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Shanghai – ‘China’s Changing Megacities’ with Daan Roggeveen and Duncan Hewitt
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Beijing – ‘China 2020: Business Views on the Future of China’ with Joerg Wuttke, Chief Representative of BASF China and Former President of EUCCC
Joerg Wuttke is Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Prior to BASF, Joerg worked with ABB for 11 years, and has been based in China since 1988. From 2007 to 2010, he was the President of the European
Shanghai – ‘Why Democracy is Not the Answer for China’ with Eric Li, Chengwei Capital
Eric Li is the Founder and Managing Director of Chengwei Capital, and also a frequent contributor to leading publications such as the New York Times, the Huffington Post, the South China Morning Post, the Christian Science Monitor, and Global Times.
Beijing – ‘Engaging a Rising China: American and Chinese Perspectives’ with Michael Swaine and Li Bin of Carnegie Endowment
Held in conjunction with the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. Michael Swaine came to the Carnegie Endowment after twelve years at the RAND Corporation. He specializes in Chinese security and foreign policy, U.S.–China relations, and East Asian international relations. His