How to Respond to China's Rise?

China’s rise is transforming the world. Among the most significant consequences of the country’s dramatic growth in wealth and power is the way it is unsettling Asia’s balance of power. How should the world respond to an increasingly powerful, wealthy and ambitious China? Should Washington try to retain the status quo in Asia, should it contest China's bid for influence or retreat, ceding the region as a whole to this authoritarian behemoth? How the US responds to China will be among the most important decisions it makes and will have consequences across the world. SPEAKERS: Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University Linda Jakobson, Founding Director of China Matters Nick Bisley, Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of Politics at La Trobe University John Fitzgerald, President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities An event held by the Ideas and Society Program and La Trobe Asia