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China and the Next Administration
Insights for Managing a Critical Relationship

A National Leaders Forum surveying the dimensions of the US-China relationship and the challenges and opportunities that await the new administration, featuring

  • Samuel R. Berger, former National Security Advisor
  • Thomas J. Christensen, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
  • Maurice R. Greenberg, CEO of C.V. Starr and Company
  • Carla A. Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative
  • James R. Lilley, former Ambassador to China, 1989-1991
  • Joseph W. Prueher, former Ambassador to China, 1999-2001
  • Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, former Ambassador to China, 1991-1995
  • Ambassador James R. Sasser, former Ambassador to China, 1996-1999
  • R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence

Sponsored by CNA China Studies, in partnership with The Washington Post’s Outlook section

The Washington Perspective
Address by Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg
Ambassadors Panel - The Embassy Perspective

Upcoming Events

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Event Archives

China Challenges Series

October 17, 2007

Sino-US Relations: The View from Congress
Speakers: Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen
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October 2, 2007

Social Change, Popular Opinion, and the Beijing Olympics
Speaker: Ms. Li Xiaoping, Senior Producer, China Central Television
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June 19, 2007

China's Environmental Challenges and the Road Ahead
Speaker: Elizabeth Economy
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May 18, 2007

Bloggers and Censors: Chinese Media in the Internet Age
Rebecca MacKinnon
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March 27, 2007

China in the Times to Come
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS Ret.)
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Past Conferences

  • China and the Next Administration — Insights for Managing a Critical Relationship December 5, 2008
    A National Leaders Forum surveying the dimensions of the US-China relationship and the challenges and opportunities that await the new administration. Sponsored by CNA China Studies, in partnership with The Washington Post’s Outlook section
  • U.S.-China Economic Relations — Issues and Prospects. Shanghai, June 2008.
  • China's Space Program: Civilian, Commercial, & Military Aspects. Dean Cheng, Conference Director, 2006
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  • Asia and the Science and Politics of Pandemics. Malia Du Mont, Conference Director, 2006
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  • China's Space Program: Civilian, Commercial, and Military Assets (October 2005)
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  • Assessing China's 2004 Defense White Paper: A Workshop Report (January 2005)
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  • "The Domestic Factors in Shaping China's Foreign Policy: A Framework of Analysis," with Dr. Shi Yinhong (October 2004)
  • "Moving the Enemy: The Operational Art in the PLA's Huai Hai Campaign," with Dr. Gary Bjorge (October 2004)
  • China's New Media Milieu: Commercialization, Continuity, and Reform (June 2004)
  • Swimming In A New Sea: Civil-Military Issues In Today's China (March 2004)
  • China's Leadership Transition: Prospects and Implications (December 2001)
  • Strategic Rivalries on the Bay of Bengal: The Burma/Myanmar Nexus (February 2001)
  • The Operational Legacies of PLA Warfighting: 1949 to 1999 (June 1999)