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China's Power: Up for Debate 2025

February 11, 2025 • 9:25 am – 3:55 pm EST

Please join the CSIS China Power Project, Freeman Chair in China Studies, and the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics on Tuesday, February 11, from 9:25 am – 3:55 pm EST for our ninth annual conference featuring leading experts debating core issues underpinning China’s power. 

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Agenda


9:00-9:25: Continental Breakfast

9:25-9:30: Welcome Remarks

Dr. Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project and senior adviser, CSIS 

 

9:30-10:00 am: Keynote Remarks

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee and Chairman, Tactical Air & Land Forces Subcommittee

10:00-10:10 am: Break

10:10-11:20 am: Debate I

Proposition: U.S.-China relations will maintain a fundamentally similar trajectory under the Trump administration as under the Biden administration.  

 
Moderator: Dr. Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project and senior adviser, CSIS 

 

AGAINST: Dr. Wei Da, director, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University  

 

FOR: Mr. Rick Waters, managing director, China Practice, Eurasia Group 

11:20-11:30 am: Break

11:30 am-12:40 pm: Debate II

Proposition: By 2030 China will have greater global influence than the United States. 

 

Moderator: Dr. Ilaria Mazzocco, deputy director and senior fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS 

 

FOR: Dr. Feng Zhang, associate research scholar, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.

 

AGAINST: Mr. Dennis Wilder, senior fellow, Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, Georgetown University 

12:40-1:20: Lunch

1:20-2:30 pm: Debate III

Proposition: China is increasingly working with Russia, North Korea, and Iran as part of an “axis” to push back against the U.S.-led West.  

 

Moderator: Mr. Brian Hart, deputy director and fellow, China Power Project, CSIS 

 

FOR: Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security 

 

AGAINST: Dr. Hai Zhao, research fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 

 

 

2:30-2:40 PM: Break

2:40-3:50 pm: Discussion IV

Topic: The U.S., China, and economic security

 

Moderator: Dr. Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS 

 

Speaker 1: Mr. Matt Turpin, senior advisor, Palantir Technologies 

 

Speaker 2: Dr. Daojiong Zha, professor, department of International Political Economy, School of International Studies, Peking University 

 

3:50-3:55: Closing Remarks

Dr. Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, CSIS 

 

Contact Information

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Wei Da

Wei Da

Director, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
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Brian Hart
Deputy Director and Fellow, China Power Project
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security
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Scott Kennedy
Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Bonny Lin
Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser
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5Mazzocco
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Matt Turpin

Matt Turpin

Senior Advisor, Palantir Technologies
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Rick Waters

Rick Waters

Managing Director, China Practice, Eurasia Group
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Dennis Wilder

Dennis Wilder

Senior Fellow, Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, Georgetown University
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Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)

Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee and Chairman, Tactical Air & Land Forces Subcommittee
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Daojiong Zha

Daojiong Zha

Professor, Department of International Political Economy, School of International Studies, Peking University
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Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang

Associate Research Scholar, Council on East Asian Studies, Yale MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

Hai Zhao

Director, International Politics Program, National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
February 11, 2025 • 9:25 am – 3:55 pm EST
China's Power: Up for Debate 2025