Advertising guru Tom Doctoroff dissects China's evolving consumer culture and what it means for businesses looking to succeed in China.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China and presidential candidate Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. speaks on the current state of U.S.-China relations and the current election cycle at the 46th annual Members Program.

In a conference call moderated by Stephen Orlins, Professors Jerome Cohen and David Lampton discuss the Chen Guangcheng situation and its impact on U.S.-China relations.

Writer and journalist Michelle Loyalka discussed her new book, Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China's Great Urban Migration.

Dr. Cheng Li discusses the political crisis surrounding Bo Xilai and his family, and its impacts on the Chinese leadership transition in the fall, in a conference call.

Dr. Stephen R. Platt, a 2008-2010 fellow in the National Committee's Public Intellectuals Program, discussed his new book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War.

Held in memory of two giants in the China field, the annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture provides a forum in Shanghai to discuss Sino-American relations, arguably the most important bilateral relationship of this century.

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.

Mike Chinoy, senior fellow at USC’s US-China Institute and CNN's former Beijing Bureau Chief and Senior Asia Correspondent, joins Stephen Orlins for a screening and discussion of Assignment: China, a documentary detailing President Nixon's history-making visit to China in February 1972.

Dr. David M. Finkelstein, vice president of CNA, presents an overview of one of the most complex dimensions of the bilateral relationship – U.S.-China military relations – as well as the Pentagon's new focus on Asia.