On April 20, former US ambassador to China J. Stapleton Roy addressed a USC US-China Institute audience on "The Future of US - China Relations." Roy retired in 2001 from the US Foreign Service after a 45 year career holding the service's highest rank: Career Ambassador. He subsequently went to work as Managing Director of Kissinger Associates, a strategic consulting firm.
You can see his talk at:
http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=61
What do you think of his assessment of what Americans know about China and where China is heading?
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