China Shakes the World: A Titan's Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America
James Kynge discusses how China's growth in jobs, raw materials and energy consumption affects the world. The author argues that China's environmental and economic development will have disruptive effects on world trade, capital flows and politics. This event was hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
James Kynge is a journalist and the former bureau chief of the Financial Times in Beijing.
Bio
James Kynge
James Kynge, a journalist in Asia for two decades, is the former bureau chief of the Financial Times in Beijing. Fluent in Mandarin, he has visited every Chinese province and is the recipient of numerous journalism awards. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio.
Jennifer Turner
Coordinator of the China Environment Forum, Environmental Change and Security Project. Expertise in China; environmental and energy policy in Asia; U.S. environmental policy.