2023 Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit Application

Welcome to the application for the 2023 Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit (CLS)! Every year, CLS brings together more than 150 promising student delegates from across the U.S. and China to engage with leading experts on prominent issues facing U.S.-China relations. This year's conference and black-tie banquet will take place on the weekend of March 24-26, 2022. The theme for this year's conference is "Unwrapping Uncertainties: U.S.-China Relations in A Less Flat World." We invite you to come join in the conversation and submit your application to CLS today!

***DEADLINE*** 2/24 @ 11:59 PM EST

Please choose one of the following topics and write an essay on that topic to share your perspectives and/or experience with us. Please limit your response within 100-250 words.

Option 1: Why are the U.S.-China relations important to you? Feel free to share any relevant background, interests, experiences.

Option 2: What is one thing you hope to take away from your CLS experience?

Option 3: Let’s say that you can give a talk to all the delegates during this year’s CLS, what would you talk about?

Option 4: Given the recent developments of the bilateral relations between the U.S. and China, for example the Biden-Xi meeting during the G20 Summit, what’s your perspective on future U.S.-China relations?

Option 5: Anything else that you want to share with us. You can write about anything that you think will help us know more about you and your understanding of or connection with the U.S.-China relations!