SDF

Visionaries :
 - PAN Zhenqiang [Senior Advisory Member, China Reform Forum]
 - Jae-Ho Chung [Director, Institute for China Studies, Seoul National University]
 - KOKUBUN Ryosei [Dean & Professor of Faculty of Law & Politics, Keio University]
 - Alan D. ROMBERG [Distinguished Fellow & Director, East Asia Program, The Henry L. Stimson Center]
 - ZHANG Yunling [Academy Member, Director of International Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science]

Symposiarch :
 - Chung-In Moon [Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University / Editor-in-Chief, Global Asia]

With the wild success of the Chinese economic growth model, Deng Xiaoping has been proven genuinely right in saying, "It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice."
Proudly displaying the inventions of its glorious past - paper, movable type printing, the compass, gunpowder, etc. - at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China clearly has its sights set on recapturing its greatness, and not just in terms of economic or military might, but also in terms of the soft or cultural power.
Just as its formidable 1.3 billion population demonstrates, a de facto G2 (Group of 2) seems an inevitability. But is a G1 also a matter of time for this fledgling superpower?
How will ‘the China factor’ change the big picture of the global community and what does the ‘age of China’ imply for other countries? Are we blinded in any way by this new superpower and what caveats (if any) should we watch out for?