National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

In China 1945 Richard Bernstein tells the incredible story of that year's sea change, analyzing its many components, from ferocious infighting among U.S. diplomats, military leaders, and opinion makers to the complex relations between Mao and his patron, Stalin. Bernstein examines the first time that American power and good intentions came face-to-face with a powerful Asian revolutionary movement,...

On the third and last stop of her U.S. visit, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong was honored at a cultural symposium and luncheon at Carnegie Hall on November 22, co-hosted by the National Committee and the Chinese Consulate General in New York. The symposium, on Sino-American cultural exchange and cooperation, featured the signing of five cultural cooperation agreements and was attended by a divers...

A year has passed since China installed a new president, Xi Jinping; he has moved forcefully in several areas but many challenges remain. How will the country move forward as its double-digit rate of economic growth slows? How does it plan to deal with international calls for political reform and cope with an aging and increasingly polarized population? How do China's leaders see the nation's futu...

Former World Bank Chief Economist and one of China's most influential economists, Justin Yifu Lin, 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.nc...

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 i...

Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development, Peking University, discusses China's economic structure and growth and outlines the expected dramatic reforms following the Third Plenum. Dr. Lin discusses structural reforms, sectors of expected growth and forces affecting China's reform agenda as it ente...

Hong Kong Secretary of Justice, Rimsky Yuen discussed the state of Hong Kong-Mainland China relations and the future of One Country, Two Systems. The discussion, moderated by Jerome Cohen, professor and co-director at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, New York University School of Law, took place at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York City on October 30, 2015. The National Commit...

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 C...

Jon Huntsman on China: From Inside the Embassy to the Campaign Trail by National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Although a Sino-U.S. conflict is far from inevitable, some assessments see tensions building in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite worrying signs of intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing, few observers have offered paths away from disaster. In Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry, author Lyle J. Goldstein focuses on American and Chinese perceptions of wher...

No country feels China's rise more deeply than Japan. Through intricate case studies of visits by politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, conflicts at the East China Sea boundary, concerns about food safety, and strategies of island defense, In a discussion with National Committee President Stephen Orlins, Sheila Smith explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it navigates its rela...

What are the most important components of the Chinese economic engine? Is the current development strategy on a sustainable track? Dr. Nicolas Lardy of the Peterson Institute (and vice-chair of the NCUSCR) answers these questions and many more in a talk on his new book, Sustaining China's Economic Growth.

PRC President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United States from September 22-25, 2015, has been closely watched on both sides of the Pacific. At the close of the bilateral summit, NCUSCR Public Intellectuals Program Fellow Sheena Chestnut Greitens, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri and NCUSCR Co-Chair, Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, managing director, Kiss...

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III in conversation with National Committee President Stephen Orlins. The Admiral addressed U.S.- China relations in the context of the harsh rhetoric from North Korea, the tense situation in the East and South China Seas, and the recent improvement in military-to-military relations between China and the United States.

Author James Carter discusses China's 20th century history through the remarkable figure at the center of his new book Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on May 7, 2014. The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles and foreign occupation to become one of the most prominent religious figures...

Dr. Ken Lieberthal, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, discusses his latest book Managing the China Challenge, outlining the potential pitfalls of doing business in China and the keys to success. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among...

National Committee Vice Chairman Dr. Henry A. Kissinger discusses his new book, On China, in a conversation with National Committee on U.S.-China Relations President Stephen Orlins on July 18 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.

Peter Hessler, described by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China, discusses his new book Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory, on the morning of its hardcover release, Tuesday, February 9th 2010.

On November 11, 2014, Presidents Obama and Xi announced the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation on climate change during the APEC meetings in Beijing, representing the first time, China and the United States have committed to specific targets for reducing greenhouse emissions. In this podcast program, professors Joanna Lewis and Alex Wang join an on-the-record teleconference moderate...

In anticipation of the 2015 Strategic & Economic Dialogue, NCUSCR brings together three leading experts from the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center to discuss the dialogue and its implications for the U.S.-China relationship. Remarks by economist David Dollar and National Committee Directors Cheng Li and Kenneth Lieberthal (introduced by National Committee President Stephen Orli...

After a slow start, China has emerged as one the fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. To date, debates about potential national security risks from these investments have dominated headlines. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of the impact of growing Chinese FDI on U.S. communities-- until now. "New Neighbors," a report by the National...

Author Michael Meyer discusses his new book, In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China at a National Committee public program on April 2, 2015. For three years, Mr. Meyer, a National Committee Public Intellectuals Program fellow, lived in a rice-farming community in Jilin Province, documenting the tremendous changes that were occurring. In Manchuria is a combin...

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 refo...

The Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress took place from November 9 to 12, 2013, in Beijing At the end of the conference, China unveiled its official reform blueprint for the coming years, including plans to give market competition a decisive role in the economy and to establish a new committee to oversee national security. Hours after the close of the Plenum on November 12, the National Commit...

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations was delighted to welcome Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to its 2012 Members Meeting, where the ambassador engaged in conversation with National Committee President Stephen Orlins. Ambassador Huntsman shared his thoughts on the current state of U.S.-China relations, China's leadership transition this fall, and his time as ambassador in Beijing. The ev...