To understand the impetus for launching the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), look no further than China’s concern that the governance structure of existing international financial institutions was evolving too slowly. David Dollar explains lessons for the AIIB from the World Bank.
Douglas Elliott, Arthur Kroeber and Yu Qiao address shadow banking in China, discussing its history, its recent rapid growth, the risks the system carries and possibilities for regulation and reform.
The prospect of a lasting U.S.-China security rivalry preoccupies policymakers and scholars alike. Professor Lyle Goldstein of the U.S. Naval War College will be discussing his major new volume on limiting the potential for such a rivalry and enabling a more cooperative future.
Martin Indyk, Executive Vice President at the Brookings Institution, LI Yang, Vice President at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Fu Ying, Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress and others convened at the Brookings-Tsinghua Center to discuss China's path to developing world-class think tanks.
On April 13, 2015, the John L. Thornton China Center hosted a roundtable discussion with Ji Bingxuan, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), and Madame Fu Ying, Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC. The discussion focused on the upcoming visit by President Xi Jinping to the U.S. and the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The John L. Thornton China Center develops timely, independent analysis and policy recommendations to help U.S. and Chinese leaders address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.
