This open access book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on the rise of China, from evolving geopolitics, world economy, US-China relations, and EU-China relations, to major global issues like climate change, global governance and the emerging of Global South in policy development.The fifty-one dialogues contained in this book are transcripts from the “CCG Global Dialogues” of online discussions hosted by the CCG President Henry Huiyao Wang in conversation with Global opinion leaders from renowned scholars of international relations, economics, and history, to journalists, policymakers, and business leaders.The speakers featured in this book are Graham Allison, Paige Alexander, Fred Bergsten, Kerry Brown, Neil Bush, Barry Buzan, Kent E. Calder, Ronnie Chan, Ray Dalio, Niall Ferguson, David Firestein, Arancha Gonzalez, Richard Haass, John Hamre, Wolfgang Ischinger, William Kirby, David Lampton, Pascal Lamy, Leslie Maasdorp, Liu Yawei, Kishore Mahbubani, Aaditya Mattoo, Joseph Nye, Lord Jim O'Neill, Douglas Paal, Henry Paulson, Noah Pickus, Stephen Roach, Anthony Saich, Lawrence H. Summers, Susan Thornton, Justin Vaisse, Martin Wolf and Wang Shi.These wide-ranging discussions offer unique insights and perspectives on key trends shaping our world in the 21st century, China’s relations with the world, the global challenges we face and ways in which we can salvage multilateralism and reform global governance, while also touching on new trends and tensions in geopolitics, as well as the evolving issues on China and globalization, the world economic outlook and transnational threats, and how the various actors to play a positive role in promoting peace and prosperity in the post-pandemic era.
