Themes

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A. Technology

In the past ten years, we have witnessed a drastic transformation in China’s technological landscapes. The expansion of its Internet and Communication Technology industry, the recent evolution of its fin-tech industry, and the ongoing economic restructuring favoring tech entrepreneurship and cities like Shenzhen all make technology a focal point in the conversation surrounding China today.

  1. With the rise of new-age tech giants and cryptocurrencies in China and the economic orientation toward techno-communications and financial technology, how will China impact the future and challenge the leading technology-oriented economies?

  2. How will China’s economic restructuring in the fields of fin-tech and high-tech impact the country’s economic and technological position and the region’s geoeconomic structures?

  3. How is China’s recent technological developments impacted by its relations with other countries? And by global competition in IT? 

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B. Environment and Renewable Energy

China has become the biggest investor in renewables in the world as it overtook the U.S. in its carbon emissions. Sustainability has also become the key guiding principle for governance, as seen in the Chinese Communist Party’s official plans. Xi Jinping has pledged that China would go carbon neutral by 2060 and be at the forefront of the global transformation towards sustainability.

  1. How will China impact and lead the future of sustainable growth and development? 

  2. How is China’s environmental leadership going to shape the response to global climate crises?

  3. How will China’s interactions with other countries and transnational organizations impact its energy and climate policies?

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C. Global Governance and Collaboration

It is without question today that China has risen to become one of the biggest actors in the international arena. Its tensions with competing superpowers, its extensions in global collaboration, and its active engagement in global governance has radical implications for the current landscape of international relations.

  1. How will China’s rise in the global economy and its overtaking the U.S. affect the post-Covid recovery? And how will vaccine diplomacy shape the world?

  2. In what ways can China lead transnational collaborations in fields such as trade and economy, education, and healthcare? 

  3. How will the current international liberal order and mode of global governance impact China’s future goals and actions?