The US-China Business Council posts an interview with Penny Prime and Hanchao Lu, the first two Directors of the Center.
Like many entrepreneurs, Dr. Penelope Prime saw a need and filled it. She observed in the 1980s that Atlanta didn’t have a place that focused on the study of China, even within the universities. A few years later she founded the China Research Center (CRC) with seven other specialists in economics, political science, geography, and history. After 16 years as director, Dr. Prime stepped down and the center elected a new director, Dr. Hanchao Lu, whose story we’ll get to shortly. Dr. Prime continues to work with the center as a board member.
Read the article here: https://www.uschina.org/50-states-50-stories/taking-stock-georgia-academics-discuss-20-years-building-relations-china
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