Human rights abuses, trade tensions, internet censorship, suppression of pro-democracy protests, intellectual property disputes. Contentious issues abound when China is in the mix. And China is always in the mix.
On Thursday, May 20 at 5 p.m. the International Affairs Forum welcomes Lingling Wei, senior China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and co-author of Superpower Showdown: How the Battle Between Trump and Xi Threatens a New Cold War (Harper Collins 2020). Economic and political frictions persist post-Trump. Lingling Wei will dive into the nuance of the U.S.-China relationship with her expertise in finance, economics, and trade.
Nathan Payne, executive editor of the Traverse City Record-Eagle, will moderate the discussion. Payne was the 2018–19 Abrams Nieman Fellow for Local Investigative Journalism at Harvard University.
The conversation will be broadcast via Zoom and includes public Q & A.
Join the discussion on May 20. Register here.
All regular season IAF events are open to the public with a suggested donation, and free for students and educators. Explore more at TCIAF.com.