NCUSCR CHINA Town Hall
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China’s emergence as a global power, its role as a major trade partner amid recent frictions, and its potential as a collaborator on key U.S. global policy initiatives ensure that U.S.-China relations will affect the lives of all Americans. CHINA Town Hall will help audiences around the country understand the challenges and opportunities of what has been characterized as the most important bilateral relationship of the 21st century.
Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first African American woman to hold the post. She also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to 2005, the first woman to hold the position. Secretary Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, and professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, LLC.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will talk to audiences in Seattle and 70+ locations across the United States during the 12th annual CHINA Town Hall on October 9. The two-part event, sponsored by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC) features an interactive webcast discussion and Q&A with Secretary Rice on the complex Sino-American relationship, as well as an on-site discussion Andrew Batson, China Research Director at Gavekal Dragonomics. Stephen A. Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will serve as moderator of the webcast, scheduled from 6:00-6:45pm (Eastern) / 3:00-3:45pm (Pacific) followed by the on-site discussion on US-China Trade Relations from 3:45 – 5:00pm.