CHINA AND THE WORLD

To sacrifice is to give up something of value for an ideal, belief, or end. This bilingual group relations conference is occurring in a context of sacrifice and loss in a multi-cultural world. We sacrifice comfort and lose meaning when we cannot use our mother tongue to communicate with the immigrant in our midst. Our sacrifices to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have led to social loss and loss of trust in government. Climate change calls us to sacrifice our dependency on fossil fuels to sustain life on our planet. Artificial intelligence is leading to the loss of employment for many people. Who will be sacrificed on AI's altar? Demands for justice, equality, and dignity, in a shared world with limited resources, require sacrifice and loss, freely chosen or imposed, if we are to live together peacefully... Given these challenges, what desires, ambitions, and comforts might leaders, authorities, and followers sacrifice if we are to flourish? What can happen when leaders sacrifice..

Also known as: China and the World Group