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Title: Daniel Lynch: China's International Goals for the Olympics, Part 1 of 2 View count: 43 Rating: 0 (0 ratings) Description: Daniel Lynch teaches in the USC School of International Relations and is a member of the USC U.S.-China Institute executive committee. Hes the author of two books, Rising China and Asian Democratization: Socialization to Global Culture (2006) and After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics, and Thought Work (1999). He publishes extensively in academic journals and also in popular publications such as the Far Eastern Economic Review. Lynch is currently researching how Chinese political and intellectual elites expect China will, or should, change in the years leading up to about 2030. He is focusing on five interrelated issue-areas: domestic political processes and institutions; comprehensive national power and its implications for the country's role(s) in world politics; Party-state defense of cultural integrity and national identity under conditions of deepening globalization; development and diffusion of potentially transformative new technologies; and prospects for achieving sustainable development. Prof. Lynch discussed the presentations of Xu Xin, Jeff Wasserstrom, and Shen Dingli. He marked the distinction Chinas government makes between international and global realms, stressing that in electing to embrace the former and not the latter, Chinas authorities are denying the existence of truly universal values. Instead, they push for tolerance of differences among nations, arguing that harmonious interaction is still possible and desirable. Lynch also noted that it is extraordinarily difficult to use big events such as the Olympics to convey set images of a country. Once dispatched, images can be picked up and used by others in various ways. http://china.usc.edu Tags: lynch1, Author: USChinaInstitute |
