The 1st Global China Dialogue (GCD I), with the theme ‘The Experience of China’s Modernization from a Comparative Perspective’, was held on 17th December 2014 at the London Capital Club.

Global China Academy (GCA) encourages global and comparative studies on China in the social sciences and humanities, and aims to add to the sum of human knowledge. The Global China Dialogue series are core events in pursuit of these goals.

The inaugural Global China Dialogue explored four questions:

• What is the significance of China’s experiences and lessons from its process of modernization for the other countries in the world?
• How to compare the experiences of modernization between China and other countries in South East Asia, Latin America, or Africa?
• What can Europeans learn from Chinese experience?
• How do the developed countries and developing countries share experiences of modernization and work collaboratively in shaping global society?

The GCDs are a series of events to enhance public understanding of current global affairs and common interests via public dialogue and discussion between Chinese and non-Chinese academics, experts, professionals and practitioners, and interested laypeople, from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Apart from universities, research institutions and professional think tanks, the GCDs foster engagement with governments of different countries, international organizations, media, and publishers. Each event has a small panel of experts, ready to put their point of view and engage in lively, fully interactive debate with all those present, to educate, enlighten and entertain. The GCDs focus on global hot topics and provide a platform for engaging China and the Chinese, to participate in global governance, and to advance the global public good.

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