9th Student Research Paper Presentation and Lecture on “How Pandemic Shaped China”

ABSTRACT:

The year 2020 has been a challenging year for China. Politically, the leadership of the People’s Republic of China was preparing for the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China in 2021. Economically, China is already positioning itself to surpass the United States as possibly the world’s largest economy. However, the pandemic struck right at the heart of China. In the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the first cases of what is now known as COVID19 were recorded. Eventually, the city was placed on a 76-day lockdown. Elsewhere in the country, lockdowns were imposed one after another. As the pandemic stretched to its third year, the government maintained its dynamic zero-COVID policy. Many have seen this as an impediment to national development. As China faces the “new normal” in the “new era,” what future lies ahead for China? With Xi Jinping moving to his third term and while the country continues to struggle with the effects of the pandemic, how do we expect China to act regionally and globally?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Jan Robert R. Go is an assistant professor of political theory at the Department of Political Science and Associate Dean for Research, Extension, and Publications of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He finished his PhD in Political Theory at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, China. He handles courses on Philippine politics, qualitative methods of inquiry, and Asian and Philippine political theory.

Online registration: https://go.ateneo.edu/CSP-9thStudentPresentation