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NCUSCR Events
by National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
The National Committee on United States-China Relations is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization that encourages understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China in the belief that sound and productive Sino-American relations serve vital American and world interests. With over four decades of experience developing innovative programs at the forefront of U.S.–China relations, the National Committee focuses its exchange, educational and policy activities on politics and security, education, governance and civil society, economic cooperation, media and transnational issues, addressing these with respect to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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Beyond Surprises: Evaluating China's Post-20th Party Congress Leadership Lineup
Given the opaque nature of the leadership changes prior the 20th Party Congress, the announcement of the composition of the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee will surely surprise many observers of Chinese elite politics. In conversation with National Committee President Stephen…
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Hong Kong Handover at 25: Language, Politics, and Identity
What does the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover mean for the people of Hong Kong, the PRC, and the world? Much has changed since 1997, when sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain to China. Through the lenses of language, politics, and identity, three leading experts...
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Charging onto the Open Road: EVs and U.S.-China Relations | John Paul MacDuffie, Ilaria Mazzocco
The global electric vehicle (EV) industry has experienced enormous growth in recent years. The United States and China recognize that EVs are key to a carbon neutral future, yet a complex network of supply chains, differing government regulations, and disparate consumer acceptance pose challenges...
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U.S.-China Relations Amid a Shifting Global Order: 2022 Members Program
The National Committee held its annual members program on May 24, 2022 featuring four National Committee directors, Paul Haenle, Ben Harburg, Elizabeth Knup, and Nancy Yao, who considered the past, present, and future of the bilateral relationship from the perspectives of business, think tanks,...
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Ping Pong Diplomacy: U.S.-China Exchange Then and Now | Pete Millwood, Jing Tsu, Keisha Brown
After more than two decades of hostility, Ping Pong Diplomacy began a shift in the U.S.-China relationship towards exchange and engagement. In 1972, engagement was far from inevitable and, just as in 2022, anything but easy, with detractors on both sides. The National Committee hosted a virtual...
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Beethoven in Beijing: Music Across Cultures | Jie Chen, Jennifer Lin, Sheila Melvin, Booker Rowe
Beethoven in Beijing, a feature-length documentary, spotlights the explosive growth of classical music in China since the 1973 tour of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the first American orchestra to perform in the People's Republic. At the invitation of U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese…
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Not Business as Usual: EU-China Relations at a Crossroads | Ivana Karásková, Matt Ferchen
In the context of EU-Russia tensions and attention on security within Europe, what is the possibility of future trans-Atlantic cooperation on China and in the broader Indo-Pacific region? In an interview conducted on April 13, 2022, Ivana Karásková, a China and international relations scholar in...
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Shanghai Communiqué 50th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué, the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the National Committee on United States-China Relations, and the Committee of 100 welcomed members to attend a half-day forum held on February 24, 2022. Prominent...
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Forecast of China's Economy for 2022 | Hu Yifan, Huang Yiping
With a strict zero-Covid policy and surge in export growth, China's economy grew an impressive eight percent in 2021, yet uncertainty looms on the horizon. Nomura and Goldman Sachs both anticipate that China's annual GDP growth will fall to 4.3 percent in 2022; some estimates are even lower. Both...
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Charting a Path Forward: Congressman Rick Larsen on the U.S.-China Relationship | U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen
Following years of trade frictions that have cost American jobs and lowered U.S. GDP, calls have increased for the Biden administration and Congress to strengthen the U.S. government's strategies and tools that address the "China challenge" and ensure ongoing American global leadership. U.S....
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U.S.-China competition continues to re-shape the way the global economy is governed. After a significant overhaul of foreign investment screening regimes in the United States (e.g., FIRRMA) and globally, there is now legislation circulating the halls of C
U.S.-China competition continues to re-shape the way the global economy is governed. After a significant overhaul of foreign investment screening regimes in the United States (e.g., FIRRMA) and globally, there is now legislation circulating the halls of Congress that would initiate additional...
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The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China's Economic Rise | Shelley Rigger
How did the poor, isolated People's Republic of China become the factory to the world? Shelley Rigger argues that the origins lie in Taiwan. In her new book, The Tiger Leading the Dragon, she describes the evolution of Taiwan's influence from the period when Deng Xiaoping lifted Mao's…
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CHINA Town Hall 2021 | Fareed Zakaria
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria was the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both...
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Engaging China: 50 Years of Sino-American Relations | Mary B. Bullock, David Lampton, Anne Thurston
In recent years, the U.S.-China relationship has deteriorated rapidly. Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations brings together leading China specialists to reflect on relations between the two countries over the last half-century and consider what might lie ahead. The contributors…
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People-to-People Exchange: Chinese Students in the U.S. | Qianfeng Lin, Yingyi Ma, Nicky Shuwo Zhou
American rhetoric about Chinese students in the United States is growing increasingly hostile, causing some to re-think their overseas study plans. Some claim that Chinese students pose a national security risk; while a few may, it is important to recognize that the vast majority of Chinese...
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Engagement Revisited: Progress Made and Lessons Learned from the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue | Tiffany Barron, Rorry Daniels, Dan Jasper, Susan Thornton
U.S.-China relations are arguably at their worst point since diplomatic recognition in 1979, and may be getting worse. In this environment, American researchers organized by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and the American Friends Service Committee undertook a systematic audit…
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China's Leaders: From Mao to Now | David Shambaugh
Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, five men have principally shaped the ruling Chinese Communist Party and the nation: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. During their decades of leadership, China, starting from a base of poverty and...
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Trouble in Afghanistan: U.S.-China Influence in the Heart of Asia | Derek Grossman, Niva Yau
The U.S. military is pulling out of Afghanistan, a process that should be complete by August 31. Both China and the United States face looming strategic challenges as a result. America's presence has preserved a fragile balance of power in Central South Asia, benefitting both the United States…
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The Shifting Military Balance across the Taiwan Strait | Lyle J. Goldstein, Oriana Skylar Mastro
What is happening across the Taiwan Strait? In March, Admiral Philip Davidson, then commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific (INDOPACOM), said in a hearing before Congress that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could take place within six years. His successor, Admiral John Aquilino, agreed that such an...
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The Biden Administration's China Policy: Reflections on the First Six Months | Stephen Orlins, Jerome Cohen
At the sixth month mark, the Biden administration's China policy differs only slightly from that of the previous administration. Relatively easy policy initiatives that could have benefited the American people seem to be on hold. The Senate has passed the Strategic Competition Act of 2021 which…
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Forecast of China's Economy for 2021 - Part II | Liang Hong, Xu Gao
Both the United States and China are seeing a rapid rebound from the economic damage brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank's recent report forecasts GDP growth of 8.5 percent in 2021 for China, leading the world's economic recovery. Does this bullish outlook accurately reflect the...
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The Trip that Changed the World: Commemorating Kissinger's 1971 Secret Visit to China | Henry Kissinger, Wang Qishan
On July 8, 2021, The Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), with assistance from the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, organized a multi-part event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Henry Kissinger's secret trip to China. The event took place at Beijing's...
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High Stakes on the High Seas: The South China Sea under President Biden | Richard Heydarian, Isaac Kardon, Yan Yan
Approximately 20 to 33 percent of global trade passes through the South China Sea, and many of its land features are in dispute. In the last decade, tensions have escalated as China has grown increasingly assertive. Many in the international community perceive China to be violating international...
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The Chinese Communist Party at 100: How the CCP Tells its Story | Denise Ho, Karrie Koesel, Maria Repnikova
The July 2021 centennial of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be an important milestone in China, accompanied by media fanfare and celebration. As the Party promotes the story of its successes and accomplishments to its people and the world, what does it choose to minimize or ignore? Through...
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Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement | Cheng Li
Cheng Li's Middle Class Shanghai argues that American policymakers should pay attention to the dynamism and diversity in contemporary China. Its developing class structure and cosmopolitan culture, exemplified and led by Shanghai, could reshape U.S.-China engagement. Both countries should build…
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Small & Medium-sized Enterprises and the Sino-American Relationship | Gary Biehn, Ron Bracalente, Amy Celico, Linda Mysliwy Conlin
Small and medium-sized enterprises have provided crucial ballast to the U.S.-China bilateral relationship for decades. While the Biden administration's "foreign policy for the middle class" is a departure in tone from President Trump's "America First" rhetoric, we have not yet seen substantive...
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Higher Education & U.S.-China Relations | Mary Gallagher, Margaret Lewis, Rory Truex, Jacques deLisle
On May 21, 2021, the National Commitee hosted a virtual program with Mary Gallagher, Margaret Lewis, and Rory Truex, in conversation with Jacques deLisle, as they discussed these issues and what lies ahead in Sino-American academic relations. This program was held in partnership with the Penn...
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U.S.-China Investment: 2021 Report Launch | Thilo Hanemann, Anna Ashton, Timothy Stratford
On May 19, 2021 the National Committee held a virtual program with report author Thilo Hanemann (Rhodium Group), Anna Ashton (US-China Business Council), and Timothy Stratford (Covington & Burling LLP Beijing) for the annual Two-Way Street report launch and discussion of the latest two-way...
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Our Shared Technological Future: Smart Cities in the U.S. and China | Zhengzhen Tan, Sarah Tatsis, Weiping Wu
In recent years, smart city technology has become increasingly present in our lives. New developments in 5G, AI, and the Internet of Things allow municipalities to collect and share data, improving management and services, while raising questions about privacy and security. On May 10, 2021, the...
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China's Belt and Road: Implications for the United States | Jennifer Hillman, Jacob Lew, Gary Roughead, David Sacks
According to a recent report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, "China's Belt and Road: Implications for the United States," the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy undertaking and the world's largest infrastructure program, poses a...
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The United States, China, and Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War | Robert Blackwill, Philip Zelikow, Shelley Rigger
On April 30, 2021, the National Committee held a virtual program with Robert Blackwill (Council on Foreign Relations) and Philip Zelikow (University of Virginia), moderated by leading Taiwan authority Shelley Rigger (Davidson College), to discuss U.S. policy options for a productive relationship...
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy | Jan Berris, Judy Hoarfrost, Doug Spelman, Alex DeAngelis
On April 28, 2021, the National Committee hosted a virtual celebration of the 50th anniversary of ping pong diplomacy. Ms. Jan Berris, vice president of the National Committee who accompanied the Chinese ping pong delegation on its travels; Ms. Judy Hoarfrost, a former United States table tennis...
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U.S.-China Climate Cooperation: The Path Forward | Angel Hsu, Joanna Lewis, Jonas Nahm, Alex Wang
On April 22, 2021, the National Committee held a virtual program with Angel Hsu, Jonas Nahm, and Alex Wang to discuss the future of U.S.-China climate cooperation in a conversation moderated by China energy expert Joanna Lewis. The program was held in partnership with the Penn Project on the…
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Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Era of Competitive Interdependence | Ryan Hass
In his new book, "Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Era of Competitive Interdependence," Ryan Hass examines the relative advantages of the United States as he considers U.S.-China relations. On April 19, 2021, the National Committee held a virtual program with Ryan Hass of the...
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Confronting Anti-Asian Racism: Anti-China Foreign Policy and Legislative Change
While violence toward Asian Americans has always existed in the United States, the community has faced racist violence and hate crimes at a much higher rate over the last year. Between March 2020 and February 2021, Stop AAPI Hate reported 3,795 hate incidents nationwide. Experts argue this...
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Our Shared Technological Future: Autonomous Vehicles in the United States and China | John Wall, Michael Yuan, Karlyn Stanley
In recent years, autonomous vehicles (AV) have moved from the world of science fiction to reality. While fully self-driving cars may be a decade or two away, robotaxis and driverless buses are already here. The advent of AVs offers enormous opportunities, but will also bring great disruption to…
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Demystifying China's Economy: The Latest Data | Leland Miller
Leland Miller of China Beige Book discussed the current state of China's economy, based on fresh data from the world's largest private in-country data collection network tracking the Chinese marketplace. The data are gathered from thousands of firms throughout China across various sectors and...
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Digital War: How China's Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain, & Cyberspace | Winston Ma
On March 9, 2021, the National Committee hosted a virtual program with Mr. Winston Ma, where he explored how China's innovation ecosystem drives next generation unicorns and its young netizens participate in the evolving digital economy, and what emerging markets can learn from China as they dive...
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The Faces of Fentanyl: China, the United States, and Those In-Between | Vanda Felbab-Brown, Emily Feng, Ben Westhoff
The National Committee held a virtual program on February 24, 2021 with Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown and Mr. Ben Westhoff, moderated by Ms. Emily Feng, who discussed the current status of the opioid epidemic, bilateral efforts to curb the supply of fentanyl in the United States, and the prospects for...
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Sixty Years of China Watching | Jerome Cohen
In a belated celebration of his 90th birthday and his extraordinary contributions to the development of law in China and U.S.-China relations, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations hosted a virtual discussion with America's leading expert on Chinese law, Jerome A. Cohen, on February 16,...
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Remembering Ezra Vogel | Graham Allison, Thomas Gold, Melinda Liu, Michael Szonyi
The National Committee held a virtual program on February 10, 2021 with Dr. Graham Allison, Dr. Thomas Gold, Ms. Melinda Liu, and Dr. Michael Szonyi to celebrate and remember teacher/mentor/public servant/friend Professor Ezra Vogel.
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Forecast of China's Economy for 2021 | Hu Yifan, Huang Yiping, Yao Yang
The National Committee, in partnership with Peking University's National School of Development (NSD), held a virtual program on February 2, 2021 with Dr. Hu Yifan, Dr. Huang Yiping, and Dr. Yao Yang to forecast China's economy in the coming year. The panel was moderated by NCUSCR President…
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Understanding the Scope: U.S.-China Financial Investment | Rhodium Group
The National Committee held a virtual event on January 26, 2021 where Rhodium Group's Daniel Rosen and Adam Lysenko rolled out the latest addition to the Two-Way Street report series to increase the transparency of this portfolio investment discussion. In a conversation moderated by National...
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Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis Challenges the Chinese State | Yanzhong Huang
Environmental degradation in China has not only brought about a wider range of diseases and other health consequences than previously understood, but has also taken a heavy toll on China's society, economy, and the legitimacy of the party-state. In Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health...
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China as a Twenty First Century Naval Power | Michael McDevitt
China's President Xi Jinping is committed to two primary military ambitions: he wants China to become a great maritime power by 2035 and a world-class armed force by 2050. In China as a Twenty First Century Naval Power, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt focuses on China's navy and…
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Recent Developments in Hong Kong | Christine Loh, Kurt Tong
In mid-November 2020, China's National People's Congress passed a resolution allowing Hong Kong authorities to expel legislators deemed a threat to national security or failing to pledge allegiance to Hong Kong without having to go through the judicial system. Shortly thereafter, the Hong Kong...
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China's Fintech Explosion: Disruption, Innovation, and Survival | Sara Hsu
In China's Fintech Explosion, Sara Hsu and Jianjun Li explore the transformative potential of China's fintech industry, describing the risks and rewards for participants as well as the impact on consumers. They cover many subsectors of the industry: digital payment systems, peer-to-peer lending…
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Views from Former Governors: U.S.-China Subnational Relations
National politics have grabbed the headlines over the last few months; less publicized are the challenges taking place at the local levels. Nine former Governors gathered this fall to discuss the toll a deteriorating U.S.-China relationship has had on their states. On December 7, 2020, the…
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Where Great Powers Meet: America & China in Southeast Asia | David Shambaugh
Renowned China scholar David Shambaugh describes the broad-gauged and global competition for power, especially in Asia, underway between the United States and China in his new book, Where Great Powers Meet. Concentrating on Southeast Asia, Professor Shambaugh notes that the two countries…
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Health & Climate | CHINA Town Hall 2020
About CHINA Town Hall: ncuscr.org/CTH. Confronting the global challenges of climate change and communicable disease cannot be achieved by any single country, but must be met by constructive cooperation among nations. Although the United States and China will compete in many areas, it is…
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