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Correspond and former beijing bureau chief for the new york times. Im joining today seoul. Its my to introduce susan shirk professor and head of the 21st Century China Center at the university of california, san diego. Were here to celebrate and discuss her new book, overreach how. China derailed its peaceful rise, i have to say, if you want to understand the complexities of whats going on in china today and whats going on between beijing and washington, overreach is the place to start. Susan has been a student of china, a professor teaches about china and a Government Official who made policy about china as Deputy Assistant secretary of at the state department. I can personally attest to her role in government in 1999. We were both passengers on the government plane to china. I was a lawyer in the back of the plane. She was up front advising albright, the secretary of state, on what to do and what to say. When we landed in beijing. She has written over at a particularly important mome