Monday 16 May
Portico Rooms, Somerset House
19.00-20.30
Tickets £10, Concessions £8 (students, seniors, ES40 holders)
Price includes glass of wine
Members of the panel will question China's position as the next superpower by measuring the country's economic strength in relation to its cultural influence and domestic affairs policies. As the recent arrest of Ai Weiwei and other artists and activists highlights, can a country that eschews free speech produce world changing art?
Speakers:
Dr Katie Hill – Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Art University of Westminster
Mark Leonard - Author of What Does China Think?
Martin Davidson - Chief Executive of the British Council
Dr Ralph Parfect - King's China Institute