Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie's Albert Keidel and the Institute for International Economics' Morris Goldstein engaged in a lively debate. Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute moderated the discussion.
On December 1, 2005, the China Program hosted a discussion of Sino-Japanese relations in conjunction with the release of a Policy Brief, entitled “Simmering Fire in East Asia: Averting Sino-Japanese Strategic Conflict,” by Carnegie's Minxin Pei and Michael Swaine.
Carnegie's Minxin Pei, Michael Swaine, and Albert Keidel participated in a conference in Beijing jointly sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment and the China Reform Forum.
On November 2, the China Program and China Vitae co-sponsored a day-long conference on Chinese leadership, with panels on the tools of leadership analysis, leadership similarities and differences on foreign policy, and leadership unity and conflict on domestic issues. Roderick MacFarquhar of Harvard University gave the keynote address.
On October 28, 2005, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted an off-the-record talk by Taiwanese security expert Dr. Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang. Carnegie Endowment Senior Associate Michael Swaine moderated the discussion.
Carnegie’s Albert Keidel presented a summary of his working paper on development finance in China. Nicholas Lardy (Institute for International Economics) and Eswar Prasad (IMF) commented on the paper and Pieter Bottelier (former Mission Chief of the World Bank) moderated the discussion.
Discussion of CNOOC’s bid for Unocal, bilateral trade, and China’s military modernization featuring top China policy experts Carolyn Bartholomew, Albert Keidel and Michael Swaine.
Jonathan Anderson provided an assessment of current developments in China and the region.
The Carnegie China Program convened a seminar to explore the controversies surrounding the Chinese yuan. With the escalation of rhetoric across the Pacific and with the U.S. Senate scheduled to vote on a 28-percent tariff on all Chinese goods if Beijing does not act promptly on its exchange rate, it is important to review the fundamental underpinnings of the charges against China.
The Carnegie China Program and the Asia Foundation co-sponsored a lunch seminar featuring Mr. Gong Xiaobing, the Director-General of the Department of Judicial Assistance and Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Justice of China. Dr. Veron Hung of the Carnegie Endowment moderated the discussion and commented on Mr. Gong's presentation.