# Event Details - **Event Name**: Dinner - China’s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: With Miles Yu, Ph.D., is one of America’s leading scholars and strategists on China, East Asia, military history, and U.S.-China relations.About this EventDinner includedOver the last few and momentous decades, most are familiar with the historic and unparalleled growth of China’s economy and global influence.Yet, many may not consider, that along with becoming one of the world’s two largest economies and geopolitical powerhouses, the CCP has developed a massive and modern military, that is only rivaled by the U.S.With unprecedented speed, spending, scale and capability, China’s PLA (People’s Liberation Army – which encompasses all branches of the military) has become an extremely vast and powerful fighting force, which is steadily active across much of Asia and beyond.The PLA has about 2.2 Million active duty personnel – almost double the number of U.S. active duty personnel. In order to become a modern, large and lethal force, China’s defense spending has multiplied an astonishing 13 times, just since the 1990s.With regards to China’s potent military and the challenges it presents for the U.S. and its allies in Asia, very few are as knowledgeable and aware as Dr. Miles Yu.Having served as the principal China policy adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and teaching in his now third decade at the United States Naval Academy, Yu’s first-hand insights into U.S. defense policy and the PLA are unmatched.Dr. Yu will discuss the incredible rise and ongoing modernization of China’s military and the CCP’s potential war planning for Taiwan, the South China Sea and possible conflict in Korea. He will also address how the possible U.S. military theater of East Asia may be shaped by AI, cyberwarfare, the control of vital rare earth minerals, and U.S. relations with South Korea, Japan, Australia & other critical allies in the Pacific. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/houston/dinner-chinas-powerful-military-realities-for-taiwan-the-us-and-beyond/100001998816093743 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, Theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Amegy Bank Tower - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 71.21, max: 71.21, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Houston - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: Amegy Bank Tower - **lat**: 29.7491167 - **long**: -95.4550864 - **full address**: Amegy Bank Tower, 1717 West Loop South, Houston, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Dinner - China’s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9e28818f08273dbe5fe36b0b31f0d87d0bd6eab543fb49cdabddb467333af6ef-rimg-w1200-h913-dcf8f8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1787716036 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Dinner - China s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond being held? - **A:** Dinner - China s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond takes place on Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Amegy Bank Tower, 1717 West Loop South, Houston, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Dinner - China s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond? - **A:** Dinner - China s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond is organized by The World Affairs Council of Greater Houston. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Dinner - China’s Powerful Military: Realities for Taiwan, the U.S. & Beyond", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/9e28818f08273dbe5fe36b0b31f0d87d0bd6eab543fb49cdabddb467333af6ef-rimg-w1200-h913-dcf8f8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1787716036", "startDate": "2026-09-16", "endDate": "2026-09-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/dinner-chinas-powerful-military-realities-for-taiwan-the-us-and-beyond/100001998816093743", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Amegy Bank Tower", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1717 West Loop South", "postalCode": "77027", "addressLocality": "Houston", "addressRegion": "TX", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "29.7491167", "longitude": "-95.4550864" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "With Miles Yu, Ph.D., is one of America’s leading scholars and strategists on China, East Asia, military history, and U.S.-China relations.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-19", "availabilityEnds": "2026-09-16", "validFrom": "2026-09-19", "lowPrice": "71.21", "highPrice": "71.21", "price": "71.21", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/dinner-chinas-powerful-military-realities-for-taiwan-the-us-and-beyond/100001998816093743" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-19", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-19", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/dinner-chinas-powerful-military-realities-for-taiwan-the-us-and-beyond/100001998816093743", "price": "71.21", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The World Affairs Council of Greater Houston", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-world-affairs-council-of-greater-houston/23580894", "description": "The World Affairs Council of Greater Houston is a non-profit organization that works to promote deeper understanding of the world and its people through a diverse array of programs, events, and initiatives that connect Houstonians to the world." } ] } ] ```