Can technology solve all of Xi’s problems?
Can technology solve all of Xi’s problems?
Speaker
Yanmei Xie (RAND China Research Center and Mercator Institute for China Studies)
Date and Time
March 10, 2026, 4.15 pm - 5.45 pm
Venue
Zürichbergstrasse 4, CH-8032 Zurich, Room ZUB-4-416
Abstract
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is betting that indigenous in-novation will reaccelerate China’s growth, consolidate China’s industrial dominance, defeat technological containment by the U.S., and even overcome the coun-try’s demographic drag. Can he succeed? What are the upside and downside risks to this strategy?
Organization: Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies - Chinese Studies