Becoming a Global Citizen: Chinese Foreign Policy

Discussions on International Issues

Chinese Foreign Policy: Playing the Role of Strategic Competitor to the US: The purpose of this talk is to help the general audience understand China's ambitions and goals in the contemporary era, the US's response, and a few highly contentious issues likely to trigger armed conflict in the near future. The focus will be on politics and security. Dr. Wei will give an overview of China's grand strategy since Xi Jinping's presidency, from 2013 to the present. This will be followed by a brief discussion of the US's response. After that, there will be a short introduction to the most contentious issues in US-China relations. The talk concludes with a prediction about China's future moves. 

Becoming a Global Citizen is a program series dedicated to educating the public and encouraging discussions about foreign affairs. These programs will be on the first Sunday of every month at 2:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room at the Sharon Forks Library. Each program will consist of 45 minutes of presentation by a University of North Georgia professor followed by 45 minutes of a roundtable discussion on the topic of the month.

This program is intended for adults and high school students.
   

This month's topic is Chinese Foreign Policy: Playing the Role of Strategic Competitor to the US, presented by Dr. Laurel Wei, an Assistant Professor who has been a member of the UNG faculty since 2018. A native of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, she received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati in 2017. An affiliate faculty member of East Asian Studies, she shares her expertise with students in our undergraduate programs and with graduate students in our Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA) program. Her research and teaching focus includes the international relations of East Asia, the international political economy of East Asia, and Chinese domestic and foreign policy. She has taught a variety of introductory and upper-level undergraduate courses, such as global issues, comparative government, East Asian political systems, and Chinese politics.

Upcoming Topics for Becoming a Global Citizen:

September 10: Russian Foreign Policy: Russia's Changing Relationship with the World

October 8: Soft Power in Latin America

November 12: State Fragility

December 3: Fallout from the Conflict in Ukraine

This program is in partnership with the University of North Georgia's Department of Political Science and International Affairs.

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