China is now the world’s second economy, poised to overtake the US. Professor Shujie Yao and Dr Zhengxu Wang from the Contemporary Chinese Department of The University of Nottingham will discuss the “Chinese Century” – a period when economic transformation has had profound internal – and world wide effects.  Professor Shujie Yao is Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and Professor of Economics and Chinese Sustainable Development at The University of Nottingham. He was recently ranked among the world’s top ten China scholars. Dr Wang is the Acting Director of the China Policy Institute at The University of Nottingham. His research area is Chinese political reform and democratic change