'On 6 March 2018, the Academic Outreach (AO) program of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) hosted a workshop to examine the repercussions, on a global level and for Canada, of China's continued rise as an influential global actor. Held under the Chatham House rule, the workshop was designed around the knowledge and experience of a multi-disciplinary group of experts from North America, Asia and Europe. The presentations and plenary discussions allowed attendees to explore the direction in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking the country, the broad range of strategic means Beijing is taking to promote its interests, and the related security consequences. The papers presented at the event form the basis of this report. The entirety of this report reflects the views of those independent experts, not those of CSIS'--P. 3.