Xi Jinping’s Power Concentration and Foreign Policy Implications

This session is organised as part of the CERI China Seminar co-organized with the University of Sydney and the EU-funded "China Horizons"project “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC)

Professor Zhao will draw on his new book, The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, nov. 2022) 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.

Speaker:
Professor Zhao Suisheng, Editor, Journal of Contemporary China, Director, Center for China-US Cooperation, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

Discussant:
Stéphanie Balme, Director of CERI, Sciences Po

Scientific coordinators : Françoise Mengin and Jean-Louis Rocca