Jointly organized by Claremont McKenna College and
University of Oxford China Centre

8:50‒9:00 Welcome Remarks by Rana Mitter and Minxin Pei

9:00‒9:45 Opening Keynote by Lucan Way, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto

9:45‒11:00 Panel: ‘Reflections on the Resilience and Fragilities of the Chinese Communist Party Rule since Tiananmen’

Patricia Thornton (Oxford); Rana Mitter (Oxford)

11:15‒12:30 ‘How Dictatorships Survive and Fall: Three Comparative Perspectives’

Rod Camp (Claremont McKenna) on Mexico; Hilary Appel (Claremont McKenna) on the Soviet Union; Hicham Bou Nassif (Carlton College) on lessons from the Arab Spring

12:30-1:15 Lunch

1.15: Keynote conversation: James Kynge (Financial Times, author of China Shakes the World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation) in conversation: ‘The Complexities of the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Political and Economic Embrace’

2:15-3:30 ‘Looking at Future of China: Durability and Risks of Xi Jinping’s New Order’

Minxin Pei (Claremont McKenna); Matthew Erie (Oxford)

3:15-4:30 ‘The International Environment and the Future of One-Party Rule in China’

Aseema Sinha (Claremont McKenna) on India and China; Paul Irwin Crookes (Oxford) and John Farnell (Oxford) on China and the EU

Immediately followed by a drinks reception – all welcome!