USC China Institute - history and present day foreign affairs

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

This should be a good symposium for those of us who are trying to teach students about how history informs present day foreign policy in China, especially with China's history of vacillating between isolationism and internationalism. I am particularly interested in the speakers opinions on China's recent willingness to welcome foreign manufacturing as long as the product is for export and with the onslaught of foreign attention due to the Olympics.

• History and China’s Foreign Relations

Symposium: The Achievements and Contradictions of American Scholarship
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Time: 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Location: Doheny Library, Intellectual Commons Room
Cost: Free; reception follows
RSVPs are appreciated - please call 213-821-4382 or e-mail us

This USCI symposium brings together historians, political scientists, and policy analysts to discuss whether or not studies of the past help to illuminate the China's foreign affairs in the present.

Featured panelists include Michael Swaine (Carnegie Endowment), Alice Lyman Miller (Hoover Institution), John Wills, Jr. (USC), James Hevia (University of Chicago), Peter C. Perdue (Yale University), Brantly Womack (University of Virginia), and Harry Harding (George Washington University).

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[Anonymous]

Sounds like an interesting night. I recently went to another education forum through the RAND corporation, sponsored by Harvard Alumni Association. It dealt with K-12 education, specifically a case-style discussion on a school in California. The panel was diverse--some from business, politics, medicine and academia. It was a very interactive discussion that involved the audience with the panel. Are you going? If so, I'll see you there.

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