This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s ice-breaking trip to China followed by the signing of the Shanghai Communique. 50 years on, the bilateral relationship is fraught with tensions. The recent breathtaking development in Ukraine is making the strategic competition even more complex with profound implications for the international order. In this extraordinary time, how can we order the future of great power relations into perspective? How will the US-China relations move forward in the context of important political events in both countries? While we look back in history, is “re-icebreaking” between the world’s two largest economies possible in the future?
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On March 3rd, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG)is pleased to host a CCG Global Dialogue program in partnership with the China Conference of Harvard Kennedy School. This dialogue features Dr. Wang Huiyao, founder and president of CCG and Dr. Graham Allison, the founding dean of Harvard Kennedy School who is best known in China for his notion of “Thucydides Trap” in public debates about US-China competition.