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Abstract  

In recent times, China’s rise has been interpreted and re-visited by scholars and strategists across the globe. While China’s rise is appreciated economically, the political and strategic dimensions have been unevenly interpreted. It’s a fact that China’s rise was a unique phenomenon at the end of the last millennium but the rise of China still dominates literature of all sorts. The rise of China and its perception towards the world architecture has been of tremendous interest in and out of Asia. U.S and India are the two important states which aspire to cooperate and deal with China whenever there is an opportunity. The leadership change in China and India also raised new levels of cooperation between India and China at the same time U.S.’ growing interest in South Asia has been on the rise. Against this backdrop, it is essential to discuss China’s rise and the perceptions among India and U.S. towards each other.

About the Speaker

Ni Shixiong, professor of international relations, is former Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University and former director, the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He did postdoctoral research at Harvard University (1980-1981); has made about 40 visits to the U.S.A. since then, attending conferences and lecturing at different universities there. During his visits, he met with many important figures such as Admiral Thomas Fargo (Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet), General Brent Scowcroft, Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Breezinski. In the past 20 years, he has also made frequent academic trips to some other counties (the U.K., Canada, Russia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden) and regions (Hong Kong and Taiwan).

Professor Ni’s publications include Selected Readings on American School of Thought in International Relations; Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Western Strategies; Reflection of the Century’s Winds: Contemporary International Relations; International Human Rights; War and Morality: The Rise of Nuclear Ethics; From Normalization to Renormalization: 20 Years of Sino-U.S. Relations; American Studies Series and Contemporary Western Theories in International Relations. In addition, he has published over 150 papers and article on international relations.

Professor Ni is the Director of Shanghai Shixiong International Relation Communication Center, Vice President of Chinese Association of American Studies.