Most of us, including me, never get to attend seminars at the Aspen Institute. Their seminars pull together some of the world’s leading thought leaders. A recent Aspen Strategy Workshop was held on China. You may download the workshop’s the 169 page book / report without charge.
Here is how the Aspen Institute describes this book:
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"This publication is the outcome of the Aspen Strategy
Group’s summer 2006 workshop, the first session of its kind in which
distinguished Chinese guests joined the ASG membership for an open
exchange of ideas surrounding China’s rise. The publication includes
the revised versions of the 11 papers presented at the meeting as well
as the workshop agenda and ASG Director Kurt Campbell’s scene setter
and concluding observations. Representing a rich range of fields and
perspectives, the authors examine economic and transnational challenges
as well as Chinese soft power, the implications for U.S., regional, and
global security, and the possibilities for cooperation in the critical
years ahead. Contributors include both American as well as Chinese
participants such as Dean of the School of International Studies at
Peking University, Wang Jisi. Their analysis presents varying scenarios
– engagement, coexistence, or heightened tensions in such areas as
trade and military affairs."
