lecture, gratis. Members and guests are invited to dine with Mr. Chang at The Club following the lecture. The cost is $40 per person, inclusive of tax, gratuity and one glass of wine with dinner. Dinner reservations are required 48 hours prior to the program. Same-day cancellations and no shows will be charged.
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