The Forever Lockdown—COVID 19 and the Closing of China

CFR scholars and experts from think tanks and academia examine China’s domestic transformation and how the country’s demographic trends, COVID policies, and economic prowess have affected its rise and sustainability as a global power.

Speakers
Yanzhong Huang
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

Daniel Mattingly
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University; Author, The Art of Political Control in China

Yun Sun
Senior Fellow, Codirector of the East Asia Program, and Director of the China Program, Stimson Center

Presider
Ian Lipkin
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Center for Solutions for ME/CFS, Columbia University


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