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Security in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities

On April 7, Admiral Robert F. Willard, at the helm of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) since 2007, will speak about the current security atmosphere in the Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on China.

April 7, 2011

“Resource Diplomacy” Under Hegemony: Triangularizing Sino-American Energy Competition in the 21st Century

Professor David Zweig analyzes China’s search for resource security, particularly energy security. He is Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations.

April 7, 2010, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Seminar Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations

Two-day seminar in Beijing brings together many of those involved in the 1979 normalization of relations, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Date: January 12 - 13, 2009

China, the United States and the Emerging Global Agenda

In July, 2008, the National Committee brought together 30 of the best minds on various aspects of China and several specialists in other areas for a synergistic, cross-cutting look at some of the major challenges facing China and the United States and what the best policies might be to enhance cooperation and ameliorate conflict over them.

Date: July 13-15, 2008

Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy

Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, traces the shift in China’s security diplomacy to several factors, among them its concern with American primacy in the post-Cold War world, its vision for its own peaceful rise and the emergence of “new thinkers” in China who have provided the theoretical underpinnings for a more pragmatic approach.

Event Date: April 11, 2007

Congressional Staff Delegation to China (1976)

While a few staff members accompanied their Senators and Congressmen on Congressional trips to China in the early 70s, it was not until 1976 that the first group made up entirely of Senate and House committee staff members visited China.

Program Dates: July 26-August 9, 1976

Congressional Members Delegation

Members of Congress travel to China with Committee president Stephen Orlins to meet with high-level officials, discussing security issues and military to military relations.

Established 1996; last held: May 2009. Upcoming Program Dates: April 24 - May 1, 2011

Conflict Management Conference

Participants bond over a nine-day training program in San Diego focusing on conflict management and resolution. Formal training is balanced with informal group bonding activities that established sense of camaraderie, trust, and friendship among all three groups.

Established 2006; last held August 5-14, 2006. Upcoming Program Dates: TBD

Congressional Staff Delegations to China

Committee organizes listening tours to China for Congressional staffers to get a clearer understanding of the country's accomplishments and challenges.

Last held: August 20-29; next planned for late fall/winter 2011

Survey of Programs on United States-China Relations and Security Issues

Committee conducts a survey of programs addressing Sino-American relations and security issues.

Program Dates: 2005-2006