China's Future Sixth Generation Leaders - Willy Lam in Taiwan

Professor Willy Lam delivered a presentation for members of the European Chamber in Taipei (ECCT), titled "Looking Over The Horizon: China's Future Sixth Generation Leaders". The presentation was organized by ECCT's Greater China Committee, chaired by Pamir partner Nicholas V. Chen.

Professor Lam discussed the personalities, backgrounds and motivations of China's new fifth-generation leaders, expected to take over in 2012, as well as the younger, more confident sixth generation cadres in their forties, who recently rose to provincial leadership posts. He also discussed how future generations of Chinese leadership might change the perspectives, policies and implementation of China’s international relations, domestic policy and cross-Strait relations.

Professor Lam also attended a dinner and round table discussion organized by the "Society of Orpheus and Bacchus".

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About the Speaker

Willy Lam is a Hong Kong-based China specialist with more than 30 years of experience analyzing and writing about Chinese politics, foreign and military affairs, and China-Taiwan relations. He was based in Beijing from 1986 to 1989, and has held senior editorial positions with regional and international media including Asiaweek, South China Morning Post, and the Asia-Pacific Office of CNN. Willy Wo Lap Lam is a Professor of Global Studies at Akita International University, Japan; and an Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lam is the author of five books about China, including “China after Deng Xiaoping,” “The Era of Jiang Zemin,” and “Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges.”  Dr. Lam holds degrees, including a doctorate in political economy, from the University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University, and the University of Minnesota. He has been awarded visiting fellowships by Columbia University, Murdoch University (Australia) and other academic institutions. Dr. Lam speaks English, Chinese, French and Japanese.

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