David Lampton

Director of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University

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Director of the China Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and author of The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds

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Two things most Americans associate with China are astonishing economic growth and mind-boggling pollution.

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