United States and China at 40:
Seeking a New Framework to Manage Bilateral Relations
The Carter Center & Emory University, Atlanta
January 16 -19, 2019
An International Symposium to Commemorate
the 40thAnniversary of Normalization of US-China Diplomatic Relations
Organized by
The Carter Center
The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries &
The Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
In Collaboration with
The Kettering Foundation
Fordham University
Institute for China-America Studies
National Committee on US-China Relations
Emory Student Government Association
Emory Chinese Students Association
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies of Renmin University of China
US-China Business Council
Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies
Sponsored by
China-United States Exchange Foundation
The Ford Foundation
The National Association of Chinese Americans
Office of Global Strategies and Initiatives, Emory University
Emory Confucius Institute
The China Research Center
CB International Bank
US-Sino Friendship Association
Royal Business Bank
In late 1978, President Jimmy Carter and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping reached the historic decision to establish full diplomatic relationship between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China. As President Carter said, that decision changed the United States, China and the world. Diplomatic “normalization” took place on January 1, 1979.
Forty years have now passed since the birth of modern U.S.-China relations. To both sides, and to the world at large, this relationship is today one of the most consequential bilateral relationships on earth. The United States and China also recognize that stable and productive relations over the past 40 years have contributed significantly to global peace and prosperity.
At present, however, this relationship is under strain, facing a serious crisis of trust and a broad spectrum of urgent challenges. It is therefore important for those deeply involved (both practitioners and academics) to come together and share their views on what factors have made the relationship in the past mutually beneficial and what will be required to sustain a viable U.S.-China relationship in the future.
The goal of this Symposium is to examine the past, analyze the present and seek a new framework to manage the future.
Discussions on Day One are jointly organized by The Carter Center, Fordham University, the Kettering Foundation, the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University, and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
The program on Day Two is the result of collaborative efforts by The Carter Center and the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, with strong support from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
Roundtable discussions will be held at Emory University on Day Three. The Carter Center has joined with the Institute of China-America Studies and Chinese students at Emory University in organizing these sessions.
The National Association of Chinese Americans is organizing the Ruby Gala to honor President Carter and his contribution to the establishment and improvement of US-China relations.
These events would not have been possible without financial support from many parties. We are especialy grateful for the support of the Ford Foundation and the China-United States Exchange Foundation.
January 16
All day Participants arrive
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Dinner for participants
All participants will stay at the AC Marriott Hotel at: 101 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30303; Phone: (404) 524-5555
For information or other logistic issues, please call
Atif Choudhury at 803 338 7837
Ian Pilcher at 407-399-5302
January 17
7:45 am Depart from hotel to The Carter Center
8:15 am – 8:55 am Breakfast at The Carter Center
9:00 am – 10:00 am Keynote speeches
Moderator:
Amb. Mary Ann Peters, CEO, The Carter Center
Speakers:
Stephen ORLINS, President, National Committee on
US-China Relations
WANG Boming,Editor-in-Chief, Caijing Magazine
Craig ALLEN, President, US-China Business Council
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Roundtable: The Role of University Exchange and US China Relations
Moderator:
Ellen FAHEY-SMITH,Associate Vice President, the
Office of Provost, Fordham
University
Speakers:
An YAN,Associate Dean for Research and Faculty
Development and Professor of Finance, Cabelli
School of Business, Fordham University
George HONG, Chief Research Officer, Associate Vice
President for Academic Affairs and Professor
of History, Fordham University
Mary BULLOCK, Former President, Agnes Scott College &
Founding Dean, Duke Kunshan
University
WU Xinbo, Professor & Director of the Center for American
Studies and Dean of the Institute of International
Studies, Fudan University
WANG Wen, Executive Director, Chongying Institute,
Renmin University of China
This roundtable is organized by the Fordham University and RUC Chongyang Institute
12:00 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch
Lunch speaker:
David MATHEWS,President & CEO, Kettering Foundation
01:40 pm – 03:10 pm Roundtable: The Impact of Values and Misperceptions on US-China Relations
Moderator:
WU Baiyi, Director, Institute of American Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences
Speakers:
David M. LAMPTON, Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow, Asia
Pacific Research Center, Sandford
University
Jim LEACH, Former Congressman and President, National
Endowment for Humanities
Maxine THOMAS, Vice President, Kettering Foundation
HUANG Renwei, Former Director, Institute of History,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
GAO Bingzhong, Professor of Sociology, Peking University
ZHAO Mei, Research Fellow, Institute of American Studies,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
*This roundtable is organized by the Kettering Foundation and the Institute of American Studies, CASS
03:10 pm – 03:30 pm Coffee break
03:30 pm – 05:00 pm Roundtable: Young Scholars & US-China Relations
Moderator:
Jan BERRIS, Vice President, National Committee on US-
China Relations
Speakers:
Katherine KAUP,James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies
and Politics & International Affairs,
Furman University
WANG Peng,Associate Research Fellow, Chongyang
Institutefor Financial Studies, Renmin
University of China
Dawn MURPHY, Assistant Professor, International Security
Studies, U.S. Air War College
*This roundtable is organized by National Committee on US-China Relations, the Institute of American Studies, CASS and the Chongyang Institute of RUC
05:00 pm Depart from for Fernbank Museum
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Gala honor President Jimmy Carter for his contribution to a sustainable bilateral Relations between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China.
The dress code is business/festive attire.
*This gala is organized by the National Association of Chinese Americans and The Carter Center
January 18
7:45 am Depart from hotel to The Carter Center
8:15 am – 8:55 am Breakfast at The Carter Center
9:00 am – 09:45 am Opening Remarks
Moderator:
Amb. Mary Ann PETERS, CEO, The Carter Center
Speakers:
Mme. LI Xiaolin, President, Chinese People’s Association for
Friendship with Foreign Countries
Hanscom SMITH, Director, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
CUI Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the United
States
President Jimmy CARTER, 39thPresident of the United
States
09:50 am – 10:50 am Keynote Speeches
Moderator:
Amb. PETERS, CEO, The Carter Center
Speakers:
ZHOU Mingwei,Former President, China International Publishing Group (TBC)
Susan THORNTON,Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
10:50 am – 11:10 am Coffee Break
11:10 am – 12:45 pm Panel I: US-China Relations: Macro Views
Moderator:
Kenneth LIEBERTHAL,Senior Fellow Emeritus, The Brookings Institution
Speakers:
David M. LAMPTON, Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow, Asia
Pacific Research Center, Sandford
University
SHI Yinhong, Director, Centerfor American Studies, Renmin
University of China
Chas FREEMAN, Senior Fellow, Brown University’s Watson
Institute for international and Public
Affairs
NIU Jun, Professor, School of International Relations, Peking
University
Harry HARDING, Founding dean, Batten School of
Leadership and Public Policy, University
of Virginia
WU Xinbo, Director, Institute of American Studies,
Fudan University
Ryan HASS, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings
Institution
12: 45 pm – 01:25 pm Boxed Lunch
01:30 pm – 02:45 pm Panel II: US-China Relations: Societal Interaction
Moderator:
Audie WONG, Secretary General, China-United States
Exchange Foundation
Speakers:
GAO Bingzhong, Professor of Sociology, Peking University
Mary BULLOCK, Former President, Agnes Scott College &
Founding Dean, Duke Kunshan University
ZHAO Mei, Research Fellow, Institute of American Studies,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Elizabeth KNUP, Country Director for China, Ford
Foundation
Gordon H. CHANG, Professor of History, Stanford
University
YAO Yao, Associate Professor in International Relations, China Foreign Affairs University
02:45 pm – 04:10 pm Panel III: US-China Relations: Geostrategic Implications
Moderator:
Suisheng ZHAO, Professor, University of Denver
Speakers:
WU Baiyi, Director, Institute of American Studies, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences
Michael SWAINE, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
TAO Wenzhao, Research Fellow, Institute of American
Studies, Chinese Academy of SocialScience
Shelley RIGGER, Professor, Davidson College
Robert ROSS, Professor, Boston College
Lyle GOLDSTEIN (TBC), Associate Professor, US Naval
War College
ZHU Feng, Director, China Center for Collaborative Studies of the South China Sea, Nanjing University
04:10 pm – 04:30 pm Coffee Break
04:30 pm – 05:40 pm Panel IV: US-China Relations: Technology, Trade and Investment
Moderator:
David FIRESTEIN, Founding Director, Center for China
Public Policies, University of Texas
Speakers:
HUANG Renwei, Former Director, Institute of History,
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
David DOLLAR, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
ZHAO Gang, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Science
and Technology for Development
Arthur KROEBER, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings –
– Tsinghua Center
05:40 pm – 06:00 pm Concluding Remarks
Speaker:
William Overholt, Senior Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
06:10 pm Depart for Emory University
06:30 pm – 07:45 pm Fordham University & Emory UniversityReception/Dinner （Ackerman Hall, Carlos Museum）
Opening remarks by
Ellen FAHEY-SMITH,Associate Vice President, the Office of Provost, Fordham University
Paul MARTHERS，Vice Provost for Enrollment Management & Vice President of Campus Life, Emory
07:45 pm – 09:30 pm Screening: Better Angels
This is a 90-min theatrical documentary film written & directed by two-time Academy Award-winner, Malcolm Clarke, produced by William Mundell & Han Yi, – examines the proposition that America and China can benefit enormously by looking beyond their traditional rivalries to a future in which differences are respected rather than suspected – and where both sides focus on the issues that unite them, rather than those that drive them apart.
January 19
7:00 am –8:00 am Breakfast at hotel
8:30 am Depart for Emory University
9:00 am – 09:30 am Opening Remarks
Moderator:
Dwight MA, President, Student Government
Association, Emory University
Speakers:
WU Shicun, President, National Institute for the South
China Sea Studies
Michael A. Elliott, Professor and Dean, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
09:30 am – 11:00 am Panel I: U.S.-China Political and Security Issues
Moderator:
Yawei LIU, Director, China Program, The
Carter Center
Speakers:
Michael SWAINE, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
ZHU Feng, Director, China Center for Collaborative Studies
of the South China Sea, Nanjing University
Carla FREEMAN, Executive Director of the SAIS Foreign
Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Suisheng ZHAO, Editor, Journal of Contemporary China, Professor, University of Denver
11:00 am – 11:15 pm Coffee Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Panel II: US-China Trade & Investment Issues
Moderator:
Robert A. KAPP, President, Robert A. Kapp & Associates, Inc.
Speakers:
Craig ALLEN, President, US-China Business Council
SHI Yinhong, Director, Center for American Studies, Renmin
University of China
Sourabh GUPTA, Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America
YU Fei, Deputy Representative, Asian Development Bank,
North American Representative Office
JIANG Yonghua, Managing Director, China/U.S. Cross
Border Deals Co-leader, PWC
12:15 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch
Lunch Speaker:
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs, George Washington University
YU Yunquan, Deputy Director General, Academy of
Contemporary China and World Studies
01:30 pm – 03:00 pm Panel III: US-China Healthcare Industry Cooperation
Moderator:
Deboleena ROY, Chair, Department of Women’s, Gender, and
Sexuality Studies, Emory University
Speakers:
Jingjing YANG, Assistant Professor of Human Genetics at Emory University
Jeffery KOPLAN, Vice President of Emory Global Health Institute, Former Director of CDC 1998-2002
Zhuo (Adam) CHEN, Health Policy & Management
Associate Professor of College of Public Health from University of Georgia
03:00 pm – 03:15 pm Coffee Break
03:15 pm – 04:30 pm Panel V: US-China Maritime Disputes
Moderator:
WU Shicun, President, National Institute for the Sout China Sea Studies
Speakers:
Abraham D. SOFAER,George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Emeritus, Hoover Institution
PENG Nian, Research Associate, National Institute for the South China Sea Studies
David FIRESTEIN, Founding Director, Center for China Public Policy, University of Texas
Lyle GOLDSTEIN, Associate Professor, US Naval
War College
HONG Nong, Executive Director, Institute for China-
America Studies
04:30 pm – 06:00 pm Panel VI: Doing Business in America and China
Moderator:
TBD
Speakers:
ZHANG Yiliu & ZHANG Zhuan, Founders, Zhang Do & Zhang Hua Media Co
FU Jiannan, CFO, Sany America
LIU Xinxu,Jereh Energy Services Corporation America
JIANG Yibo, Jereh Energy Services Corporation America
06:00 pm – 06:15 pm Concluding Remarks
Speaker:
TBD
06:30 pm – 08:00 pm Reception/Dinner
08:00 pm Shuttle departs for hotel
