China Rising: A Conversation with David Kang

NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2008 - What does East Asia have to gain from the rise of China? How much will China's search for energy determine its foreign policy? How vulnerable is the US economy to China? In what ways is China ahead of India? Why have countries in the region accommodated rather than tried to balance China's rise? In this interview presented jointly by Asia Society and Columbia University Press, David Kang, author of China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia, talks to Asia Society's Nermeen Shaikh about these and other issues.

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David C. Kang is a professor in the department of government and an adjunct professor at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He is the author of Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines and, with Victor Cha, Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is a regular media commentator, and has published opinion pieces in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Kang is also a frequent consultant to both multinational corporations and U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, National Intelligence Council, and State Department. China Rising is his most recent book published by Columbia University Press.

Nermeen Shaikh is the Managing Editor of Asia Society Online. Her book The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power has just been published by Columbia University Press. She studied politics at Cambridge University in England and at Queen’s University in Canada.