"The Future of US-China Relations"Sanford S. Elberg Lecture: Institute of International Studies: UC Berkeley
"The Future of US-China Relations"James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, who has been living in China for several years, will analyze the factors driving the China U.S relationship and he will explore the implications of the relationship for the geopolitical environment of the 21st century.
He has written that, "large-scale shifts in economic power have effects beyond the purely economic. Americans need not be hostile toward China’s rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its interaction with China rather than just succumb. So starting now, Americans need to consider the economic, environmental, political, and social goals they care about defending as Chinese influence grows."
Fallows book, Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China is forthcoming in January, 2009.
About the Sanford S. Elberg Lecture in International Studies
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