Friday, January 23, 2015

The Pacific Power Index

The Pacific Power Index

From moguls to migrants, Harvard to Huawei: 50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship.

The world’s most important relationship isn’t the superpower showdown most analysts would have you believe. It’s a constantly shifting, symbiotic relationship shaped by millions of people, not just officials in Washington and Beijing. They range from the mayor of Wichita, Kansas to a hacker in Shanghai; from a self-described “Berkeley hippie” who defends modern Chinese communism to the Beijing-based inventor of e-cigarettes; and from an American casino magnate reshaping China’s version of Las Vegas to an unsung migrant worker in the gritty town of Dongguan.
But Foreign Policy’s inaugural Pacific Power Index is not a list of the 50 most powerful individuals in the U.S.-China relationship. Instead, it is a story about the power of that nexus itself, and its ability to impact American and Chinese lives. Each person recognized here has been profoundly shaped by the intersections — sometimes the collisions — of these two great powers. Taken together, their 50 stories illuminate the vast architecture that links the two countries, a largely invisible series of bridges spanning the realms of business, government, finance, military, media, and academia.
Media & Internet
Corporations
Culture & Entertainment
Education
Finance
Military & Government

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