Book launch: David Shambaugh

In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book many have been waiting for—a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. Thirty years ago, China's role in global affairs was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China's expanding economic power has allowed it to extend its reach virtually  everywhere—from mineral mines in Africa, to currency markets in the West, to oilfields in the Middle East, to agribusiness in Latin America, to the factories of East Asia. Shambaugh offers an enlightening look into the manifestations of China's global presence. But Shambaugh is no alarmist. In this balanced and well-researched volume, published by Oxford University Press, he argues that China's global presence is more broad than deep and that China still lacks the influence befitting a major world power—what he terms a ‘partial power’.

One of the world’s leading China scholars, David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University, as well as a nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. His most recent books include Tangled Titans: The United States and China; Charting China's Future: Domestic & International Challenges; and China's Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation.

Programme:
15.30-16.15: Lecture ‘China Goes Global’

16.15-17.00: Discussion

17.00-17.30: Refreshments

A limited number of copies of the book will be available at a special discounted price

Registration
The event is free of charge, but registration is required. Please register at arc.int@cbs.dk

Arranged by Asia Research Centre.