March 1, 2016 • 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST

>Please join us for a discussion on China’s initiative to promote Internet sovereignty as a key governing concept of the global Internet. China has stepped up its efforts over the past year, most recently during the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen. If successful, this initiative could have wide consequences for not only the Internet, but also for a wide range of industries, the media, and information accessibility.

Featuring: 

James A. Lewis

Director of the Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS

Xiao Qiang

Adjunct Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, China Digital Times 

Amy Chang

Staff Director, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific,

Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives

John Lenhart

Director of Global Policy,

Information Technology Industry Council

Moderated by:

Scott Kennedy

Deputy Director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies

and Director of the Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, CSIS

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Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics