• Study Group on Governance in China

  Chair:	Arnold Kanter
  Staff:	Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies

  October 1, 1998 - April 1, 1999

  To date there has been no examination of the implications and opportunities involved in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) political transition for either the success of China’s economic reform program or overall U.S. interests. The foreign policy community in the United States needs a more complete picture of the evolving social and political dynamics that will ultimately shape the China that emerges in the 21st century. This group filled in this gap by examining the political reforms underway in the PRC, their implications for the success of economic reforms, and the opportunities for U.S. actors (government, business, and NGOs) to influence this process. Topics explored included: grassroots democracy, center-provincial relations, the evolution of the rule of law, the People’s Liberation Army and nationalism, and the rise of the entrepreneurial and middle classes. Elizabeth Economy’s analysis from the study group proceedings was the foundation for an article, titled "Reforming China," that was published in the journal Survival (Autumn 1999).

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Study Group on Governance in China (Atlanta)

  National Program Meeting

  
  March 30, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Commentator:	Kenneth A. Cutshaw
  Panelists:	Mary Brown Bullock
  	Walter Massey
  Speaker:	Elizabeth C. Economy, Fellow, China Studies and Deputy Director, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

  Elizabeth Economy will present her preliminary findings from the Council study group on the interplay between the political and economic reforms underway in China and her analysis of what this means for the future of the People’s Republic of China and Sino-American relations.

  Location: Agnes Scott College, Decatur

   

  Study Group on Governance in China (Los Angeles)

  National Program Meeting

  
  March 23, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Commentators:	Yong Wang
  	Stanley Rosen
  Panelist:	B. Boyd Hight
  Speaker:	Elizabeth C. Economy, Fellow, China Studies, and Deputy Director, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

  This study group will examine the implications for U.S. interests of the changing interplay between China’s political and economic reforms focusing on such topics as grass roots democracy, center-provincial relations, the rule of law, and SOE and banking reform.

  Dr. Economy’s most recent book is China Joins the World: Progress and Prospects.

   

  Study Group on Governance in China (Chicago)

  National Program Meeting

  
  March 15, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Commentator:	Dali Yang
  Panelist:	Stephen J. Del
  Speaker:	Elizabeth C. Economy, Fellow, China Studies, and Deputy Director, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

  This study group will examine the implications for U.S. interests of the changing interplay between China’s political and economic reforms focusing on such topics as grass roots democracy, center-provincial relations, the rule of law, and SOE and banking reform.

  Dr. Economy’s most recent book is China Joins the World: Progress and Prospects.

   

  The Realpolitik of China's Elite

  Study Group Meeting

  
  February 18, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Elizabeth C. Economy
  Panelist:	Arnold Kanter
  Speaker:	Michel Oksenberg

   

  Central-Provincial-Local Relations: The Nature of State Control

  Study Group Meeting

  
  February 10, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Arnold Kanter
  Speakers:	Robert A. Pastor, Emory University
  	Yasheng Huang, Harvard University

   

  Reforming the Legal System

  Study Group Meeting

  
  January 21, 1999

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Elizabeth C. Economy
  Panelist:	Arnold Kanter
  Speakers:	Jerome A. Cohen, International Labor Rights Fund
  	Bama Athreya

   

  Reforming the State Economy: SOEs and Banks

  Study Group Meeting

  
  December 3, 1998

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Elizabeth C. Economy
  Panelist:	Arnold Kanter
  Speakers:	Nicholas R. Lardy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  	Edward S. Steinfeld

   

  Making the State Work: The Challenge of Bureaucratic and PLA Reform

  Study Group Meeting

  
  November 12, 1998

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Elizabeth C. Economy
  Panelist:	Arnold Kanter
  Speakers:	James Mulvenon, RAND Corporation
  	Thomas Pixley, Pacific Rim Resources, Inc.

   

  The Chinese State in Transition: Reform of the Chinese Communist Party

  Study Group Meeting

  
  October 20, 1998

  Related Project: Study Group on Governance in China

  Presider:	Elizabeth C. Economy
  Panelist:	Arnold Kanter
  Speaker:	Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University

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