NCUSCR Events

Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, John Whitehead Senior Fellow in International Diplomacy, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution, and former National Security Council senior director for East Asian affairs, delivered the keynote address at the 2013 Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American Relations to an audience in Shanghai. Now in its eighth year, this annual forum affords its guests the opportunity for a frank and forthright discussion of current and potential issues between the two counties; it is the first and only ongoing lecture series on U.S.-China relations to take place on the Mainland.

Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, is known around the world as an innovative leader and respected scholar of global strategy. Lee has been a mentor to every Chinese leader from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, and a counselor to every U.S. president from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama.  In their new book, Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill distill the essence of Lee Kuan Yew’s visionary thinking about critical issues including the futures of China and the United States, U.S.-China relations, India, and globalization.

In her new book, Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the “New Reform Era,” Catholic University Professor Karla Simon provides both an historical and contemporary analysis of the legal framework for civil society and citizen participation in China. Professor Simon discussed the historical development of China’s civil society and how social, economic and legal system reforms today will affect China’s civil society going forward.

Former National Security Council Asia expert Ambassador Jeffrey Bader and former U.S. ambassador to China J. Stapleton Roy discuss the Sunnylands Summit and offer perspectives on where the U.S.-China relationship will go from here in a National Committee on U.S.-China Relations conference call on June 13, 2013, moderated by National Committee President Stephen Orlins.

Ambassador Roy is the director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. In addition to serving as U.S. ambassador to China (1991-95), Singapore and Indonesia, he was Ambassador, the highest rank in the Foreign Service. Ambassador Bader is the John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow in International Diplomacy at the Brookings Institution and previously served in the Obama administration as senior director for East Asian affairs on the National Security Council.

Dr. Richard Bush, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of its Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, discusses his new book Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations, including the history, new developments and prospects for the Taiwan Strait on March 18, 2013 in New York.

Dr. Bush, who has served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the American Institute in Taiwan and as a member of the National Intelligence Council, is a leading expert on the interests of the United States, China and Taiwan in the region and the global implications of these rapidly evolving relationships. The conversation, moderated by National Committee President Stephen Orlins, includes Dr. Bush’s responses to audience questions. 

The rapid development of China’s wind-power sector has created a world-class industry with the promise to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available both in China and around the world.  Author Joanna Lewis, assistant professor of science, technology and international affairs at Georgetown University, discusses the findings of her book, Green Innovation in China: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, and ways that China’s wind power sector compliments the global quest for affordable renewable energy.    

While still the world’s greatest coal-consuming nation, China’s rapid development of its wind power industry is already having an impact on the low-carbon technology sector both in China and around the world.  Author Joanna Lewis discusses the findings of her book Green Innovation in China: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy,   including China’s methods of international technology transfer, forms of international cooperation and policies promoting its domestic wind-power industry.  Moderated by NCUSCR Senior Program Officer Dan Murphy on February 21, 2013 in New York.

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.

Christine Loh, Hong Kong undersecretary for the environment and former CEO of the public policy think tank Civic Exchange, discusses environmental developments in Hong Kong, offers a perspective on regulatory interactions with China’s neighboring Guangdong Province and outlines issues and opportunities for ensuring regional environmental balance for Hong Kong’s seven million residents.  This was a public program with Q and A conducted in New York, February 7, 2013 and moderated by National Committee Vice President Jan Berris.

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (www.ncuscr.org) is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.

Michelle Dammon Loyalka discusses her book Eating Bitterness: Stories from the Front Lines of China’s Great Urban Migration, including labor, migration and urbanization in China;  the triumphs and tribulations of migrants; and how issues facing this class of people may constitute China’s most pressing domestic challenge.

 Journalist Michelle Dammon Loyalka’s work has been awarded an Overseas Press Club scholarship and the O.O. McIntyre Fellowship, and includes a six-year daily feature section for Business Week Online from China and freelance work for the New York Times and other publications.

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (www.ncuscr.org)  is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.

Former World Bank Chief Economist and one of China’s most influential economists, Justin Lin Yifu, discusses recent macroeconomic trends and China’s long-term growth prospects at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ annual forum on China’s economy at the NYSE on January 7, 2013.

For additional information and presentations by other leading Chinese economists, please visit: http://www.ncuscr.org/programs/forecast-chinas-economy

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (www.ncuscr.org)  is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.