Peterson Institute scholar (and NCUSCR director) Dr. Nicholas Lardy demystifies China's recent economic policies and the impact they will have on the global financial rebound.

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.

In an assessment of the post-1997 landscape in Asia, NYU professor David Denoon discusses the factors that make China the new hub for economic dynamism in Asia, how the lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis continue to influence China’s economic policies and the implications of China’s increasing economic power for U.S. policymakers.

Beijing-based Economist correspondent Ted Plafker discusses promising economic sectors, provides information on China’s legal landscape, and offers advice on how to promote and distribute products to Chinese consumers, among other topics.

Committee programs a week-long trip to Beijing and Shanghai for Michael Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago