Summary: <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Only 35 years ago a predominantly peasant economy, China has become the largest trading nation in the world. It is also remarkable that China has relinquished its status as environmental pariah to become a critic of the US president’s rejection of the Paris climate accords. Only recently a communist outsider, China is now a capitalist powerbroker, most notably in dealing with the challenge of North Korea. Can there be a peaceful adjustment of the West’s global domination to accommodate the rise of the new Eastern superpower? Is the demise of the West exaggerated? Is there a serious risk of military conflict?</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">JONATHAN FENBY</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">author, Will China Dominate the 21st Century? managing partner, TS Lombard</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ALAN HUDSON</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">visiting professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University; director, programmes in leadership and public policy, University of Oxford</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DR CHUN-YI LEE</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">assistant professor, The School of Politics and International Relations; director, Taiwan Studies Programme</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DR LINDA YUEH</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">economist, broadcaster and author; adjunct professor of economics, London Business School</span></p>
