8th Annual CHINA Town Hall

7:00 PM - CHINA TOWN HALL WEBCAST ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

China’s rapid development and Sino-American relations have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States.  CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to provide Americans across the United States and beyond the opportunity to discuss these issues with leading experts.  This year’s national program consists of a live webcast, featuring Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, discussing 35 years of U.S.-China relations. National Committee on U.S.-China Relations President Stephen A. Orlins will moderate this 45-minute portion of the program, comprised of a 15-minute talk followed by half an hour during which President Carter will respond to questions emailed in from audience members throughout the country.

8:00 PM – PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH AUDIENCE

PANELISTS

George Chen Yale World Fellow 2014; Financial Editor and Mr. Shangkong Columnist, South China Morning Post

Deborah S. Davis Professor of Sociology, Yale University

Jessica C. Weiss Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University

Additional Panelists TBA

CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving 60 cities throughout the United States.  For more information, please visit http://www.ncuscr.org/cth