The East Asia Center will be welcoming Suisheng Zhao, Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, for a speaker series lecture "The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy."

Professor Zhao will draw on his new book, The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy to trace the dramatic shifts in China’s foreign policy since its founding in 1949 and the key roles played by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping. Each of these transformational leaders reshaped foreign policy to better fit their aims for China. His presentation will focus on Xi Jinping’s power concentration and its implications for Chinese foreign policy.

The talk will be held Friday, February 14, from 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. in Gibson 211.