U.S.-China Roundtable
Staff: Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies
November 1, 1994 - June 1, 2000
This series provided an opportunity for Council members to hear prominent speakers and to discuss the full range of issues that define the U.S. relationship with China. speakers in the 1999-2000 program year included: Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and Commander, U.S. Coast Guard; Bikhim Hsiao, Director of the Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan; Peter Kwong, Director, Asian American Studies, and Professor of Sociology, Hunter College; Sheri Xiaoyi Liao, President, Global Village of Beijing, and Producer, "Time for Environment," China Central Television; Ma Ying-Jeou, Mayor, Taipei City; Michel Oksenberg, Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; Michael Pillsbury, Visiting Fellow, National Defense University; James Stapleton Roy, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; and Song Yongyi, Librarian, Dickinson College.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
The China Mess: Political Crisis in the People's Republic
Presider: Jan C. Berris, Vice President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Panelist: Elizabeth C. Economy, Senior Fellow, China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Michel Oksenberg, Senior Fellow, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
May 8, 2000
Contact: Eric Aldrich 212-434-9642 or ealdrich@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
China Update Series—Globalization and Chinese Illegal Immigration: Beyond the 'Golden Venture'
Speakers: Peter Kwong, Director of Asian Studies, Hunter College
Arthur C. Helton, Senior Fellow, Refugee Studies and Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
December 1, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
U.S.-China Military Relations: Engaging the PLA
Presider: Jan C. Berris
Speaker: Karl W. Eikenberry, Defense Attache, Beijing
May 5, 1999
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General Meeting
Hong Kong and Global Markets: Into the 21st Century
Presiders: Robert P. McDonald, Standard Chartered Bank
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speaker: Andrew Sheng, Chairman, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
March 19, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
Tibet: The New Challenges
Presiders: Robert B. Oxnam
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speakers: Robert J. Barnett, Columbia University
Steve Lehman, Newsweek International
March 1, 1999
General Meeting
Asia in the 21st Century: The New Challenges
Presiders: Elizabeth C. Economy
The Honorable Winston Lord
Speaker: Kenneth Lieberthal, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council
December 9, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Transnational Problems in Asia
Presiders: Virginia A. Kamsky, Kamsky Associates
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speakers: Sidney R. Jones, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch/Asia
Elizabeth C. Economy, Fellow, China Studies and Deputy Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
James J. Shinn, Author, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Stephen E. Flynn, Associate Professor of International Relations
November 10, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Confucian Convolution: China in the Information Age
Presiders: Jan C. Berris
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speaker: Frederick S. Tipson, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Hong Kong Telecom
September 29, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Hong Kong: One Year after Transition
Presiders: Jerome A. Cohen
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speaker: Anson Chan, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
June 9, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
The Internet in China: Perils and Opportunities for the United States
Presiders: David G. Victor
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speakers: Charles Nesson, The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Jonathan L. Zittrain
May 11, 1998
General Meeting
Village Elections in China: Harbinger of Democracy or Communist Party Politics?
Presider: Elizabeth C. Economy
Speakers: Amy E. Gadsden, International Republican Institute
Paul C. Grove, International Republican Institute
April 29, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Big Dragon: The Rise of China in Global Affairs
Presiders: Robert B. Oxnam
Elizabeth C. Economy
Speaker: Daniel Burstein, The Blackstone Group
April 8, 1998
General Meeting
Asia-Pacific Security in the Balance: China, Japan, and the United States
Presider: Bruce Stokes
Speakers: Michael J. Green, Council on Foreign Relations
Thomas Christensen, Cornell University
March 12, 1998
General Meeting
Postsummit U.S.-China Relations
December 12, 1997
General Meeting
Tracking Consumer Trends: A Gallup Survey Comparison between China and India
Speaker: Richard W. Burkholder Jr.
December 4, 1997
General Meeting
An Inside Look at the U.S.-China Summit
Presider: Maynard Parker
Speaker: Stanley Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
October 22, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Chinese Banking Reform: How Far Will It Go?
Presider: Gary C. Hufbauer, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Nicholas R. Lardy, Brookings Institution
Minxin Pei, Princeton University
October 2, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Settling Trade Disputes with Asia
Presider: Nancy Young
Speakers: Boyd E. Given, The Boeing Company
Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
September 19, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Ethnic Separatism in China: Where There Is Smoke, Is There Fire?
Presider: Andrew J. Nathan
Speaker: Dru C. Gladney, East-West Center
April 30, 1997
General Meeting
The China Challenge: Forging a New U.S. Strategy
Presider: Thomas L. Friedman
Speakers: Michel Oksenberg, Senior Fellow, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Richard Bernstein, Book Critic, New York Times
Lucian W. Pye, Ford Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 18, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
The Gallup China Survey: Tracking Consumer Trends in China
Presider: Frederick S. Tipson
Speaker: Richard W. Burkholder Jr., Vice President and Director, International Operations, Survey Research, Gallup Organization
March 12, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Security Policy and Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region
Presider: Robert B. Oxnam
Speakers: Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Department of Defense
Kurt M. Campbell, U.S. Department of Defense
February 25, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Hong Kong: The Outlook toward the End of the Transition
Presider: Dinah Lee-Kung
Speaker: Frank Ching, Senior Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review
January 27, 1997
General Meeting
A Conversation with Wang Daohan
Presider: Karen Elliott House
Speaker: Wang Daohan, Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait
January 10, 1997
General Meeting
China and Taiwan: The Evolving Relationship
Presider: James R. Silkenat
Speakers: Chi Su, The Executive Yuan, Government Information Office, Republic of China
Randy Schriver, U.S. Department of Defense
December 11, 1996
Roundtable Meeting
China's Current Balance Sheet: Prospects for U.S. Business
Presider: Michel Oksenberg
Speaker: Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan
October 11, 1996
