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Executive Summary and Recommendations

INTRODUCTION

SESSION 1: China's Economic Prospects
        Nicholas Lardy and Kevin Nealer

SESSION 2: The Political System
Harry Harding and Doug Paal

SESSION 3: Strategic Perspectives
        James Lilley and Richard Solomon

SESSION 4: Defense Policy and Posture I
         Richard Fisher and Paul H. B. Godwin

SESSION 5: Defense Policy and Posture II
         John Culver and Michael Pillsbury

SESSION 6: Nuclear Issues
         Michael Nacht and Tom Woodrow

SESSION 7: Taiwan and the South China Sea 
         Ralph Clough and Scott Snyder

SESSION 8: Russia and China
Sherman Garnett and Thomas Robinson

SESSION 9: Northeast Asia
         Bonnie Glaser and Ronald N. Montaperto

SESSION 10: An Interest-Based China Policy
         Chas. W. Freeman, Jr.