Clip: Susan Shirk on Chinese President Xi Jinping

Speakers discuss the proposed amendment to China’s constitution to eliminate presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in power indefinitely, and the implications for China’s domestic politics and its relationship with the United States.

Speakers
Elizabeth C. Economy
C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

Michael Forsythe
Reporter and Former Hong Kong Correspondent, New York Times

Susan L. Shirk
Chair of the 21st Century China Center, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (via videoconference)

Presider
Tim Ferguson
Editor, Forbes Asia

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