Topic: Time for a reset? U.S.-China relations during the new Biden Administration

 Description: Have major recent developments in China and the United States raised the possibility that the U.S.-China relationship, which has become increasingly strained over the last 10 years, might now move in new and more positive directions? The first panel will look at the November 2020 elections in the United States, providing an analysis of the election campaigns, the outcome of the election, and the presidential transition. It will then examine the Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee in October, which discussed the foreign and domestic economic policies underlying China’s new five-year plan that will begin in 2021. The second panel will analyze the implications of these events for Chinese policy toward the U.S. and American policy toward China.

Panel I: Domestic Politics in the U.S. and China

1.    Larry Sabato, founder and director, Center for Politics, University of Virginia

2.    Chris Lu, Teresa A. Sullivan Practitioner Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia

3.    Xin Qiang, deputy director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

4.    Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Practitioner Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia

Moderator: Syaru Shirley Lin, Compton Visiting Professor in World Politics, Miller Center, University of Virginia

Panel II: Implications for U.S.-China Relations

1.    Harry Harding, faculty senior fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia

2.    Evan Feigenbaum, practitioner senior fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia

3.    Wu Xinbo, dean, Institute of International Studies; director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University Fudan University

4.    Song Guoyou, deputy director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University

Moderator: Stephen Mull, vice provost of global affairs, University of Virginia

When: Monday, January 11, 2021 8:00-10:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Where: This is a hybrid event on Zoom, with a live audience at Fudan and a virtual audience elsewhere.

Registration:

·         Register for the Zoom Webinar here

·         More details in English on the Miller Center website here

·         会议预告: meeting announcement in Mandarin on UVA China Office WeChat account here

Cohosted by the Miller Center at UVA and the Center for American Studies at Fudan.