Seminar on President Hu's Visit to the U.S.

and Sino-US Relations

Sponsored by Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

December 2, 2010

December 2 (Thursday): Panel discussion

13:45pm-6:00pm

Location: Meeting Room of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Innovation Tower, Room B 1202C, Tsinghua University Science Park, No. 1, East Zhongguancun Street

13:45pm-13:50pm:Opening Remark

Speakers:

Paul Haenle: Director of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Chen Qi: Associate Professor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

13:50pm-15:20pm: Panel discussion

Topic: Expectation from the U.S. and China about Hu's Visit: Consensus and Disagreement

Moderator: Chen Qi

Speakers:

Ely Ratner: Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Paul Haenle: Director of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Ryan Hass: Political Section, the U.S. Embassy Officer

Travis Tanner: Director of the Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Li Bin, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Xu Weidi: Senior Colonel, National Defense University of PLA

Zhai Kun: Research Fellow, Director of the Institute of South and Southeast Asia Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Zhou Fangyin: Research Fellow, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

15:20pm-15:40pm: Break and Coffee

15:40pm-17:10pm: Panel discussion

Topic: The U.S. and China Policy on Regional Security Issues and Sino-US Relations: North Korean, South China Sea and Diaoyu Islands

Moderator: Zhang Chuanjie

Speakers:

Liu Jiangyong: Professor and Associate Director, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Xu Jin: Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Zhao Kejin, Associate Professor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Travis Tanner: Director of the Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, North East Asia Project Director, International Crisis Group

Ryan Haas: Political Section, the U.S. Embassy Officer

Paul Haenle: Director of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Ely Ratner: Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

17:20pm-18:00pm: Free discussion

Suggested topics: The New Congress and Sino-US Relations, The Cross-strait Relations and Sino-US Relations: after the ECFA

Moderator: Zhao Kejin

Speakers:

Ely Ratner: Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Paul Haenle: Director of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Ryan Haas: Political Section, the U.S. Embassy Officer

Shi Zhiqin, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, North East Asia Project Director, International Crisis Group

Travis Tanner: Director of the Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Zhang Chuanjie, Assistant Professor, Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University