Dr Elizabeth Economy—one of the ’10 Names That Matter on China Policy’, according to an article last year in the influential Politico Magazine— will be talking about ‘Xi Jinping’s Third Revolution and the Future of US-China Relations’ to an audience that includes distinguished members of Wellington’s diplomatic and political communities.
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States, and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in the US, Dr Economy is a highly sought-after speaker and commentator on China.
Her lecture will draw on her most recent book, last year’s The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, published by Oxford University Press.
Dr Economy is a frequent guest on national television and radio programmes in the US and has written opinion pieces for the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Foreign Affairs, Harvard Business Review and Foreign Policy.
“We are honoured to have Dr Economy join us on this special occasion,” says Associate Professor Jason Young, Director of the NZCCRC.
“She is the latest in a long line of experts of a similar calibre from China, New Zealand and other parts of the world that the NZCCRC has hosted over the past 10 years in our annual programme of conferences, seminars, roundtables and lectures.
“Along with the research we conduct, our briefings and masterclasses for the public sector and others, and our commentary on China in the media, these events ensure increased understanding of China in New Zealand.
“Particularly during this time of heightened political and economic rhetoric both about and from China, the free and independent scholarship of the NZCCRC and its visitors provides invaluable insight.”
Chaired by former New Zealand Ambassador to China Tony Browne, the NZCCRC partners with New Zealand’s seven other universities.
Its establishment in 2009 was driven by then Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Neil Quigley and its inaugural Director was Professor Xiaoming Huang.
The NZCCRC contributes to Victoria University of Wellington’s distinctive strengths in ‘Enabling our Asia-Pacific trading nation’ and ‘Advancing better government’.
New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre 10th Anniversary Lecture
‘Xi Jinping’s Third Revolution and the Future of US–China Relations’
Dr Elizabeth Economy
Wednesday 19 June, 5.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House
Pipitea Campus
Victoria University of Wellington
Register on Eventbrite
https://nzccrc10years.eventbrite.co.nz
Following the lecture there will be a reception to celebrate the anniversary.