Author Series: Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Author Series:  Jeffrey Wasserstrom

China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Respected academic and author Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom will join the World Affairs Council - Washington, DC to speak on his new book about China’s global role in the 21st century. A professor of history at the University of Californa, Irvine, Wasserstrom is a regular contributor to scholarly journals and various general interest periodicals. Wasserstrom earned his BA in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz, before earning a MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard and his PhD in History at University of California, Berkley. Throughout his career Wasserstrom’s studies and expertise has focused on China, Urban Culture, Protest, Gender, Globalization & Social Movements. Professor Wasserstrom is the author of four titles, including his latest, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know.

“...In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions regarding the newest superpower and offers a framework for understanding its meteoric rise...He also explains unique aspects of Chinese culture such as the one-child policy, and provides insight into how Chinese view Americans.Wasserstrom reveals that China today shares many traits with other industrialized nations during their periods of development, in particular the United States during its rapid industrialization in the 19th century. Finally, he provides guidance on the ways we can expect China to act in the futurevis-a-vis the United States, Russia, India, and its East Asian neighbors.”
- Borders

Wednesday, May 12, 2010
6:30-8:00PM

Merrill Lynch
1250 K Street, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

For more information contact The World Affairs Council, 202-293-1051