On Equal Terms: Redefining China’s Relationship with America and the West:
A Discussion with author Paul Cheng, WG'61
Thursday, March 15, 2012
You and a guest are invited to join the Wharton Club of Northern California and Wharton |
San Francisco for a discussion featuring Paul Cheng, WG’61, author of
On Equal Terms: Redefining China’s Relationship with America and the West.
From the inside flap:
On Equal Terms includes ten powerful chapters on the extraordinary changes taking place in China and China’s relationship with America and the West. In this book, Cheng tackles important issues including:
- How China’s state-capitalist model of governance affects the world
- Why history affects China’s behavior in foreign policy
- How China has emerged as an economic world power
- Why products are not made but assembled in China
- That China is not one big market but many markets
- That China is greener than you think
- Why China is not just copying but is also motivating
- China’s increasing influence in soft power
Cheng also discusses the essential and sometimes mysterious worlds of “Guanxi” and “Mianzi” – the notions of giving, saving and preserving “face” in business and cultural relationships. As Cheng says, “If you don’t understand how these work, you won’t understand China and the Chinese people.”
China and America need to cooperate in order to solve the major problems of the world. As Cheng devotes more and more of his time to serving on boards and consulting for universities and East-West organizations, he hopes On Equal T
erms will help promote a dialogue of mutual trust between the two countries that have nurtured his extraordinary life and career.
Register Online Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM – Registration and Welcome Reception (drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided; 7:00 PM – Paul Cheng Discussion; 8:30 PM – Session concludes and guests are encouraged to continue socializing (drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided); 9:00 PM – Event Concludes
Location: Wharton |
San Francisco Campus,
2 Harrison Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA
Cost: No charge, however,
registration is required in advance by March 13 For more information, contact Allison Grant at +1 415.267.6331 or
agrant@wharton.upenn.edu.
