During the last three decades, China has been successful in its Reformation and Open Door policy and has become the second-largest economy in the world. China continues to enjoy its economic prosperity. It is a controversial issue whether the rise necessarily means a relative decline of the United States. In terms of international political economics, the rise of China has a variety of possible interpretations, as many in the international community prepare policy responses to the Chinese rise. Specialists will deliver valuable opinions and information on the possible alternatives of how to achieve co-prosperity with China.
- The rise of China and America’s decline: reality or fiction?
- How to understand the rise of China.
- Neighbor Opportunity and Challenge from the Rise of China.

- Moderator
Nayan R. CHANDA (Director of Publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization)

- Speakers
Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar HASSAN (Chairman, ISIS Malaysia)
SHIN Jung-seung (Director, Center for Chinese Studies, IFANS, MOFAT)
YAN Xuetong (Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University)
G. John IKENBERRY (Albert G. Milbank Professor, Princeton University)
FUNABASHI Yoichi (Former Editor-in-chief, The Asahi Shimbun)