Cross Strait Relations after the 20th Party Congress

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping likely to serve a third term as General Secretary of the CCP after next fall's 20th Party Congress, critical questions remain about how his growing political power will impact Chinese foreign policy. Most critically, what changes might Xi bring to Cross-Strait relations? Will he operationalize an escalated timeline for "reunification"? How will growing tensions in the bilateral relationship with the United States affect China's strategy on Taiwan? To explore these questions, please join CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette for a discussion featuring Kathrin Hille, Greater China Correspondent at the Financial Times, Ryan Hass, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, and Bonny Lin, a senior fellow for Asian security and director of the China Power Project at CSIS.

This event was made possible by the generous support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO).

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