Smart Power China Trip | Photo Diary

In late May, PCR Project Co-Director Rick Barton headed to the PRC to look at Chinese society through the lens of CSIS’s Smart Power project. For two weeks, Rick, his wife, and Freeman Chair in China Studies Research Associate Xiaoqing Lu – a dear friend of the PCR Project – traveled around the country talking with government officials, academics, students, entrepreneurs, and journalists. With stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Nanning, and Hong Kong, the main goal of the trip was to gather information on China’s approach to its growing role in the international system. Below is a sampling of photos taken: