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SUMMARY:China–US Relations in the 21st Century
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DESCRIPTION:This four-part series examines the evolving relationship betwe
 en China and the United States in the twenty-first century. Drawing on pol
 itical science\, history\, and policy analysis\, Dr Ford explores the stra
 tegic\, economic\, and ideological dimensions of one of the defining inter
 national relationships of our time.\n\nThe Pharos Monday Lectures for Summ
 er 2026\n\nMay 18: An Imperial Baseline: The Conceptual Terrain of Ancient
  Sinocentrism\n\nIn this lecture\, Dr. Ford will discuss the pre-modern co
 nceptual and historical scene leading up to the 19thCentury’s epochal en
 counter between the Chinese imperial world and worldview and those of the 
 Western powers\, drawing out key themes in ancient Chinese culture\, gover
 nance\, and self-perception.\n\nMay 25: The Qing and the Western “Other
 ”\n\nThis lecture will discuss the challenges that emerged and struggles
  that developed as the ancient Chinese conceptual world collided with that
  of Industrial Revolution-era Western modernity in the late years of the Q
 ing Dynasty\, at a time in which the Qing was in a period of decline while
  the European powers (and soon also a modernizing Japan) were in the full 
 flush of an era of dynamic growth and expansion.\n\nJune 1: Mao and Modern
 ity\n\nThis lecture brings Dr Ford’s account of the conceptual and civil
 izational clash between the Chinese and Western worldviews into the mid-20
 th Century\, exploring continuities and novelties these dynamics displayed
  in the early years of the People’s Republic under Mao Zedong during its
  early industrialization\, the Great Leap Forward\, and the period leading
  up to and including the Sino-Soviet split.\n\nJune 8: Chinese Power and t
 he World’s Future\n\nDr Ford’s final lecture in this series will explo
 re China’s post-Maoist period of “reform and opening\,” and its ambi
 tious campaign to cultivate growth\, prosperity\, and “Comprehensive Nat
 ional Power” in service of a grand strategy of “return” or “nation
 al rejuvenation” in the years from Deng Xiaoping’s ascendancy to the r
 evived one-man rule of Xi Jinping today. He will also attempt to draw out 
 some of the implications of this sweep of events for present-day strategic
  competition and the future of international order.
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LOCATION:New College\, Holywell Street Oxford
SPEAKER:Dr Christopher A Ford
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