Event Date:
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Event Location:
- HSSB 4080
CHINA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:
A DIALOGUE
Prof. Benjamin Cohen, Political Science, UCSB
Prof. Lijuan Zhang, School of Economics, Shandong University, China
In the past three decades, the world has come to realize the increasing importance of the
Chinese economy, its manufacturing and its overseas investments, to the global
economy. Recently, factors such as the slowing of Chinese economy, the Chinese stock
market tumble, and the de-valuation of the Chinese currency combined to send shudders
throughout the global economy. Wherein lies China’s influence on the global economy,
and what does the world expect and hope for from China?
Benjamin Cohen is Professor of International Political Economy. His latest book,
Currency Power: Understanding Monetary Rivalry (2015) was named Globalization
Book of the Year by the Capital Ebbs and Flows Blog. Lijuan Zhang is Professor of
Economics, specializing in International Trade Negotiations and Commercial
Diplomacy and in U.S.-China Trade Relations. She was Fulbright Scholar and adjunct
Professor at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and Research Fellow at
Harvard University.
Sponsored by the UCSB Confucius Institute
November 3, 2015 - 2:56pm