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There are many areas – in education, diplomacy, trade, technology and public health – in which small, positive steps can make a difference in the world's most important bilateral relationship, writes National Committee President Stephen Orlins in the South China Morning Post.
Former Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has been named chair of the board of directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. After nineteen years of dedicated service as chair, Ambassador Carla A. Hills will become honorary chair and remain on the board. Secretary Lew is the tenth chair of NCUSCR and is the fourth former cabinet member and second treasury secretary to serve in that role.
Relations will remain difficult – given widespread U.S. antagonism towards China – but the relationship will be better managed, writes David M. Lampton.
It is with profound sadness that the National Committee marks the passing on December 20 of a treasured friend, renowned scholar, and one of the earliest members of the National Committee, as well as a board member and vice chair, Dr. Ezra Vogel. Dr. Vogel was incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about many things, especially U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Japan relations, and Sino-Japanese relations. He was universally respected for his scholarship in those areas, and for his unwavering commitment and many contributions toward making all three of those relationships stronger and more stable. He was even more universally admired for his warmth, generosity, humor, and deep commitment to nurturing the younger generation of scholars. Read more.
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