{"id":6141,"date":"2022-12-20T17:49:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:08:00","slug":"editors-note-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2022\/china-currents\/21-4\/editors-note-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This multimedia issue follows a format initiated early this year when we engaged three leading scholars in discussing China\u2019s reaction to the invasion of Ukraine. In this issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2022\/china_currents\/21-4\/the-20th-congress-of-the-chinese-communist-party-sea-change-or-much-ado-about-nothing\/\">Dr. Andy Wedeman<\/a>, Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, focuses on Chinese internal politics; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2022\/china_currents\/21-4\/the-centrality-of-the-u-s-in-chinas-quest-for-modernization-assessing-chinas-u-s-policy-after-the-20th-party-congress\/\">Dr. Yawei Liu<\/a>, Special Advisor on China at The Carter Center, offers his perspective on U.S.-China relations; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2022\/news\/tiananmen-squared-doubling-down-on-taiwans-status-quo\/\">Dr. John Givens<\/a>, Associate Professor of International Studies at Spelman College focuses on Taiwan and China. We offer essays from each of the scholars and a video recording of a panel discussion moderated by me featuring the three scholars on December 14, 2022. 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