PULLMAN, Wash. – The U.S.-China relationship – including national security, economic and political perspectives – will be explored in the free, public CHINA Town Hall at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, in Todd Hall 334 at Washington State University.
A live webcast and Q&A with Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, will be viewed in 60 locations nationwide. In Pullman, it will be followed by a lecture by Nelson Dong, director of the Washington State China Relations Council, on “Chinese Investment in the U.S.-The National Security Perspective.”
The seventh annual town hall is organized by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and sponsored locally by the WSU Asia Program.
Albright is chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and chair of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. She is a professor in the practice of diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Dong is an attorney specializing in national security and Asia-Pacific law. He represents technology companies in venture capital financing, technology transfer and distribution agreements and other domestic and international technology and intellectual property transactions.
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading national, nonpartisan public affairs organization devoted to building constructive and durable relationships between the United States and China.
Contact:
David Pietz, WSU Asia Progam, 509-335-3267, pietz@wsu.edu