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Speaker(s): Lord Adair Turner, Mr. John Hughes, Professor Göran Malmqvist, Professor Athar Hussain, Professor Yu Dan, Professor Zhou Hanmin, Professor Danny Quah and others.

Recorded on 7 February 2015 at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2015 Forum, held at LSE on 7th February 2015 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 27 speakers from mainland China, Europe and the United States. Under the theme of Paths to Modernisation, nine panel sessions considered and discussed a range of topics. Keynote speakers spoke on topics such as China’s current anti-corruption campaigns, prospects for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and the potential impacts of a burgeoning Chinese social media. A further five discussion panels focused on topics which included International Relations, China’s Economy, Soft Power, New Urbanisation, and China’s Social Policy.

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