Friends of the East-West Center cordially invites you to Spring 2017 sessions of the

CHINA SEMINAR

Thursday, April 13, 2017, 12 noon

Maple Garden Restaurant
909 Isenberg Street, Honolulu

China and America: A Rooster Year and a Trump Presidency

James Kelly

This is a very uncertain period and James Kelly will try to update the always complex Sino-American relationship. This year China faces an important five year Party Congress and the Trump administration is shaking up America’s longstanding ties with other countries, the largest being China. Mr. Kelly will leave to others the analysis of Washington DC and American politics. But beyond China’s internal politics, as interesting as they are, China is facing vast economic challenges and, at the same time, initiating significant policies toward the Indo-Asian Pacific region. We will seek to have a discussion of China’s problems and policies and a likely Sino-American summit.
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Friends of the East-West Center cordially invites you to the first 2017 session of the

CHINA SEMINAR

Thursday, January 12, 2017
12 noon

Maple Garden Restaurant
909 Isenberg Street, Honolulu

Xi’s Challenge: Can China Avoid Economic Stagnation?

Richard Hornik

All rapidly developing countries eventually face what economists call a “middle income trap” when they try to move from resource-driven growth dependent on cheap labor and capital to growth based on high productivity and innovation. Few counties have made that transition, and China’s chances were heavily compromised by the unprecedented growth of private and public sector debt in the past 8 years. Will Dynamic Zhonguo become the Muddle Kingdom?

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