Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was recently interviewed on current U.S.-China relations by the Beijing Review, China's only English weekly news magazine. The interview was conducted prior to President Bush's trip to China and meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Interviewed with Li were Stephen Roach, Chief Economist and Director of global economic analysis at Morgan Stanley, and James Dorn, China specialist and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Cato Institute.
Among the topics discussed in the interview were the U.S. trade deficit with China, the complexities of their relationship, currency issues between the two and the future challenges the global powers may encounter. Li weighed in on many of these issues, giving both the U.S. and Chinese perspectives on each topic, mentioning several times the idea that the U.S. wants China to become more of a "responsible stakeholder." From the U.S. perspective he says, "China should be more sensitive toward the major challenges that the world faces, including the need to restrain [the use of] nuclear weapons and WMD, more environmental and ecological concern, more efficient use of energy, respect for intellectual property rights, regional stability in the Asia-Pacific and, of course, more active participation in anti-terrorism cooperation…China, as a growing economic power, could and should do much more."
Read the Beijing Review's interview with Cheng Li and the other experts in its entirety.
Li was also interviewed and quoted this week by the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English language newspaper, this week on the issue of possible change in Shanghai's leadership.
Among the topics discussed in the interview were the U.S. trade deficit with China, the complexities of their relationship, currency issues between the two and the future challenges the global powers may encounter. Li weighed in on many of these issues, giving both the U.S. and Chinese perspectives on each topic, mentioning several times the idea that the U.S. wants China to become more of a "responsible stakeholder." From the U.S. perspective he says, "China should be more sensitive toward the major challenges that the world faces, including the need to restrain [the use of] nuclear weapons and WMD, more environmental and ecological concern, more efficient use of energy, respect for intellectual property rights, regional stability in the Asia-Pacific and, of course, more active participation in anti-terrorism cooperation…China, as a growing economic power, could and should do much more."
Read the Beijing Review's interview with Cheng Li and the other experts in its entirety.
Li was also interviewed and quoted this week by the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's English language newspaper, this week on the issue of possible change in Shanghai's leadership.
