Chinese Politics Under Xi Jinping with Professor Akio Takahara
21
May 2024
Copenhagen
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Akio Takahara
Under Xi Jinping, Chinese politics has become more authoritarian and centralized around one person. Xi Jinping has abolished many of the policies introduced by Deng Xiaoping, including term-limits and age criteria for holding leading positions. He has also abolished Deng’s policy of the separation of Party and government resulting in the CCP taking over state functions and solidifying its presence in all companies and organizations. Externally Xi Jinping has pursued a more aggressive foreign policy in an attempt to push back US influence in the East Asian region as well as globally.
The lecture
Japan’s foremost China-scholar, Professor Akio Takahara will deliver a lecture discussing these issues. The lecture will be followed by comments from Professor Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, CBS.
Professor Takahara is former Professor at the Graduate School of Law and Politics and former Dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy at The University of Tokyo. He is also former Director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Institute for Peace and Development. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Tokyo Woman’s Christian University. His many publications include Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era.
About the speakers
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Political scientist specializing in China’s political economy and the organizational evolution of CCP-led governance
Akio Takahara
former professor and dean at University of Tokyo, former director of the research institute of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and currently a distinguished visitng professor at Tokyo’s Christian Women University