The China Paradox

How can we explain China's totally unanticipated emergence over the last four decades? Why were old dogmas discarded and foreign ideas embraced? What lies behind these changes which have set free the nation's pent up energy? How have world class Chinese firms risen from the rubble of the disastrous Maoist model? Are we now witnessing backsliding which could put the bold experiment at risk? In The China Paradox, At the Front Line of Economic Transformation, business strategist and China historian Paul Clifford uses examples from his career in China to lay bare the complex and painful process of economic reform which produced the delicate balance of forces, the China paradox, at the heart of China's success. He poses the question of whether, without further reform, China's political governance could become increasingly out of kilter with the nation's goal of moving up the ladder towards a knowledge economy.

Venue: Pistacchio

1/F, 378 Wukang Lu, near Tai'an Lu

Time: Wednesday, July 18, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

(doors open at 12)

Admission: FCC Members: 100 RMB; Non-Members: 150 RMB.

Price includes a two-course lunch set