Harvard China scholar Ezra Vogel discusses his highly acclaimed biography of transformational Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. How did Deng succeed in finding a path to make China a wealthy and powerful member of the international community? What personal and cultural factors contributed to his success? What obstacles did he face? How did Vogel go about researching and writing this masterful study of Deng’s life and legacy?
Recorded March 21, 2012
Joseph Nye of the Harvard Kennedy School examines the future of American relations with China. As China has become a more powerful player in the Pacific, how has it projected its strength? How have strategic alliances among its neighbors changed in response to China’s growing economic and military might? What does the Obama administration’s new emphasis on the Pacific mean for the future of American relations with China? Moderated by PRI’s The World’s Lisa Mullins.
Tuesday, April 10 @ 7 pm
Co-sponsored by a Friend of Cambridge Forum.