Dec 13, 2012

Despite its impressive size and population, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military capabilities, China remains a vulnerable nation surrounded by powerful rivals and potential foes. InChina's Search for Security, authors Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell argue that the key to understanding China’s...

Dec 6, 2012

On April 2, Dr. Stephen R. Platt, a 2008-2010 fellow in the National Committee's Public Intellectuals Program, discussed his latest book,Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War, at the Luce Foundation office in New York. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom is a military...

Sep 25, 2012

On November 30, 2011, Harvard University professor emeritus Dr. Ezra F. Vogel discussed his landmark biography, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, at the New York office of Covington & Burling. The event was hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and was moderated by National...

Sep 25, 2012

On April 10, 2012, Chinese authorities announced that Politburo member Bo Xilai had been removed from both the Politburo and the Central Committee and that his wife Gu Kailai was implicated in the murder of a British national in Chongqing last fall. Three days later Dr. Cheng Li, America's leading scholar of elite...

Sep 19, 2012

Peter Hessler, described by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Western worlds most thoughtful writers on modern China, discusses his new book Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory, on the morning of its hardcover release, Tuesday, February 9th 2010.