A panel of two journalists and two academic China specialists address a wide-range of China related issues.

Comprised of 20 young American China scholars, the Public Intellectuals Program expands and deepens the scholars' knowledge of aspects of China beyond their own specialties and encourages their active engagement as public intellectuals both within and beyond their professional and geographic communities.

Dr. Cheng Li, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, and Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy , vice chairman at Kissinger Associates, speak about the implications of the 17th Party Congress for China and U.S.-China relations.

In a Washington discussion, Susan Shirk highlights some of the key themes of her book, China: Fragile Superpower.

Two years before normalization of relations, program provides young American elected officials and others involved in local and state politics with an opportunity to meet with their counterparts and increase their understanding of China.