The Carter Center Forum on U.S.-China Relations
Agenda
Sunday, November 10 (Cyprus Room, The Carter Center)
Closed-door discussion on the status of U.S.-China relations
2:00pm-2:20pm
Welcome and Introduction
John Stremlau, Vice President, Peace Programs, The Carter Center
Yawei Liu, Director, China Program, The Carter Center
2:20pm-3:20pm
Session I: Challenges to U.S.-China Relations
Hosts: David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies, School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Yuan Peng, Vice President, China Institute for Contemporary International Relations
3:20pm-3:35pm
Break and Free Exchange
3:35pm-4:35pm
Session II: Opportunities for Broadened Cooperation
Hosts: Yan Xuetong, Dean, Institute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua
University
Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
4:35pm-4:50pm
Break and Free Exchange
4:50pm-5:50pm
Session III: Lessons from History and Tasks for Future Leaders
Hosts: Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, The Asia
Society
Wu Xinbo, Director, Institute of American Studies, Fudan University
5:50pm-6:00pm
Closing Remarks
Terrence Adamson, Executive Vice President, National Geographic Society
and Trustee, The Carter Center
6:00pm-6:03pm
Video Greeting
Hugo Shong, Founding General Partner, IDG Capital Partners
6:30pm-8:00pm
Private dinner with President and Mrs. Carter
Welcoming toasts:
President Jimmy Carter
Li Xiaolin, President, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Key note:
Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Introduction by John Hardman, President and CEO, The Carter Center
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Monday, November 11 (Cecil B. Day Chapel, The Carter Center)
Public – Open registration and open press
8:00am-8:45am
Registration and Breakfast
Cecil B. Day Chapel Lobby
8:45am-9:00am
Introduction of Agenda and Speakers
John Hardman, President and CEO, The Carter Center
9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks
Li Xiaolin, President, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
9:10am-10:10am
Panel I: Looking Back, Looking Forward: U.S.-China Relations at 35
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies;
former National Security Advisor
Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States
Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Li Xiaolin, President, Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Yan Xuetong, Dean, Institute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua University
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
10:10am-10:30am
Q&A with Speakers
Moderator: John Stremlau, Vice President, Peace Programs, The Carter Center
10:30am-10:35am
Break
10:35am-11:35am
Panel II: Reinventing Bilateral Relations: Perspectives from the Private Sector
Clyde Tuggle, Senior Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company
Jia Jun, Deputy Secretary-General, China Youth Entrepreneurs Association
Charlene Barshefsky, Partner, WilmerHale LLP; former U.S. Trade Representative
Tang Jianguo, President, Sany America
Laura Lane, President, Global Public Affairs, UPS, Inc.
11:35am-12:05pm
Q&A with Panelists
Moderator: Robert A. Kapp, former President, U.S.-China Business Council
12:05pm-1:20pm
Lunch
Luncheon Speakers:
Jagdish Sheth, Professor, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Nathaniel Ahrens, President, American Mandarin Society
1:20pm-2:20pm
Panel III: Perceptions through the Eyes of Each Other
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, The Asia Society
Zhou Qingan, Deputy Director, Center for Global Media Studies, Tsinghua University
Kaiser Kuo, Director of International Communications, Baidu Inc., and Host, Sinica
Podcast
Huang Renwei, Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
2:20pm-3:00pm
Q&A with Panelists
Moderator: Wang Jianwei, Chair, Department of Government and Public Administration,
University of Macau
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3:00pm-3:05pm
Break
3:05pm-4:05pm
Panel IV: U.S.-China in Africa: Adapting to Changing Norms and Finding Paths of
Convergence
Deborah Brӓutigam, Professor of Comparative Politics, School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Joyce Msuya, Coordinator for East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Institute
Liu Haifang, Deputy Director, Centre for African Studies, School of International Relations,
Peking University
Akwasi Osei, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences,
Delaware State University
4:05pm-4:35pm
Q&A with Panelists
Moderator: He Wenping, Director, Institute of African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences
4:35pm-4:40pm
Break
4:40pm-5:40pm
Panel V: The Future of the Future: Building Communication and Cooperation Among
Emerging Leaders
Jan Berris, Vice President, National Committee on US-China Relations
Nathaniel Ahrens, President, American Mandarin Society
Zhang Zhe, former correspondent, Southern Weekly and Co-Founder, iDiplomat
Yu Wanli, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University
5:40pm-6:10pm
Q&A with Panelists
David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies, School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University
6:10pm-6:25pm
Concluding Remarks
Robert A. Kapp, former President, US-China Business Council
6:25pm-8:30pm
Closing Reception
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Tuesday, November 12 (Winship Ballroom, Emory University)
9:00am-9:10am
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Philip Wainwright, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Emory University
9:10am-9:50am
What Is New of the New Great Power Relationship?
Huang Renwei, Vice President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
9:50am-10:20am
Q&A with Huang Renwei
Moderator: Dan Reiter, Professor of Political Science, Emory University
10:20am-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30am-11:10am
China in Africa: Think Again
Deborah Brӓutigam, Professor of Comparative Politics, School of Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University
11:10am-11:40am
Q&A with Deborah Brӓutigam
Moderator: Jagdish Sheth, Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory
University
12:00pm-1:20pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm-2:30pm
Panel Presentation: Measuring the Global Perception of “the Rising China”)
John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, Duke University;
President, American Political Science Association
Kang Liu, Director, China Research Center, Duke University
2:30pm-3:00pm
Q&A with Panelists
Moderator: Jennifer Ghandi, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University
3:00pm-3:15pm
Coffee Break
3:15pm-3:30pm
Special Welcoming Remarks
James Wagner, President, Emory University
3:30pm-4:30pm
Panel Discussion (Topic: Teaching and Researching China in the World)
Harry Harding, Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of
Virginia
Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston
University
Yu Wanli, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University
Robert A. Kapp, former President, US-China Business Council
4:30pm-5:00pm
Q&A with Panelists
Moderator: Rong Cai, Associate Professor, Emory University
5:00pm-5:15pm
Concluding Remarks
Claire Sterk, Provost, Emory University
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