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October 2021 e-Newsletter
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Don’t Miss CHINA Town Hall 2021 with Fareed Zakaria
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall, an annual national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. Join the National Committee on Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. EDT for a nationwide virtual event, including Q&A with one of America's leading foreign policy commentators. He will examine the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the
21st century.
Register as an individual attendee | Last chance to sign up as a local venue partner
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The National Committee is pleased to invite you to join us on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, for our annual black-tie Gala Dinner. The Gala will take place at the The Plaza New York, with a reception beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30. This year’s esteemed honoree is Ming Hsieh, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Fulgent Genetics,
Inc., and a board member of the National Committee. Click here to purchase individual tickets.
Please continue to check our website for more information about upcoming programs.
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China’s Population Crisis: Women and Society
Dr. Ye Liu (King’s College London) and Professor Carl Minzner (Fordham Law School) discuss the social implications of China’s accelerating demographic crisis, with specific attention to the reactions of women in China to recent policy shifts and comparisons of China's demographic challenges with those in other parts of East Asia.
Watch the 30-minute interview | Listen to the
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GEN Z Changing the Employment Structure in China
Liang Hong, director of the Institute of Innovation and Industry Studies at Hillhouse Capital Management, talks about how recent human capital development has restructured China’s labor market and bolstered China’s long-term economic growth in technology and innovation. This clip is in English with Chinese subtitles.
Watch the 3-minute clip on Bilibili | Follow us on Bilibili
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Engaging China
Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations brings together leading China specialists to reflect on the last half-century of U.S.-China relations and consider what lies ahead. The National Committee held a virtual program with contributors to and the editor of the volume, Mary Brown Bullock, David M. Lampton, and Anne F. Thurston, to discuss the book with moderator Tashi Rabgey on September 29, 2021.
Learn more about the event
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AI 2041
Expert and author Kai-Fu Lee (Sinovation Ventures) explores how artificial intelligence will change the world over the next twenty years in his new book, AI 2041: Ten Visions for our Future. He joined NCUSCR President Stephen Orlins to discuss the book and its key implications at a virtual event on September 23, 2021.
Watch the event | Listen to the
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China's Leaders: From Mao to Now
In his latest book, China’s Leaders: From Mao to Now, author David Shambaugh (George Washington University) analyzes China’s contemporary history by studying the personal and professional experiences that shaped China’s most senior leaders since 1949. He outlined the book with National Committee President Stephen Orlins at a NCUSCR event held virtually on September 9, 2021.
Watch the event | Listen to the
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American rhetoric about Chinese students in the United States is growing increasingly hostile, causing some to re-think their overseas study plans. On September 20, 2021, the National Committee hosted a virtual program with current Harvard Law School and former Columbia School of Social Work student Qianfeng Lin; professor of sociology at Syracuse University, Yingyi Ma (herself a former graduate student in the United States); and former U.S. high school exchange and university student, Nicky Shuwo Zhou, to discuss the experiences of Chinese students studying in the United States.
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What progress has been made and lessons learned from the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue? On September 13, 2021, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations hosted a virtual program where Tiffany Barron (Princeton University), Rorry Daniels (NCAFP), Dan Jasper (American Friends Service Committee), and Susan Thornton (NCAFP) discussed the findings from a new report exploring the successes and challenges of the S&ED process.
Event video | Event podcast | Key takeaways
The National Committee and Schwarzman Scholars partnership hosted an in-depth conversation between NCUSCR Vice President Jan Berris and Schwarzman Scholars Fellow Will Cullen on Jan’s 50 years at the National Committee. During the September 21, 2021 program, Jan shared personal anecdotes and reflections highlighting the importance of exchange programs as well as lessons learned from challenging times in the bilateral relationship over the course of her distinguished career at the forefront of U.S.-China relations.
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Visit our website for more details on these positions and application instructions.
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