Gordon G. Chang - September 2021

Internationally recognized author and expert on China

September 14, 2021 | 7:00 pm PDT

China's Existential Challenge: What We Must Do to Defend America

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Gordon G. Chang is the author of several books and booklets, including The Great U.S.-China Tech War, Losing South Korea, Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, and The Coming Collapse of China. Chang lived and worked in China (Hong Kong, Shanghai) for almost two decades as Partner in the international law firm Baker & McKenzie and as Counsel to the American law firm Paul Weiss.

Mr. Chang's writings on China and North Korea have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, The American Conservative, Commentary, National Review, Barron's, and The Daily Beast. He is a columnist at Newsweek and writes regularly for The Hill.  

His speaking engagements at universities and organizations include: Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale, The Brookings Institution, The Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, RAND, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Council on Foreign Relations, to name a few. He has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the Pentagon. Chang has appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.   

Mr. Chang's television appearances include: CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, the BBC, and Bloomberg Television. He is a regular co-host and guest on John Batchelor's CBS Eye on the World.

Internationally, he has spoken in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, The Hague, London, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.

He served two terms as a trustee of Cornell University.