The Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit (CLS) is an annual student conference that brings together distinguished student leaders and eminent individuals in the fields of academia, politics and business to examine the rise of
China.[1]
In 2012, the Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit established a working relationship with
Wuhan University and sponsored
Wuhan students to attend the second annual Summit. The partnership arose out of Duke University's partnership with
Wuhan University and the city of
Kunshan on
Duke Kunshan University (DKU).[3] It was at the 2012 CLS that the managing director of DKU Nora Bynum announced that DKU programs will start in 2013, one year later than anticipated.[4] CLS 2012 received sponsorship from the prestigious Kenan-Biddle Grant[5] and was able to offer admission to non Duke and UNC Students.[6]
Quan Jing, Minister of the
Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., former Deputy Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and the Director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University.
Jenny Chan, Departmental Lecturer in the Sociology of China at Oxford University and Advisor to Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM).
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum at
CSIS.
Denis Simon, former Executive Vice Chancellor at Duke Kunshan University.
Taisu Zhang, Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Jonathan Woetzel, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute.
Deborah Bräutigam, Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the International Development Program (IDEV), and the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).