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President Hu’s Recent State Visit to the United States and its Impact on the US.-China Relationship
Mon, February 28th, 2011
Beijing
IMGXYZ3637IMGZYXThe Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy hosted a roundtable discussion on President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States and its impact on the U.S.-China relationship. The experts on the American side included Stapleton Roy, former U.S. Ambassador to China and current director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Carnegie’s Douglas H. Paal and Michael Swaine. Chinese participants included Tsinghua University’s Li Bin, Da Wei of the Institute of American Studies of CICIR; and Tsinghua University’s He Maochun. Carnegie’s Paul Haenle and Shi Zhiqin of Tsinghua University moderated the discussion.
Key Points of Discussion
The panel focused on ways of further improving relations between the United States and China.
- Importance of Cooperation: The panelists stressed the importance cooperation on all levels and strong leadership from both countries but warned that managing expectations was critical.
- Taiwan: The Chinese experts on the panel expressed their view that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain an extremely sensitive issue within the bilateral relationship.
- North Korea: American participants stressed the importance of enhancing U.S.-China cooperation on the North Korea nuclear issue.
- Dialogue Critical: Both sides agreed on the importance of dialogue and communication in ensuring the two countries can find solutions to bilateral problems and can achieve cooperation on critical global issues of common concern.
Discussants: Da Wei, He Maochun, Ryan Hass
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Stapleton Roy
Douglas H. Paal
Distinguished Fellow, Asia Program
Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Michael D. Swaine
Former Senior Fellow, Asia Program
Swaine was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.
Li Bin
Former Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program
Li was a senior fellow working jointly in the Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Paul Haenle
Former Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair, Carnegie China
Paul Haenle held the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is a visiting senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He served as the White House China director on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Shi Zhiqin
Former Resident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Shi Zhiqin was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Lora Saalman
Former Nonresident Associate, Nuclear Policy Program
Saalman was a nonresident associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on China’s nuclear and strategic policies toward India, Russia, and arms control.
Michael Pettis
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie China
Michael Pettis is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. An expert on China’s economy, Pettis is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.
Chen Qi
Former Resident Scholar , Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Chen Qi was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Zhao Kejin
Former Resident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Zhao Kejin was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Sun Xuefeng
Former Resident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Sun Xuefeng was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Zhang Chuanjie
Former Resident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Zhang Chuanjie was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Xie Tao
Xie Tao is professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University. His research interests include U.S.-China relations, Chinese foreign policy, as well as American public opinion toward China.
Da Wei
Da Wei is the director of the Center for International Strategy and Security at Tsinghua University and a professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University's School of Social Science.