Security

Congressional Staff Delegation to China

Katherine Forshay — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:11:31 -0400

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Program Dates: March 21-30, 2008

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U.S. Congressional staffers meet counterparts in China

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March 20, 2008 - March 29, 2008

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Committee takes 10 staff members from the House and Senate to Beijing, Yunnan, and Shanghai for discussions on energy security and efforts to combat terrorism and narcotics trafficking.

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Public Intellectuals Program

rayadmin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:34:58 -0500

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Established 2005; last held December 2-12, 2007. Upcoming Program Dates: TBD

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Program forges links among America’s top China specialists

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December 11, 2007

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20 people have participated in the program

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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.

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“Individuals ask me all the time about where China is heading, and the PIP program has surely helped me address their questions.” --Kristin Stapleton, Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo

Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy

Jon Lowet — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:54:24 -0400

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Event Date: April 11, 2007

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April 10, 2007

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Speaker: Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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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.

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Congressional Staff Delegation to China (1976)

rayadmin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:12:48 -0400

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Program Dates: July 26-August 9, 1976

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Committee sends first group of Congressional staffers to China

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July 25, 1976

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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.

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Conflict Management Conference

Katherine Forshay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:08:10 -0400

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

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Grad students from mainland China, Taiwan, and U.S. learn conflict resolution techniques

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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.

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“I’ve learned so much from being here…in the future we may find ourselves working side by side and we will understand each other as similar people, not adversaries.” – participant from mainland China

Congressional Members Delegation

Katherine Forshay — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:12:02 -0400

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Established 1996; last held: August 25-September 1, 2007. Upcoming Program Dates: TBD

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National Committee escorts Congressmen Larsen and Kirk to Western China

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Twelve months before the Beijing Olympics, U.S.-China Working Group co-chairs Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) meet with high-level officials in Beijing, Xinjiang province, and Shanghai to discuss trade, product safety, border safety, counter-terrorism, and the Olympics themselves.

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

Jon Lowet — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:14:06 -0400

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Program Dates: 2005-2006

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Original unpublished survey completed in 2003; 34 organizations surveyed in 2005-6 update

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