Once the most inexorable trend of our era, globalization has been buffeted by recent developments — most notably Brexit and the election of President Trump — shocking the world with the speed and severity of backlash against it. In the midst of modernity’s breakneck technological developments, how did such intense anti-globalization forces boil over on a global scale? Is this the end of globalization as we know it? What are the implications for our deeply-held assumptions, societal values, economic structures, and geopolitics?

Join us for a discussion of these questions with panelists and audience members in the seventh 725 Salon.

NOTE:

• Admission is free, but RSVP confirmation is required for attendance. For RSVP, please send an email to [email protected] by June 9th.
• This program will be in Mandarin Chinese — concurrent English translation is unavailable.

SPEAKERS

Wu Guoguang is Professor of Political Science, Professor of History, and Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the University of Victoria, Canada. Wu received fellowship appointments at Harvard University and Columbia University, before earning a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University. His main research interests are in political institutions of China and its transformation in comparative perspectives, and political economy of capitalism and its globalization.

Jiayang Fan is a staff writer for the New Yorker, where she writes about China, U.S.-China relations, and culture. Jiayang is a graduate of Williams College, where she studied philosophy and English literature, and lived in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar.

Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society, is a long-time China observer, journalist, and former Dean and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Schell holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (ABD) from the University of California, Berkeley.

Bin Ouyang (moderator) is Associate Director of the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations, and founder of the U.S.-China Dialogue. Previously, Ouyang worked as senior editorial staff for Chinese and international media. He received his B.A. from the China Youth University for Political Sciences and M.A. from Harvard University. He was Harvard-Yenching Fellow and Asia Society Arthur Ross Fellow.