The Department of Politics and the international
cooperation and exchange department of BAI jointly held a virtual lecture on
the presidential election of the United States on Oct. 15th. In this
lecture, Dr. Yawei Liu, a senior consultant on China affairs at the Carter
Center in the United States, editor-in-chief of the China-US Impression
website, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at
Emory University in the United States, was invited to give a lecture on
"The Donkey and Elephant Controversy. Who will win?"
Professor Liu Yawei first introduced the
history of the US presidential election system. Later, Professor Liu analyzed
the process of the general election in an in-depth manner from the four stages
of the primary election within the party, the selection of campaign partners,
the bipartisan national congress, and the first television debate.
In the question discussion session, Professor Liu gave
a comprehensive and detailed answer to questions about the influence of the
political evolution of American political parties on the election situation,
and the reconstruction of American social values. Finally, Director Zhang
Haiping of the International Cooperation and Exchange Department gave a precise
summary of this lecture from the three dimensions of history, reality, and
theory.
This academic lecture closely fits to the
hot spots of international public opinion, and has great significance for
promoting the research about related field.
Written by Liu
Jingdi