Is China really the economic powerhouse that some describe? How serious are China's structural weaknesses? What role will foreign investment and foreign multinational corporations play in the Chinese economy in ten years? How will burgeoning demand for energy, raw materials, and other natural resources shape Chinese policy towards Asia? Will China rely primarily on global markets, exclusive bilateral deals, or direct control to get the inputs its economy needs? What incentives or pressures will China use to persuade Asian countries to supply it with resources?

Please join AEI and the National Defense University for the inaugural session in a series of seminars to discuss these and other questions relating to the growth of Chinese power and influence in Asia. Claude Barfield of AEI and Ellen Frost of NDU will moderate a discussion on the question, "How Sustainable is China's Economic Growth?"