U.S.-Asia Update Roundtable Series
Directors: Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, and Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies
July 1, 2007 - Present
The U.S.-Asia Update Roundtable Series is an ongoing series that provides a forum for the discussion of the major issues that shape Chinese domestic policies and that have an impact on the U.S. relationship with China and the rest of the region. The Roundtable cosponsors events with the Council’s General Meetings and Corporate programs. Recent sessions have included speakers such as Michael Green, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Major General Karl Eikenberry; and Randall Schriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Approximately six sessions are held each program year.
This series is made possible through generous support from the Starr Foundation.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
China's Search for Security: Understanding Beijing's Geostrategic Challenges
Speakers:
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, Andrew Scobell, Senior Political Scientist, RAND CorporationPresider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Real Story Behind China's Economy
Speakers:
Leland R. Miller, President, China Beige Book International, Craig Charney, Director of Research and Polling, China Beige Book InternationalPresider:
David R. Malpass, President, Encima GlobalThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Patrick Chovanec, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua UniversityPresider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
China and Africa: Engagement or Exploitation?
Speakers:
David H. Shinn, Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, Joshua Eisenman, Senior Fellow for China Studies, American Foreign Policy CouncilPresider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with David F. Helvey
Speaker:
David F. Helvey, Active Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East AsiaPresiders:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Elite Politics in Contemporary China: Band of Brothers or Gang of Thieves?
Speaker:
Kerry Brown, Asia Program Head, Chatham HousePresider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Douglas Raymond, Founder and CEO, Julu MobilePresider:
Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Hu Shuli on Politics, Economics, and the Media in China
March 8, 2011
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Fred Hochberg
Speaker:
Fred P. Hochberg, Export-Import Bank of the United StatesPresider:
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
China's Energy Future
January 13, 2011
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
After the Crisis: China's Role in the Global Economy
Speaker:
Min Zhu, Special Advisor to the Managing Editor, International Monetary FundPresider:
L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street JournalThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
What's Next for U.S.-China Relations?
Speaker:
David Loevinger, U.S. Department of the TreasuryPresider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Reflections on Cross-Strait Relations
Speaker:
Lien Chan, Vice President of the Republic of China, 1996-2000; Honorary Chairman, Kuomintang PartyPresider:
Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Chinese Economy
January 7, 2010
This meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Ben Simpfendorfer, Chief China Economist, Royal Bank of Scotland, Hong KongPresider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, CFRThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Li Yuanchao, Communist Party of ChinaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
From Stimulus to Savings: Rethinking U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relations
Speaker:
Franklin L. Lavin, Chairman of the Public Affairs Practice, Edelman Asia PacificPresider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Lunch
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
China's Foreign Policy: The Road Ahead
Speaker:
Wu Jianmin, China Foreign Affairs UniversityPresider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Sr. Fellow for China Studies, CFR
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
China Faces the Future
Speaker:
Siwei Cheng, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of SciencesPresider:
James F. Hoge Jr., Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Twenty Years Since Tiananmen: China's Changes and Prospects for Reform
Panelists:
Xiao Qiang, University of California, Berkeley, James McGregor, Fan Li, World and China InstitutePresider:
Minky Worden, Human Rights WatchThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Discussion with the China Reform Forum
April 17, 2009
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
How East Asians View Democracy
Speakers:
Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University, Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan UniversityPresider:
Adam Segal, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Role of NGOs in China's Environmental Movement
Presider:
Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Lo Sze Ping, Campaign Director, Greenpeace ChinaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Jack Perkowski
Presider:
Marcus Brauchli, Managing Editor, Wall Street JournalSpeaker:
Jack Perkowski, Chairman & CEO, ASIMCO Technologies, Inc., Author, Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in ChinaThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The East Has Risen: A Book Talk with Four Authors
Presider:
Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington UniversitySpeakers:
David B. H. Denoon, Professor of Politics and Economics, New York University, Nina L. Hachigian, Center for American Progress, David C. Kang, Dartmouth College, Mona K. Sutphen, Managing Director, Stonebridge International LLC
1:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. - Meeting
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Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with James Shinn
Presider:
Evans J. R. Revere, President, Korea SocietySpeaker:
James J. Shinn, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of DefenseThis meeting is not for attribution.
Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Sean Dougherty, Senior Economist, OECD
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Presider:
Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. - Meeting
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