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Biden needs a China policy that won’t be at cross purposes with his domestic aims, serves our strategic requirements, wins friends, and does not trap him in a dead-end of Trump’s devising.
NCUSCR President Stephen Orlins was interviewed on CGTN about the current state of the U.S.-China relationship and where things are headed. Recorded on 6/1/20.
This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post on May 21, 2020.
Every morning, I awake to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo excoriating the Chinese government, and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs excoriating Pompeo. The catastrophic effects of the coronavirus pandemic demonstrate the dangers of these policies.
What is at stake today are not only the lives and livelihoods of Americans but those of people around the world who will benefit or suffer depending on how well Americans and Chinese can bring their collective talent and energy together to find remedies, vaccines, and protocols to address COVID-19.
In 1971, when a junior U.S. diplomat decided to take temporary leave from her diplomatic post in Hong Kong, it barely dawned on her that a year would turn into a lifetime. Forty-eight years later, Jan Berris, vice president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, reminisces about a career that has provided her a front-row seat to chapters of history filled with drama and tumult.
At the 2019 Aspen Security Forum, NCUSCR President Stephen Orlins and Director Anja Manuel join a panel discussion focused on the future of American business in China amid ongoing trade tensions. Recorded 7/18/19.
At the 2019 Aspen Security Forum, National Committee President Stephen Orlins and Member Joseph Nye discuss China’s long-term plans and implications for U.S. economic and national security at the Aspen Security Forum. Recorded 7/19/19.
Speaking with Bloomberg on the sidelines of our U.S.-China Track II Economic Dialogue in Beijing, Ambassador Carla A. Hills, chair of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and former U.S. Trade Representative under President George H. W. Bush, reflects on past experiences negotiating with the Chinese and offers her perspective on the ongoing trade dispute. Recorded 7/11/19.
On Bloomberg Markets, Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, weighs in on the Open Letter to President Trump and Congress on our country's China policy: "There are those who fundamentally believe we’re wrong – that we should have this policy of treating China as a potential enemy. The good part about this is that we’re having a debate. It's important that the American people debate what this policy should be." Recorded 7/11/19.
More than 200 members of the scholarly, foreign policy, military, and business communities have signed an Open Letter to President Trump and members of Congress on U.S. policy toward China. In the letter, published by The Washington Post on July 3, 2019, the authors write:
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