Anthony J. Spires, associate director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies and assistant professor of sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses his survey research comparing local NGOs in Beijing, Yunnan, and Guangdong.

The National Committee co-hosts a luncheon for Vice President Xi Jinping. Widely expected to be named China's next president, Xi delivers his only scheduled policy speech of his Washington visit at the luncheon.

At the outset of the year of the dragon, the National Committee featured founder and chairman of the Dui Hua Foundation John T. Kamm in a conversation with National Committee President Stephen Orlins.

In introducing her latest book, Dr. Shelley Rigger addressed the critical question of why Taiwan is important to the United States, highlighting economic and political breakthroughs and outlining the complexities surrounding Taiwan's domestic politics.

On December 8, Dr. Mary Brown Bullock, Distinguished Visiting Professor of China Studies at Emory University, discussed her book, The Oil Prince’s Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in China.

On November 30 in New York City, Harvard University professor emeritus Dr. Ezra F. Vogel discussed his new biography, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.

On November 16, dozens of venues across the U.S. will join a live webcast with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and host discussions of local interest with on-site China experts.

Congressmen Charles Boustany and Rick Larsen share their perspectives on Congressional views of China and potential China-related legislation. Congressmen Boustany and Larsen co-chair the bi-partisan U.S.-China Working Group, which seeks to educate members of Congress on U.S.-China issues through meetings with leaders from the United States and China.

The National Committee co-hosted a lunch with the US-China Business Council in honor of Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in New York.

Dr. Jeffrey Bader, recently retired senior director for East Asian affairs at the National Security Council and special assistant to the President, discusses the China portion of the Vice President’s upcoming trip to Asia.