On November 15-17 United States President Barack Obama will pay his first-ever visit to China, as part of his maiden presidential visit through the East Asia region. Expectations for the visit are high and the list of issues on the summit agenda are lengthy and complex. The U.S.-China relationship is widely seen as the most important in international relations today, as Beijing and Washington are actors on every continent and on virtually every issue of global and regional importance.
In his lecture, Professor David Shambaugh, a veteran scholar of Sino-American relations for more than three decades, will assess the current range of issues facing the two governments as well as the broader global, regional, and historical context to the relationship. While the US and China face a broad number of pressing challenges, both must be mindful of the broader geopolitical and historical context that shapes their relationship, he argues.
There are many signs for optimism in U.S.-China relations today, as the bilateral relationship is at its best in 20 years. The lecture will detail the reasons for optimism as well as cautionary factors impinging on the global partnership Washington is trying to forge with Beijing, the evolving strategic balance in Asia, and complex bilateral relationship.
DATE: Tuesday, November 10
TIME: 12.30pm
VENUE CONFIRMED: Australian Embassy (details at end)
REGISTRATION: rsvp to fcccadmin@gmail.com for security purposes with the following information: surname, name, organisation
FEE: free to FCCC members, 50 rmb on the door to non-members
ABOUT THE SPEAKER Professor Shambaugh is currently a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the China Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of World Economics & Politics in Beijing for a year. He has also been a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program and Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution since 1998.
He is a frequent commentator on Chinese and Asian affairs in the international media, sits on the editorial boards of a number of scholarly journals, and has served as a consultant to various governments, research institutes, and private corporations. He has authored or edited 25 books, approximately 200 articles and book chapters, and 100 opinion-editorials and book reviews. His most recent books, both published in 2008, are China’s Communist Party: Atrophy & Adaptation and International Relations of Asia (with Michael Yahuda).
Australian embassy澳大利亚驻华大使馆
21 Dongzhimenwai Dajie,
Sanlitun (next to Canadian embassy, opposite A.C. Embassy Hotel)
北京市朝阳区三里屯东直门外大街21号
(加拿大大使馆的旁边，澳加饭店的对面)
Tel: 5140 4111
www.china.embassy.gov.au
Why has China increased its peacekeeping presence and where? What sort of operations are they doing? How well are they working with the soldiers and police from other parts of the world? What is motivating China’s more active peacekeeping role?
These are some of the questions which will be answered at our next FCCC speaker event on Nov 3rd. The director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Bates Gill, Chin-Hao Huang of the University of Southern California, and He Yin Associate Professor at the China Peacekeeping Police Training Center will provide an on-the-record insight into China’s evolving approach to peacekeeping.
SIPRI, one of the world´s leading think-tanks, has conducted research and interviews with a range of relevant players and also carried out field work where Chinese peacekeepers are deployed. The detailed study on their findings will be presented at the event.
DATE: Tuesday, November 3
TIME: 2pm
VENUE CONFIRMED: Polish embassy, 1 Ritan Road (corner of Guanghua Road and Ritan Road)
ENTRANCE: free to FCCC members, 50 rmb on the door to non-members
REGISTRATION: email fcccadmin@gmail.com to reserve your place and for security at the entrance
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With your well-earned drink in one hand, buy your FCCC Winter Party tickets and renew your FCCC membership with the other!
All memberships must be renewed by 15th January 2010, but we need to know by 5pm Thursday 5th Nov if you’re renewing at Happy Hour. We’re also checking we have up-to-date information for all members, so email fcccadmin@gmail.com with: First name, Surname, Organisation, Position, Membership category.
You need to bring to Happy Hour:
DATE: Friday, November 6th
TIME: 6-10pm
VENUE: The Bookworm
ENTRANCE: Free. Non-members very welcome as always
DIZZY DRINKS DISCOUNT: FCCC members wielding a valid membership card get the usual crazy discounts on draught Carlsberg and Yanjing, bottled Tsing Tao, house wine and mixed drinks.
Start December with a splash of scarlet spirit at the FCCC Winter Party!
WEAR RED! As much or as little as you like
When: Saturday 12th December, 8pm start
What: Beer, wine, seasonal cocktails, soft drinks, our resident DJ spinning great tunes, plenty of merriment and revelry, the ever popular annual FCCC video, witty musings from our president. Eat before you come.
Where: The Bookworm, rejoicing in red regalia…you won’t recognise it from Happy Hour. Exclusively open to the FCCC Winter Party, we’ll have sole use of all three rooms.
Tickets:
ONLY AVAILABLE BOUGHT IN ADVANCE
FCCC member discounted price: 200rmb (each member may buy 2 discounted tickets)
Normal price: 250rmb
They’ll sell like hot cakes so first come first served, numbers are limited
On sale at:
Happy Hour (6 Nov) at The Bookworm
FCCC office 2-5pm daily (phone first 8532 3807)
**This event is fully subscribed and we are accepting no more registrations.**
A new note of triumph has entered China’s national discourse, as the nation appears to have weathered the financial crisis well and achieved impressive economic success without the Communist Party ever giving up one-party rule. But what is actually going on in China politically today? Is the party as strong as it says it is, or is the succession issue still potentially destabilizing? How well is China projecting its soft power? And, ahead of Barack Obama’s upcoming visit, how well do China and America really know each other?
Please join us for a discussion with Sidney Rittenberg, “The Man who Stayed Behind”. Sidney lived the first three decades of the People’s Republic as a ardent believer in Mao’s revolution, and now advises Americans who are trying to navigate the complications of China today.
DATE: Thursday, October 22nd
TIME: 7.30pm
VENUE CONFIRMED: Yishu8/艺术8, between Guomao and Wanda Plaza (click here for map or see bottom for directions)
ENTRANCE: free to FCCC members, 50 rmb on the door to non-members
REGISTRATION: email fcccadmin@gmail.com to reserve your place
If you have specific questions you would like Sidney to address in his talk, please email him directly a few days before the talk at srittenb@me.com. Or, feel free to ask during the Q&A.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sidney Rittenberg witnessed much of the PRC’s early turmoil from his unique perspective as the only American member of the Chinese Communist Party. He lived in China from 1944 to 1980, spending 16 of those years in solitary confinement after he ran afoul of Chinese political currents. He and his wife Yulin are now consultants to American businesses investing in China.
Yishu8/艺术8
n° 8 Langjiayuan, Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, tel 6581 9058
北京朝阳区建国路郎家园8号尚8创意产业园F座 （万达影城西侧）电话 65819058
Directions
The entrance is on the west side of Zhenzhi Road 针织路. Go in through the gateway with 北京市电线电缆总厂over the top. (It’s next to a building almost totally covered in ivy and opposite a parade of shops and restaurants.) Taxis aren’t allowed in. Walk ahead about 200 meters and you will find a single storey building on your right with a round moongate entrance. This is Yishu8. Yishu8 is a modern arty space in a converted cable factory complex.
