Event Details
WHAT: "Is China the Next Japan?", an in-person talk by Michael Pettis and Joe Leahy on China's growth trajectory and what's next, by kind invitation of H.E. Rol Reiland, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
WHEN: Wed, 8 April 2026, 7-8 PM. Doors open 6.30 PM
WHERE: Residence of the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. No. 21, Neiwubu Jie, Dongcheng District (in Chinese: ๅไบฌๅธไธๅๅบๅ ๅก้จ่ก21ๅท)
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ABOUT THE EVENT: Michael Pettis, Beijing-based Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and former Peking University professor, will be in conversation with the FT's Beijing bureau chief Joe Leahy, on economic growth in China and future avenues.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Michael Pettis is a Beijing-based Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment. Before moving to China in 2002 he spent fifteen years on Wall Street running fixed-income trading and capital markets desks at JP Morgan, First Boston and Bear Stearns. During this time, Michael also taught finance at Columbia University for nine years and at Peking University for 22 years. He has published over 200 articles in various leading periodicals along with six books, the most recent of which, "Trade War is Class War" (Yale University Press 2020), was awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award for the world's best non-fiction book. He received an MBA in Finance and an MIA in Development Economics from Columbia University.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Joe Leahy is Beijing Bureau Chief for the Financial Times, a role he has held since 2023. He previously served as Asia News Editor from 2019 to 2022, overseeing regional coverage during a period of significant geopolitical and economic change. Joe brings more than three decades of international reporting experience, including postings across Asia and Latin America. He was the FT's Brazil Bureau Chief from 2011 to 2018 and Mumbai Bureau Chief from 2006 to 2010, following earlier roles as Asia Companies Editor and Hong Kong Correspondent. Before joining the FT, he was Jakarta Bureau Chief for AFX-Asia and Indonesia Correspondent for the South China Morning Post. Joe began his career in Australia as a reporter at Telegraph Newspapers in Melbourne and later worked as a sub-editor in Hong Kong.
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HOW MUCH: 200 RMB for members of RASBJ, 300 RMB for non-members. Alipay may be an easier payment method than WeChat. You can also pay by credit card.
Please note that as seating is limited, RASBJ members will receive priority until midnight Sunday March 29, during which time non-members will be placed on the waitlist. From March 30, non-members on the waitlist will be admitted in order of application. Regrets in advance if not everyone can be accommodated.
Interested in becoming an RASBJ member? Please sign up at rasbj.glueup.cn/org/rasbeijing/memberships/
HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I will attend" and follow the instructions. After successful registration you'll receive a confirmation email. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder. As this event takes place at an embassy, please register at least 72 hours in advance with your current ID and name. On the night, please remember to bring the same ID as your registration or you may not be admitted. Computers will be deposited in the cloakroom.
REFUND POLICY: If the event is cancelled by RASBJ, registrants will be refunded in full.
