ANNUAL REPORT 2001

NATIONAL

COMMITTEE

ON

UNITED STATES-

CHINA

RELATIONS

35th Anniversary BOARD

OF

DIRECTORS *

Chair Barber B. Conable, Jr.(1) Carla A. Hills(2)

Vice Chairmen Lee H. Hamilton Robert A. Levinson Robert S. McNamara James R. Sasser Ezra F. Vogel

Treasurer Robert A. Levinson

Secretary Kathryn D. Christopherson

Michael H. Armacost William E. Frenzel Thomas H. Kean Douglas H. Paal Nancy Kassebaum Baker Peter F. Geithner Geraldine S. Kunstadter Elizabeth J. Perry Julia Chang Bloch David R. Gergen David M. Lampton Joseph W. Prueher(5) W. Wayne Booker Sam Gibbons Nicholas R. Lardy J. Stapleton Roy(5) Andrew H. Card, Jr.(3) Thomas M. Gorrie(5) Kenneth Lieberthal(5) Matt Salmon(7) Gareth C. C. Chang Maurice R. Greenberg Henry Luce III H. Kerner Smith Elaine L. Chao(4) Herbert J. Hansell Elizabeth S. MacMillan David K. Y. Tang Thomas J. Christensen Jamie P. Horsley(5) Richard H. Matzke(5) Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Charles J. Conroy David E. Jeremiah D. Bruce McMahan Susan Roosevelt Weld Douglas N. Daft David A. Jones, Jr. Kathryn Mohrman I. Peter Wolff Gary Dirks Sidney R. Jones Douglas P. Murray William H. Yu(4) Gerald R. Ford John Thomas Kamm Kevin J. O’Brien Madeleine Zelin Barbara Hackman Franklin Virginia Kamsky Michel C. Oksenberg(6)

Chairman Emeritus Raymond P. Shafer

Directors Emeriti *Effective November 30, 2000 – December 6, 2001 Robert O. Anderson 5. Effective May 15, 2001 Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. 1. Chairman to May 15, 2001, Director thereafter 6. Died February 2001 Robert A. Scalapino 2. Vice Chair to May 15, 2001, Chair thereafter 7. Effective January 2001 Carl F. Stover 3. Resigned December 2000 8. Died January 2001 Leonard Woodcock(8) 4. Resigned January 2001 NATIONAL

COMMITTEE

ON

UNITED STATES-

CHINA

RELATIONS

he National Committee on United States-China Relations T is a nonprofit educational organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citi- zens of both countries. The Committee focuses its exchange, educational and policy activities on international relations, economic development and management, governance and legal affairs, education administration, environmental and other global issues, and mass communication, addressing these issues with respect to the People’s Republic, SAR and . The Committee’s programs draw strength from its members, who now num- ber nearly 700 Americans from all parts of the country and about 70 corporations and professional firms. They represent many viewpoints, but share the belief that produc- tive U.S.-China relations require ongoing public education, face-to-face contact and forthright exchange of ideas.

1 LETTER

FROM THE

CHAIR AND

PRESIDENT

his year marked the thirty-fifth had attended since the nightmarish terrorist anniversary of the National attacks three weeks earlier. It was an inspir- T Committee on United-States- ing evening—the moment of silence for the China Relations. How much has changed victims of 9/11; the words of sympathy since 1966! No longer confined to guard- from China’s premier Zhu Rongji conveyed ed diplomatic encounters in Geneva and by Ambassador Yang Jiechi; the acknowl- Warsaw, in 2001 the relationship between edgement of the contributions to the the United States and China involved September 11 relief fund and to U.S.-China nearly $130 billion of trade, over 900,000 relations by the honorees (AIG, AOL Time American visits to China and over 300,000 Warner, Coca-Cola, and J. P. Morgan Chinese visits to America, 60,000 Chinese Chase); the celebration of the Committee’s students at American educational institu- achievements; and the fellowship of people tions, and countless other sorts of interac- sharing both grief and a commitment to tion across fields as diverse as law, environ- the National Committee’s purpose. mental protection, health, education, the This purpose was expressed very well arts and entertainment. The United States that night by the dinner’s emcee (and board and Washington now collaborate through member) David Gergen, who said “The a great variety of government agencies, Committee’s continuing challenge will be and work together in dozens of interna- to address cutting-edge issues in the con- tional organizations, including the United stantly evolving and increasingly complex Nations (1971), where both are permanent relationship between the two countries— members of the Security Council, and the the issues that will have the most impact World Trade Organization (2001). on whether the United States and China The efforts of the National Committee can build a successful future through coop- in its first six years to inform and educate eration and understanding. [. . .] In every- Americans about China in the midst of thing it does, the Committee will try to the Cold War—and an increasingly hot help Chinese and Americans reach beyond war in Southeast Asia—paved the way the headlines to understand how things for the Nixon-Mao/Kissinger-Chou really work, and what is of value to each rapprochement of 1972. In the words of the other. It will explore difficult issues through Committee’s first chairman Bob Scalapino, frank and mutually respectful dialogue.” “It is no exaggeration to assert that the The need for this understanding and National Committee played a major role in dialogue was highlighted by two events in enabling the issue of China to be viewed 2001. The first occurred April 1 off the in its full complexity, with policies exam- coast of China’s Hainan Island in the South ined with respect to American interests as China Sea, when a Chinese fighter collided well as those of the global community.” with an American EP-3 reconnaissance We celebrated the Committee’s first plane. The strained negotiations to secure thirty-five years at a gala dinner in New the release of the plane and its crew that 2 York City on October 2, 2001, the first took place over eleven days revealed the public event that many of the participants extent of the two countries’ mistrust and suspicion of each other. At the same time, fortunately, the event also highlighted for Beijing and Washington the strategic importance of their relationship, and led, IN APPRECIATION OF in the end, to a renewed commitment to bilateral dialogue. BARBER B. CONABLE,JR. The second event was, of course, the terrorist attacks on New York and Washing- ton on September 11. China’s president WHEREAS, Barber Conable has , who saw CNN’s coverage of served with great distinction as the attacks in real time, moved quickly to Chairman of the National Committee be among the first world leaders to extend on United States-China Relations from sympathy and support for the United States. 1992 until 2001; China quickly dispatched Vice Foreign WHEREAS, his astute leadership Minister Yi to Pakistan to encourage and experience has greatly enhanced the President Musharraf to cooperate in the reputation and effectiveness of the war on terror, and began to share intelligence National Committee; with the United States in ways it had never WHEREAS, his warm and witty nature has enriched the done before. Once again, a crisis had Committee’s meetings and enlarged its circle of friends; underscored the strategic importance of WHEREAS, his consideration and thoughtfulness of the U.S.-China relations, and the need for the National Committee staff has greatly endeared him to them; two countries to work together. NOW THEREFORE, the members of the Board of In this report, you will read of the Directors of the National Committee on United States-China National Committee’s efforts in 2001 to Relations, with great affection, unanimously resolve to hold add new bridges of understanding between Barber Conable in our highest esteem. Americans and Chinese to those we have built in our first thirty-five years. As we December 7, 2001 look ahead to a future in which American and Chinese interests will be increasingly intertwined, it is clear that many more such bridges need to be built.

Carla A. Hills Chair

John L. Holden President

3 2001

EXCHANGES

AND

CONFERENCES

or 35 years, the National The following report contains an Committee has been organizing overview of the exchanges, conferences F programs that encourage under- and other programs the National Com- standing of China and the United States mittee organized in 2001. We appreciate among citizens of both countries. In its all that our directors, members, funders earliest days, with virtually no contact and other colleagues contribute to mak- between the two countries, the National ing these programs possible. More infor- Committee relied on presentations to mation on these programs can be found policy leaders, academics and civic groups on our website at www.ncuscr.org and to disseminate information about China. in our newsletter, Notes from the National Six years after its founding, in 1972, the Committee. National Committee cosponsored the historic visit of the Chinese ping-pong INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS team to the United States, initiating the people-to-people exchanges that have Unforeseen circumstances punctuated become one of the Committee’s hallmarks. the course of Sino-American relations In 1984, the U.S.-China Dialogue, con- in 2001. In April, an American EP-3 vened by the National Committee and reconnaissance plane was hit by a Chinese the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign fighter jet and made an emergency land- Affairs, began a process of non-official, ing on Hainan Island. That event, and “Track II” consultations and conferences subsequent weeks of diplomatic negotia- to assess core interests and continuing tions, highlighted the potential for problems in the bilateral relationship. conflict between the two countries and Domestic, bilateral and international the mistrust that continues to cloud their circumstances have changed dramatically interaction. To their credit, both govern- in the past three and a half decades, yet ments took steps to right the relationship we continue to rely on the fundamental through a number of high-level consulta- elements of the early, ground-breaking tions, culminating in a visit by President initiatives to inform public opinion and Bush to in October. The encourage direct exchange of ideas. Our September 11 terrorist attack on the public education programs, citizen United States was another unforeseen exchanges, and Track II diplomacy efforts event that significantly affected U.S.- address topics of mutual interest and China relations—constructively, this potential conflict between the two coun- time —as Beijing supported Washington’s tries. Americans and Chinese are now new war on terrorism. The year ended directly engaged in an unparalleled range on a positive note, as both governments of shared interests, and a number of these prepared for President Bush’s February are reflected in our programmatic themes: 2002 trip to Beijing—an unprecedented international affairs, economic development second visit to China by a sitting 4 and management, education, governance American president. and legal affairs, global issues, and the media. The National Committee adapted its planned programs to reflect these new cir- cumstances and devised additional pro- grams to directly address the challenging, and sometimes contentious, issues that emerged. For instance, within a month of the September 11 attacks, the Committee and the Brookings Institution convened a one-day, off-the-record meeting of experts in counter-terrorism, regional security and U.S.-China relations to consider “Counter- terrorism, China’s Role and Implications for U.S. Policy.” The National Committee also served as an information resource for the media and the public, particularly in the days follow- of an attack by the mainland, “with whatever Delegation members found ing the downing of the EP-3 plane and the it took to help Taiwan defend herself,” and keen interest in China about September 11 attacks; president John questioned the delegation about whether this the United States’ November Holden and vice president Jan Berris pro- signaled a major policy change. 2000 elections. Shown here are vided commentary on the impact of these National Committee board members Matt (front row) Jan Berris, Zheng events on American interests and U.S.- Salmon, former Arizona Congressman, and Bijian, then president of the China relations in numerous interviews Douglas Paal, president of the Asia Pacific Central Party School, Elaine with print and broadcast journalists from Policy Center, shared leadership responsibili- Kamarck, P.J. Simmons, and both countries. ties for the delegation. Other participants (back row) Matt Salmon, included P.J. Crowley, spokesperson for the Doug Paal and Cal Mackenzie DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY National Security Council and deputy ( June 2001). IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2000 ELECTIONS spokesperson at the Department of Defense during the Clinton administration; Elaine Another significant, though anticipated, Kamarck, domestic policy advisor to Vice event shaped the outlook for U.S. relations President Al Gore in the White House and with China in 2001: the American elec- on the campaign; and Colby College profes- tions of November 2000. The National sor Cal MacKenzie, a specialist in presidential Committee sent a five-member delegation transitions. The Freeman Foundation provid- to the PRC and Taiwan in June to give ed financial support for this exchange. briefings on the topic of “Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications of the 2000 PREVENTIVE DEFENSE Elections.” The thoroughly unanticipated denouement of the presidential race was Counter-terrorism was a dominant theme of enormous interest to those with whom of the three-day meeting the National the delegation spoke. Confusion and mis- Committee cosponsored with the Harvard- understanding were in abundance, and the Stanford Preventive Defense Project (PDP) delegation worked hard to clarify what in Palo Alto, Calif., December 13-15. happened—and why. Co-chairs of the PDP are former Secretary Over the course of the two-week pro- of Defense William J. Perry and former gram, the presidential election, Democratic Assistant Secretary of Defense for Interna- and Republican political agendas, and the tional Security Policy Ashton B. Carter. media’s role in politics were the themes The National Committee and PDP have that formed the basis for workshops, panels collaborated on China-related Track II and discussions with academics, policy spe- efforts since 1998. The China Foundation cialists, and officials in Beijing, Shanghai for International & Strategic Studies, a and Taipei. Policy analysts on both sides Beijing-based think tank, served as the of the Taiwan Strait also took notice of counterpart for this meeting. President Bush’s April 25 television inter- The tensions that followed the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade view, in which he said that the United 5 States would defend Taiwan, in the event and the April 2001 downing of the EP-3 Taiwan also is undergoing economic changes, due to both its own internal dynamics and regional economic develop- ments. The election of Chen Shui-bian as president in March 2000 moved the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), long associated with labor forces in Taiwan, to the forefront of the political arena. As a result, workers rights’ and other labor-related issues are increasingly a part of the island’s political discourse. The National Committee addressed some of these changes through an exchange program with representatives of Taiwan labor organizations. Scholars from the China reconnaissance plane prompted the PDP Foundation for International and National Committee staff to focus on TAIWAN LABOR LEADERS & Strategic Studies joined “crisis management” as the main subject American policy analysts for of the December meeting; the September The American labor movement has a a preventive defense conference terrorist attacks provided further reason very long history, beginning with orga- on crisis management to focus on that subject. The nearly 30 nized strikes in the colonial period. The (December 2001). participants looked for lessons learned American Federation of Labor and the from recent crises and considered possible Committee for Industrial Organization, initiatives that might improve crisis man- the two entities that eventually merged to agement internally and between the two form the mainstay of modern American countries. They also debated whether the unionism, the AFL-CIO, were created in events of September 11 changed the 1886 and 1935, respectively. In Taiwan, strategic priorities of the American and the movement is relatively new, as inde- Chinese governments, and whether the pendent labor federations and non-gov- attacks might open the door to coopera- ernmental organizations (NGOs) have tion in the security field. Other topics formed in recent years, old unions have included the cross-Strait issue and its begun shifting away from total govern- effect on U.S.-China relations, missile ment control, and legislators have revised defense and nuclear arms control. labor laws. Despite these different histories, labor ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT leaders from Taiwan found common AND MANAGEMENT ground and mutual interests with their American counterparts during a study For the past 20 years, economic tour of Boston, Washington, D.C., reforms and expanded trade have helped Detroit and Seattle, July 21-August 3. kindle unprecedented economic growth in The program’s overall theme, the role of China. While the PRC’s accession to the organized labor in a democratic society, World Trade Organization has the poten- was examined from several angles: an tial to advance reforms and promote con- overview of the American labor move- tinued growth, it also presents the coun- ment and its historical context, including try’s leaders and policy-makers with a set current challenges and debates; the orga- of new, complex and politically sensitive nization of labor unions and the relation- challenges. Questions about China’s eco- ships between unions and corporate man- nomic outlook and the impact of WTO agement and unions and government; the accession were a recurring theme in role of organized labor in electoral poli- National Committee corporate briefings tics, particularly in advocating workers’ and public programs in 2001, underscor- rights; and labor issues in high-tech ing the significance of continued eco- industries. The group had briefings and 6 nomic reform for China’s future and its discussions with representatives of trading partners. federal agencies, a variety of unions, university labor research centers, think ment officials: Chang Fong-yi, secretary tanks and NGOs. general, Taiwan Labor Front; Ho Dwan- Over the course of the two-week study fan, secretary general, Council of Labor tour, the issue of worker retraining in Affairs, Executive Yuan; Jeng Tsuen-chyi, Taiwan was raised time and again. director, Bureau of Labor Affairs, Taipei Worker layoffs in Taiwan have accompa- City Government; Kuo Kuo-wen, secre- nied the transfer of production facilities tary general, Taiwan Confederation of to the mainland, where lower-cost labor Trade Unions; and Liu Chin-hsin, advi- is plentiful. The group heard about simi- sor, Council of Labor Affairs, advisor, lar experiences in American labor, and Legislative Yuan and professor, National saw a first-hand illustration during its Taiwan University. stay in Detroit, where plans were being Funding for the program was provided developed to convert three closed-down by the U.S. Department of State. Ford plants for entertainment and other commercial purposes. The group was GOVERNANCE AND particularly impressed by Detroit’s One- LEGAL AFFAIRS Stop Career Center, a multi-service cen- ter for the unemployed, and talked about With China’s WTO membership now how this model might be adapted and secured, domestic and international atten- implemented in Taiwan. Seattle’s high- tion shifts to the country’s compliance tech industries provided two examples of with that body’s standards and regula- labor-management cooperation in worker tions. China will need to adapt its cur- retraining: the International Association rent body of law and implement new reg- of Machinists & Aerospace Workers/ ulations to meet its WTO obligations. Boeing Quality Through Training As changes in the economic arena often Program and the Ed Wells Initiative, a have served as an impetus for changes in joint project of Boeing and the Society other aspects of Chinese society, achiev- of Professional Engineering Employees ing WTO compliance may also have in Aerospace. repercussions for legal change and reform Led by Chen Chi-sen, senior advisor beyond the commercial sphere. It also is to President Chen Shui-bian and profes- likely to put an added burden on the sor, Labor Institute, Chinese Culture country’s still-developing court system. University, the delegation included a mix China has turned to the court systems of labor union and NGO representatives, of other countries, including the United academics, and local and central govern- States, for models and ideas on how to

Taiwan labor leaders, shown here at the local United Auto Workers’ offices in Detroit, exchanged views with union officials, government represen- tatives, corporate managers and labor historians over the course of their study tour ( July 2001).

7 modernize its legal apparatus. The National ized court personnel in the U.S. legal sys- Committee has made China’s judiciary the tem, important topics as China’s courts face primary focus of its rule-of-law programs, more numerous and complex cases. recognizing the instrumental role that Over the course of the two-week study judges and other court professionals play in tour, the delegation benefited from the the fair and efficient application of the law. insights of a number of alumni of previous These exchanges have brought American National Committee judicial programs. and Chinese judges together for discussions Judge Michael M. Mihm of the U.S. on professional training, standards, and the District Court, Central District of Illinois responsibilities of court professionals. and a Other exchange programs have focused on participant in the Committee’s March 2000 law school deans, law journalists, or specific civil trial procedure exchange to China, areas of law, such as administrative proce- traveled to Washington to welcome the dure or copyright law. group on behalf of the Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial SHANGHAI HIGH PEOPLE’S COURT Relations. Other veterans of exchanges— JUDICIAL REFORM DELEGATION Judge Helen Ginger Berrigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana; Judge The Shanghai High People’s Court is Stuart R. Pollack, Superior Court, City and considered a model for the rest of the County of San Francisco; and Judge Ronald Members of the Judicial country; innovative practices often are first S.W. Lew, U.S. District Court, Central Reform Delegation included introduced in this court system and then District of California—hosted the delegation Judges Yang Jianyu, Jiang replicated in others. In February 2001, the in their respective cities, opened the doors Fukang, Zhang Jun, Song National Committee hosted six members to their courtrooms for observation, intro- Jianchao, Xiong Xuanguo, of the Shanghai High People’s Court, and duced the delegation to their colleagues, Wang Liwen and Luo Shuping one representative of the Sichuan Provincial and facilitated discussions. (February 2001). High People’s Court, for meetings with The group found their meetings with civil and criminal magistrates, and discus- sions on their roles, to be especially valuable, as were presentations on automation of court proceedings and law libraries. Their firsthand observations sparked dozens of questions from the Chinese judges about the practical realities of managing busy court dockets with limited time, budgets and staff. The relationship between the media and the judiciary also generated a lively exchange between the judges and New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse. The Ford Foundation supported this project. The Honorable Ge Huilong, senior judge and member of the Adjudica- tion Committee of the Shanghai High People’s Court, was the delegation leader. Other member’s from his court were Zhang Jun, chief judge, No. 2 Court, Criminal Division; Jiang Fukang, director, Supervisory Office; Xiong Xuanguo, deputy director, Research Office; Song Jianchao, director, Personnel Department; Wang Liwen, deputy judges and other court professionals in four section chief, Research Office; and Yang American cities. The group expressed Jianyu, official, Foreign Affairs Division. interest in all aspects of court management, Representing the Sichuan High People’s but was particularly keen to learn more Court was Luo Shuping, chief judge of the 8 about judicial ethics and the role of special- No. 1 Court of the Criminal Division. EDUCATION K-12 PRINCIPALS DELEGATION

Education is a natural channel for In June 2001, the National Committee exchanges between Americans and Chinese organized a study tour for ten K-12 since they share a deep desire to prepare Chinese teachers, principals, and adminis- children for productive and rewarding trators, with briefings and school visits in futures. Educators and policy-makers in Washington, D.C., New York, Phoenix both countries continually look for ways to and San Francisco. Education delega- structure curricula to meet the needs of shift- tions typically visit the United States ing demographics and changing marketplaces. when the school year is in full swing. Teachers also seek ways to enrich their class- This group, arriving at the end of the rooms by incorporating lessons on other academic term, missed the normal rhythm cultures into their teaching. These common of K-12 school routines, but had opportu- interests lay the foundation for fertile, nities to sit in on end-of-year conferences mutually beneficial exchanges. between parents and teachers, hear The cornerstone of our current education teachers’ assessments of the completed exchange program is the 1980 bilateral agree- school year and observe preparations for ment between the U.S. Department of Edu- summer school. cation and the PRC’s Ministry of Education, The modern principal often serves as although the National Committee has been fiscal administrator, community leader, running educational exchanges since August educational reformer and student role 1973. In a typical year, the Committee works model. During visits to elementary, mid- with the Department of Education to bring dle and high schools; meetings at teacher two delegations of Chinese educators to the training programs and professional associ- United States for two-week study tours. The ations; and over meals in homes, discus- basic themes for these exchanges have not sions focused on how principals can effec- changed: programs on primary and secondary tively carry out these responsibilities. school administration, higher and profession- The Chinese educators found presenta- al education, and vocational education often tions on means of developing school lead- serve as the subject of these programs. Their ership to be particularly interesting. substantive content, however, has evolved Among these were briefings by the U.S. to reflect changes in American and Chinese Department of Education’s “Principal in educational systems, with more recent Residence,” staff of the American exchanges addressing the use of technology in Association of School Administrators and the classroom, parental participation in school the director of Bank Street College of planning, bilingual education, magnet and Education’s Leadership Center/Principals charter schools, and other contemporary topics. Institute. Other topics on the program The reciprocal component of this bilateral agenda included school governance and agreement is the annual Fulbright-Hays administration, teaching methodology Summer Seminar, a month-long program and the roles of federal, state and local that introduces American teachers to Chinese government in education. history, culture and contemporary society Members of the delegation were Yun through lectures, visits to historical sites, and Bingzhi, principal, China Renmin time spent in Beijing, Shanghai and other University Affiliated Elementary School; Chinese cities. Ma Yinlan, deputy principal, Tsinghua Funding for these core programs comes University Affiliated Elementary School; from a grant from the U.S. Department Sui Lili, mathematics teacher; Beijing No. of Education with supplementary funding 15 Secondary School; Li Yuwen, princi- for the Hong Kong portion of the Summer pal, Beijing Yue Tan Secondary School; Seminar from a private donor. The National Hu Wei, deputy principal, Beijing No. 61 Committee also develops education Secondary School; Xu Yunyao, mathe- exchanges with funding from other sources, matics teacher, Beijing Jinshan School; and training and education are frequently Yang Jun, deputy director, Division of America and South Pacific, Department components of exchanges in other disciplines. 9 of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry of Education; Yang information officers at the U.S. Consulate. Xiuying, director, Tianjin Municipal Following the study seminar, each par- Education Commission; Wu Yirong, prin- ticipant prepared a curriculum project on cipal, Tianjin Ying Cai High School; Wang some aspect of Chinese history or culture, Jincheng, principal, Tianjin No. 2 Teacher which the Department of Education Training School. disseminates through the Educational Resources Information Center, a national FULBRIGHT-HAYS SUMMER SEMINAR clearinghouse. Members of the 2001 class of “Tradition and Transformation” is the Fulbright-Hays teachers were David M. theme of the Fulbright-Hays Summer Bilka, Cypress Creek High School, Seminar to China, a program designed to Orlando, Fla.; Sherry E. Carr, Jack D. give American teachers an overview of Gordon Elementary School, Miami, Fla; imperial, revolutionary and contemporary Daniel A. Chittick, Jenkintown School China. Yet transformation might also be District, Jenkintown, Penn.; Judith A. used to describe the process the teachers DuPre, Fairport High School, Fairport, themselves undergo over the course of their N.Y.; Claire M. Griffin, Sacred Heart month in China, as site visits; lectures by Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii; Dana N. historians, sociologists and economists; and Lynch, John A. Rowland High School, time spent in markets, Internet cafes, tem- Rowland Heights, Calif.; Michael A. ples and schools change the Fulbrighters’ Marcus, Berlin High School, Berlin, perspectives on China. Information and Conn.; Nancy R. Nemchick, Kenmore impressions are in turn brought back to the Middle School, Landover, Md.; Valerie A. classroom, broadening the perspectives of Person, Currituck County High students and piquing the interest of future School, Barco, N.C.; Adrienne J. Phillips, China hands. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, The 2001 class of Fulbrighters included Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.; David P. 16 secondary school teachers from 12 Ragan, Hammond School, Columbia, states, and was accompanied by Professor S.C.; Moneeka H. Settles, Oregon Stanley Rosen of the University of Episcopal School, Portland, Ore.; Marcie Southern California. The Ministry of Taylor-Thoma, Maryland State Depart- Education arranged the group’s itinerary in ment of Education, Baltimore, Md.; Beijing, Xi’an, Kunming and Shanghai. Sharman L. Vermeer, Mt. Pleasant High Substantive lectures were balanced with School, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and Gerry L. visits to China’s most famous sites. Partici- Waller, Clara Driscoll Middle School, pants gave high marks to lectures on San Antonio, Tex. China’s foreign policy, the architecture of the Forbidden City, ethnic populations, U.S.-CHINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION and gender issues and seeing the Great COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECT Wall, Xi’an’s terra cotta soldiers and the Stone Forest near Kunming. The teachers The National Committee collaborated also got a glimpse of home life in China, with the U.S.-China Education Founda- as Shanghai high school students adopted tion (USCEF) to design and coordinate the Fulbrighters for a day of sightseeing, a 15-day study tour that brought ten after which they opened their homes for Chinese community college presidents meals and conversation with their families. and education officials to the United Participants also had the option of States in April. USCEF is a non-profit extending their program by spending sever- organization founded in 1983 to promote al days in Hong Kong prior to their return educational development in China and United States. Lectures there focused on facilitate educational exchange between political and economic change in Hong the United States and China. The study Kong since 1997, youth and education; the tour was part of the USCEF’s multi-year group also met with journalists, representa- Community Colleges in China Project, 10 tives of the Hong Kong General Chamber which is funded by the Ford Foundation. of Commerce, and economic, political and The community college administrators responsibility to mitigate the most damag- visited a dozen campuses in New York, ing ecological consequences of economic Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Austin, development. Recognition of common Phoenix, and San Francisco, which offered problems and mutual interest in effective courses in such diverse disciplines as fash- solutions form the foundation for National ion design, agricultural sciences and com- Committee exchanges that focus on this puter programming. Discussions focused important subject. on partnerships between colleges and busi- nesses, integration of professional programs NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE AND and general education, and the relationship COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT between market needs assessment and cur- riculum design. The group’s study tour A March 2001 program brought togeth- was planned to coincide with the annual er leaders in natural disaster management convention of the American Association from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong of Community Colleges in Chicago; in Kong, who spent two weeks sharing ideas addition to the opportunity to meet large with each other and with their American numbers of their colleagues and take counterparts on the best ways to prepare for advantage of panels and exhibits in their and respond to floods, earthquakes, fires, field, several delegates presented a panel and typhoons. From the first introductory on the subject of U.S.-China educational meeting until the last day of the trip, the exchanges. participants put aside their political differ- Discussions with FEMA Educators in the delegation were Tao ences and eagerly shared information and administrators gave Chinese Benyi, vice president, Shanghai Teachers experiences on how to minimize damage natural disaster experts an University; Nie Jia’en, president, Taiyuan and injury when natural disasters strike. overview of preparedness and University; Yang Yingsong, president, The program included meetings with gov- response strategies in the Jinshan Community College; Li Yunlong, ernment agencies and national organiza- United States (March 2001). president, Shanxi International Commercial College; Nie Yazhen, president, Sino- Western College of Vocation and Technology; Wei Yingqi, director, Foshan Education Commission; Wang Liang Juan, associate research fellow, Beijing Academy of Education Sciences; Wang Wei, vice direc- tor, Division of Higher Vocational Education, Ministry of Education; Xu Tao, vice director, Division of Higher Education, Shanghai Education Commission; and Yang Xiaoqin, vice director, Foshan tions in Washington, D.C., and with spe- Education Commission. cialists in Florida and California who focus on the disasters typical to those regions. ENVIRONMENTAL AND Daylong meetings at both the Federal GLOBAL ISSUES Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross in Washington gave As the world’s wealthiest country and the group an overview of mechanisms the the world’s most populous country, respec- United States uses to plan for, recover from tively, the United States and China play and mitigate the impacts of natural disas- significant roles as global citizens in ters. On the road in Florida, the delegation addressing international problems. One spoke with researchers at the National striking example is the environment: Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction 11 China and the United States both have a Center about prediction and preparedness and with State Farm Insurance agents about ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WORKSHOPS pre-disaster practices to protect life and property. In California, where earthquakes Enacting laws and regulations to protect and fires are the primary concerns of disas- the environment is only the first step in ter managers, staff from the Earthquake restoring ecosystems or preventing damage Engineering Research Center and local fire to natural resources. Educating citizens on departments briefed the group. The coordi- environmental issues and their responsibili- nation of federal, state and local responses ties for environmental protection is essential to disasters was a recurring theme through- in ensuring the ultimate effectiveness of out the study tour, and meetings with repre- government policies. In May, the National sentatives of emergency response agencies Committee sent five American environmen- for the city of Oakland, county of tal education specialists to China for an 11- Sacramento and state of California gave day program designed to facilitate an participants a chance to hear a range of per- exchange of ideas among teachers, adminis- spectives on this issue. The delegation also trators, NGO leaders, and students in the was interested in the roles that volunteer field of environmental education. organizations play in community prepared- The first stop was Beijing, where the ness and response. focus was on briefings with the staff of the Participants in the delegation from the Center for Environmental Education and PRC were Zhang Xiaoning, Ministry of Communications of the China State Envi- Civil Affairs’ Department of Disaster and ronmental Protection Agency, which served Social Relief; Gu Renfa, Amity Foundation; as the main Chinese host. The core of the He Tongxing, China Charities Federation; program, however, took place in the city of and Hong Junling, Chinese Red Cross. Qingdao and various sites in Heilongjiang The Hong Kong Security Bureau and the province, where the Americans held work- Hong Kong Red Cross were represented shops on environmental education (attended

American environmental edu- cators enjoyed the opportunity to demonstrate their teaching techniques in a Qingdao class- room (May 2001).

by Ng Sehung-lok and Wong Mok Lai, by relevant government administrators, respectively. Taiwan participants were teachers, park rangers, and NGO represen- Hsieh Kuo-hsin from the National Alliance tatives); joined their Chinese counterparts in for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and “team teaching” elementary school children; Chen Hsingjye from the Nantou Fire discussed public education programs with Department. administrators of nature reserves; and spoke 12 with local officials about reconciling the challenges of economic development and environmental protection. As the Ameri- looked to the future of the media, and cans’ visit coincided with World Environ- considered the potential impacts that new ment Day, they observed ceremonies in technology, changing audience interests both Harbin and Beijing that recognized and a new generation of journalists will local efforts to protect the environment. have on reporting and delivering the news. A half-day session in Beijing provided an opportunity to discuss the important role THE NEW MEDIA: the media can play in educating the general POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES public about environmental issues. The papers presented by the Americans In less than ten years, the Internet has at the workshops—which addressed topics become an integral part of business, such as corporate environmental principles, including the news business. In the outreach to urban audiences, engaging vol- United States, where Internet users num- unteers in environmental education, and bered 149 million in 2001, according to developing sources of financial support— the Computer Industry Almanac, media reached an even larger audience through companies are experimenting with formats their subsequent publication in the Chinese that will appeal to this growing audience journal Environmental Educator. and considering ways to generate the Delegation members included Randy income needed to support this type of Champeau, University of Wisconsin- news delivery. Internet usage in China is Stevens Point; Carol J. Fialkowski, Field not yet as widespread—an estimated 33 Museum of Chicago; Thom J. McEvoy, million people had Internet access at the Scott Woelfel, Barbara Palser University of Vermont; Maurice “Skip” end of 2001, according to the China and Andrew Lih spoke with Schwartz, Audubon Canyon Ranch; and Internet Network Information Center— journalism students about how Kelly Zagrzebski, Wisconsin Public Service but the numbers are growing rapidly. new media affects news delivery Corporation. Funding for this exchange According to a survey of the Chinese and news consumers’ expecta- was provided by the State Department and Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese tions (September 2001). the United Technologies Corporation.

MEDIA

Despite the increasing numbers of American and Chinese citizens who have had contact with one another through National Committee programs and other kinds of exchange and travel, the fact remains that most people in China and the United States learn about the other nation through the media. Journalists thus play an influential role in shaping the per- ceptions Americans and Chinese have of each others’ governments, foreign policies and citizens. Internet users are generally more receptive The National Committee first hosted a to new ideas and points of view than oth- delegation of PRC journalists in the United ers in Chinese society. States in 1979 and worked with the To explore the social and ethical influ- American Society of Newspaper Editors ence new media has had on the news and the three national networks on their industry so far and to consider future first visits to China in the early 1970s. implications in both countries, the Since then, our journalism exchanges have National Committee sent three U.S. included print, television and radio experts in the field to meet with their reporters from major cities and smaller counterparts in Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen markets; reporters with economic, interna- and Hong Kong, September 1-14. Hong tional and general news “beats;” and spe- Kong University’s Journalism and Media 13 cialists in press law. Our 2001 exchanges Studies Centre cooperated with the National Committee in arranging the itiner- story of terrorism as on new media issues. ary. The group met with virtually all the The delegation included Scott Woelfel, key players in China’s online media during founder and former president of CNN its time in Beijing and Shanghai, from the Interactive; Barbara Palser, director of relevant deputy minister at the State Council training at Internet Broadcasting Systems; Information Office; to editorial and techni- and Andrew Lih, professor at Columbia cal staff from such major news outlet as University’s Graduate School of Journal- Chinadaily.com, People’s Daily Online, ism and principal investigator of the CCTV.com and Xinhua.net; to an executive Columbia’s Interactive Design Lab. at China’s leading private Internet portal. Support for the exchange was provided Time spent in Xiamen, further removed by the U.S. Department of State. from the information superhighways of Beijing and Shanghai, gave the Americans AOL TIME WARNER INTERNSHIP a very different perspective on the status of new media development and usage. In all AOL Time Warner Inc. sponsored the three cities, the Americans participated in fourth consecutive class of interns from workshops at journalism schools, exchang- Shanghai’s Fudan University, which offers ing views with news professionals, acade- Chinese undergraduates short-term mics and students on the ethics of online internships at various AOL Time Warner journalism, managing the business of new entities throughout the United States. media, technological changes and their As in previous years, National effects on news delivery, and the expecta- Committee staff coordinated the pro- tions of news consumers. gram, overseeing the selection process,

A tour of VOA studios was part of the AOL Time Warner interns’ orientation program. From left to right, Shen Rujun, Cheng Yan, Peter Chen of VOA, Lu Yong, Yang Yun and Chen Weihao (September 2001).

Moments after landing in Hong Kong leading a ten-day orientation program on September 11, the group learned of the upon the interns’ arrival in the United terrorist attacks on New York and Washing- States and acting as mentors to them ton. Meetings were held as scheduled over during the course of their stay. the next few days, at the journalism schools The five students in the 2001 class of Hong Kong University and City Univer- included journalism, English language sity, the Freedom Forum and the Hong and literature, marketing and accounting Kong Journalists Association, though dis- majors. They spent their three-month 14 cussions focused as much on the breaking internships working for Fortune, TIME, and Home Box Office Inc. in New York; SPECIAL PROGRAMS Cable News Network in Atlanta; and Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles. AMERICA-CHINA FORUM Their work assignments varied according DELEGATION TO BEIJING to their individual interests and respective placements, but all the interns had oppor- Following approval by the boards of tunities to learn about the research, pro- directors of the two organizations, the duction, distribution, and advertising America China Society (ACS) is now in aspects of news and entertainment media. the process of merging with the National Like their predecessors, this year’s class Committee. When the merger is finalized, of interns was thoughtful and articulate in ACS will officially become the America- drawing comparisons between life in China Forum of the National Committee China and the United States and analyz- on U.S.-China Relations. ACS was found- ing their experiences in this country. The ed in 1987 by former Secretaries of State Committee therefore arranged several Henry A. Kissinger and Cyrus Vance to speaking engagements to give them improve understanding between the United opportunities to share their impressions States and the People’s Republic of China, with the public. and counts former presidents, secretaries of The New York-based interns gave a state, national security advisors, and other panel presentation at a public program former senior officials and business leaders cosponsored by the National Committee among its directors. and the China Institute, and went to The National Committee developed the Albany to speak to the high school classes itinerary for an ACS trip to China for con- of an alumnus of the Fulbright-Hays sultations with senior leaders in March Summer Seminar to China; the Southern 2001. The Chinese People’s Institute for Center for International Studies invited Foreign Affairs served as the group’s host

The America-China Forum delegation, led by Henry Kissinger, discussed the outlook for Sino-American relations with Chinese policymakers and scholars (March 2001).

our Atlanta intern to speak to some of its and arranged meetings with President Jiang members. Audiences were eager to hear Zemin, Defense Minister Chi Haotian, the interns’ opinions of U.S. policy and Beijing Mayor Liu Qi, First Party Secretary the media’s coverage of the aftermath of Jia Qinglin, General Xiong Guangkai, Vice the terrorist acts; the interns also fielded Foreign Minister , and Vice questions about Taiwan and Tibet, their Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic impressions of American movies and Cooperation Long Yongtu, as well as a music, and their future career plans. roundtable discussion with Chinese policy- Members of the class of 2001 were makers and academics. During a day-long Chen Weihao, Cheng Yan, Lu Yong, visit to Shanghai, members of the delega- 15 Shen Rujun and Yang Yun. tion met with former mayor Wang Daohan, who is currently chairman of the Associa- SOP offers visiting Chinese scholars an tion for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait; opportunity to explore aspects of American Mayor Xu Kuangdi; and several scholars history, culture, and society that they might and think tank representatives. not have otherwise had time or resources to Dr. Kissinger led the delegation of experience during their time in the United American political, business and academic States. Through a two-week study tour leaders, which included William J. Perry, held shortly before their return to China, co-chair of the Stanford-Harvard Preven- the scholars gain a deeper understanding of tive Defense Program; W. Wayne Booker, American history and culture, political and Ford Motor Company vice chairman; David social issues, and community and family life. M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University The June 2001 SOP brought together School of Advanced International Studies; 14 scholars with expertise in law, journal- former ACS Executive Director Herbert ism, business, political science and English. Levin; Kenneth Lieberthal, professor of They came from several different parts of political science and William B. Davidson China (including the first ever SOP partici- Professor of Business Administration at the pant from Ningxia province) and were com- University of Michigan; J. Stapleton Roy, pleting studies at American colleges and managing director, Kissinger Associates; universities in nine states and the District Ezra Vogel of Harvard University’s Fairbank of Columbia. The itinerary is similar from The Scholar Orientation Center for East Asian Research; and former year to year, with stops in Williamsburg, Program begins in Williamsburg, Deputy Secretary of State John C. Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New giving participants an overview Whitehead. National Committee president York, yet the group’s varied interests and of American colonial life John Holden and vice president Jan Berris individual reactions to the historical sites ( June 2001). accompanied the group. and in-depth briefings give each SOP class its own distinctive character. This year’s group was no exception. The scholars engaged in lively, thought-provok- ing discussions on municipal leaders’ rela- tions with state and federal governments (National League of Cities); how American public opinion is formed and measured (American Enterprise Institute); volun- teerism in America (American Red Cross); gathering, analyzing and mapping crime data as a tool to prevent future crimes (New York Police Department); and developing community partnerships to address poverty and hunger (City Harvest). A perennial highlight of the program is the opportunity to spend time with American families, as National Committee members accommo- date the scholars in their homes during the group’s stay in Washington. Funding for the 2001 SOP was provided by the U.S. Department of State. Partici- pants, and their home institutions, were Jiang Weiye, China International Trusts & SCHOLAR ORIENTATION PROGRAM Investment Corporation; Jin Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Ke Sufen, Since the program began in 1980, more Wenzhou Teachers College; Li Chunfang, than 1,000 Chinese scholars have participat- Academy of Social Sciences; Liu Sen, East ed in the National Committee’s Scholar China Normal University; Song Aiqun, Orientation Program (SOP), many of whom Foreign Affairs College; Wang Haixiao, now hold senior positions in Chinese gov- 16 Nanjing University; Wu Haiying, Ningxia ernment, business, and academia. Each University; Yang Yiping, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations; PUBLIC EDUCATION Yang Yuqing, People's University; Zhang AND OUTREACH Jun, Fudan University; Zhang Qing, China University of Political Science and Law; Through conferences, seminars, panel Zhang Wei, Dow Jones Newswire; and programs and publications, the National Zhao Jianxia, Zhengzhou University. Committee provides information about the major issues in U.S.-China relations directly TEACHER ORIENTATION PROGRAM from policy-makers and opinion leaders on both sides of the Pacific. In 2001, the The National Committee collaborated Committee sponsored more than a dozen with the American Council of Learned panel discussions in New York, Washington, Societies (ACLS) to organize a Teacher D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Diego, and Orientation Program for participants in its Seattle on topics ranging from The U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program. Tiananmen Papers, to Chinese intellectual Each year this program brings 17-20 thinking, to WTO accession. National Chinese teachers to the United States to Committee members also received several teach in elementary, junior high and high timely e-mail briefings that offered expert schools. In July 2001, at the conclusion of insight on current topics. The Committee’s their academic year, the National Committee website provides another channel for public escorted 18 ACLS teachers on a two-week outreach. Summaries of program events, study tour, similar to our standard Scholar reports in the China Policy Series, recent arti- Orientation Program. cles and speeches on U.S.-China relations, The teachers visited Williamsburg, and links to useful resource materials are Washington, D.C., and New York, deepen- among the features posted on the website ing their understanding of American histo- (www.ncuscr.org). ry, culture, and politics before their return Programs were held in , to their homes and classrooms in China. unless otherwise indicated. More than the typical SOP, the Teacher Orientation Program emphasizes under- January 9 standing the American education system. Panel Program 2001 participants in this program were “Taiwan’s Political Turmoil Fan Hongya, Yangzhou Teachers College and Economic Troubles” Affiliated Middle School; Guo Yi, Xinhua Speakers: Bruce Dickson, George Middle School, Yangzhou; Li Hui, Beijing Washington University; Harvey Feldman, No. 15 Middle School; Li Sulian, Suzhou Heritage Foundation; John Holden, National No. 10 Middle School; Qian Jianfen, Committee on U.S.-China Relations; Suzhou No. 1 Middle School, Qin Nicholas Lardy, Brookings Institution; Xiangqing, Luoyang Foreign Language Shelley Rigger, Davidson College; John School; Song Changhui, Beijing No. 14 Tkacik, China Business Intelligence; Nancy Middle School; Sun Rong, Suzhou No. 1 Bernkopf Tucker, Georgetown University; Middle School; Wang Lifen, Beijing Vincent Wang, University of Richmond; Vocational Senior High School of Foreign Stephen Yates, Heritage Foundation. Affairs Service; Wang Rongqing, Hangzhou Cosponsored with No. 3 Middle School; Wang Zhenwei, Washington, D.C. Beijiao Middle School, Changzhou; Yang Desheng, Suzhou No. 10 Middle School; January 9 Yin Lusha, Beijing No. 15 Middle School; Book Discussion Zhao Qi, Changzhou No. 1 Middle School; Speaker: David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins Zhao Zhongyi, Luoyang Foreign Language University School of Advanced International School; Zhou Xinwen, Nanjing No. 29 Studies, author of Same Bed, Different Middle School; Zhu Qing, Beijing Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations Vocational Senior High School of Foreign 1989-2000. Affairs Service; and Zhu Ruzhong, Cosponsored with the Nixon Center Yangzhou Middle School. Washington, D.C. 17 January 10 March 29 Corporate Members Briefing Welcome Luncheon for The Honorable Speaker: Justin Yifu Lin, China Center Yang Jiechi, Ambassador of the People’s for Economic Research, Peking University Republic of China to the United States Washington, D.C. January 29 Book Discussion April 11 Speaker: David M. Lampton, Johns Lecture Series on Sino-U.S. Relations Hopkins University School of Advanced The Honorable James R. Sasser, former International Studies, author of U.S. Ambassador to China Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing Cosponsored with Chicago Council on U.S.-China Relations 1989-2000. Foreign Relations Cosponsored with the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations April 26 February 14 Panel Discussion Corporate Members Briefing The Tiananmen Papers Speaker: The Honorable Joseph W. Speakers: Prueher, U. S. Ambassador to China Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University; Jaime FlorCruz, Press Fellow, Council on February 20 Foreign Relations; Renqiu Yu, Seminar and Luncheon Address State University of New York, Purchase. Speaker: Zhou Mingwei, Vice Minister, Moderator: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Jonathan Spence, Yale University Council. Cosponsored with Asia Society and China Institute. February 23 Panel Discussion May 8 The Tiananmen Papers Lecture Series on Sino-U.S. Relations Speakers: Speaker: Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University; Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan Perry Link, Princeton University; Chen Cosponsored with Chicago Council Xiao Ping, Fairbank Center for East on Foreign Relations Asian Research; Roderick MacFarquhar, Chicago Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. Moderator: May 14 Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University Conference Call Discussion for Cosponsored with the Fairbank Center Corporate Members for East Asian Research “Recent Developments in Boston U.S.-China Relations” Speakers: March 12 Thomas Christensen, Massachusetts Book Discussion Institute of Technology; Speaker: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Nicholas Lardy, Brookings Institution. Georgetown University, author of China Confidential May 29 Moderator: Jerome Cohen, Council on Panel Discussion Foreign Relations Tiananmen Papers Cosponsored with the Speakers: Council on Foreign Relations Orville Schell, University of California, Berkeley; Susan Shirk, University of March 23 California, San Diego; Barry Naughton, Luncheon Address University of California, San Diego. Vice Premier Qian Qichen Cosponsored with the University of Cosponsored with the Nixon Center, California, San Diego and the San Diego World Affairs Council 18 the U.S.-China Business Council, and the U.S.-China Policy Foundation San Diego Washington, D.C. June 5 November 8 Lecture Series on Sino-U.S. Relations Conference Call Discussion for Corporate Speaker: Members The Honorable Yang Jiechi, Ambassador “Legal Developments and Trends in of the People’s Republic of China to the China” United States Speakers: Consponsored with Chicago Council on Jaime Horsley, The Carter Center; Foreign Relations Stanley Lubman. Chicago December 3 September 10 E-mail Broadcast to Members Corporate Members Briefing “Taiwan’s Elections: Economic Speaker: Background and Political Results” Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Contributors: Administration, Hong Kong SAR Ralph Clough, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; September 10 Shelley Rigger, Davidson College; Luncheon Address Richard R. Vuylsteke, American Chamber Speaker: of Commerce in Taiwan. Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration, Hong Kong SAR December 4 Cosponsored with Asia Society Panel Discussion “Youthful Voices” September 17 and 22 AOL Time Warner Interns E-mail Broadcast to Members Cosponsored with China Institute “APEC Summit and President Bush’s Trip to China” December 6 Contributors: Annual Members Address Richard Baum, University of California, “U.S.-China Relations in the Post-9/11 Los Angeles; Fred Hu, Goldman Sachs World” (Hong Kong); Susan Shirk, University of The Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke California, San Diego; Renqiu Yu, State University of New York, Purchase. December 11 Corporate Members Briefing September 20 “Corruption in China: Costs and Dinner Address Consequences” Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan Hu Angang, Tsinghua University; Cosponsored with the U.S.-China Daniel Rosen, Institute for Business Council International Economics; Washington, D.C. Lu Xiaobo, Columbia University.

October 27 December 13 Discussion Panel Discussion “Reflections on Chinese Intellectual “Understanding China’s Foreign and Thinking – A Personal View” Security Policy” Speaker: Zi Zhongyun, Institute of Speakers: American Studies, Chinese Academy of Stanley Rosen, University of Southern Social Sciences California; H. Lyman Miller, Hoover Cosponsored with China Institute Institution; John L. Holden, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Cosponsored with the Washington State China Relations Council Seattle

19 GOVERNANCE

AND

MEMBERSHIP

he 75th Meeting of the Board of During 2001, three Directors resigned: Directors was held in New York Andrew H. Card, Jr., Elaine L. Chao, and T City on December 7, 2001. The William H. Yu, and one Director, Michel 35th Annual Members’ Meeting was held Oksenberg, passed away. Twelve Directors on December 6, 2001. Members present left the Board through retirement or rotation (or by proxy) elected the Board Class of as of December 6, 2001: W. Wayne Booker, 2004; eight individuals were also elected Gerald R. Ford, David R. Gergen, Maurice R. to the Classes of 2003 and 2002. Greenberg, David E. Jeremiah, Robert A. Levinson, D. Bruce McMahan, Robert S. 2004 McNamara, Kevin O’Brien, Douglas H. Paal, Julia Chang Bloch H. Kerner Smith, and Susan Roosevelt Weld. Mary Brown Bullock At the 75th session of the Board, Nicholas Jerome A. Cohen V. Scheele was appointed as an interim Barber B. Conable, Jr. Director in the Class of 2002, and Lucian W. Charles J. Conroy Pye and Caroline L. Ahmanson were appoint- Douglas N. Draft ed Chairman Emeritus and Director Emeritus, Gary Dirks respectively. Thomas M. Gorrie Also at the 75th session, the following Harry Harding, Jr. were elected officers of the Committee: Jamie P. Horsley Carla A. Hills, chair; William M. Daley, Kenneth Lieberthal Lee H. Hamilton, William R. Rhodes, J. Elizabeth S. MacMillan Stapleton Roy, James R. Sasser, Ezra F. Vogel, Richard H. Matzke vice chairmen; Herbert J. Hansell, treasurer; Douglas P. Murray Kathryn D. Christopherson, secretary; and Joseph W. Prueher John L. Holden, president. J. Stapleton Roy At-large Board Members Michael H. Henry P. Sailer Armacost, Edward T. Cloonan, Barber B. James R. Schlesinger Conable, Jr., Barbara H. Franklin, William Madeleine Zelin E. Frenzel, Peter F. Geithner, David A. Jones, Jr., Virginia Kamsky, Geraldine S. 2003 Kunstadter, David M. Lampton, Nicholas R. Ken W. Cole Lardy, Elizabeth S. MacMillan, Douglas P. Murray, and Thomas R. Pickering joined the Ralph A. Cossa officers to comprise the Executive Committee. William M. Daley Herbert J. Hansell was appointed chair- Martin S. Feldstein man of the Audit Committee; Carla A. Hills, Bates Gill chair of the Compensation Committee; Peter Thomas R. Pickering F. Geithner, co-chairman of the Development William R. Rhodes Committee; Kathryn D. Christopherson, chairman of the Membership-Nominating 2002 20 Committee; and David M. Lampton, chairman Edward T. Cloonan of the Program Committee. 35th Anniversary

The National Committee was organized on June 9, 1966, with four basic prin- ciples selected to govern Chinese and U.S. Men’s Basketball Teams (1973) its policies: education, not advocacy; representation of diverse views, but avoid- ance of left and right extremists; members to represent all facets of American society; and an effort to reach the general public, opinion makers, and government officials.

From “What We Wanted to Do,” written by Robert A. Scalapino, Robson Research Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe (1972) Professor of Government Early exchange programs Emeritus, University of for sports teams and California, Berkeley, for the cultural groups paved National Committee’s 35th the way for more Anniversary Gala. substantive substantive dialogue on international relations, economic devel- opment, governance and legal affairs, education, global issues, and the media.

Ussuri Watershed Project (1993-1998) Women Judges Delegation (1997)

Special Economic Zones Delegation (1985)

21 35th Anniversary

Chinese Mayors Delegation (1990)

Minority Education Delegation (2000) Legal Journalists Delegation (1998) The National Committee has directly involved more than 5,000 Americans and Chinese in over 500 exchange programs, providing them with first- hand knowledge that can be shared with policy-makers, colleagues, family, friends and local communities.

World Affairs Delegation (1976)

Sino-Soviet-American Relations Study Group (1988)

22 Barber B. Conable, Jr. (far left) and Carla A. Hills greet honorees Maurice R. Greenberg (AIG), William B. Harrison, Jr. ( J.P. 35th Morgan Chase) and Gerald M. Levin Anniversary (AOL Time Warner).

Amb. Yang Jiechi and David R. Gergen both spoke about their experiences on National Committee exchanges. On October 2, 2001, the National Committee celebrated its 35th anniver- sary at a gala dinner and honored four companies that have played major roles in the development of Sino-American commercial relations: American International Group, Inc., AOL Time Warner Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, and J.P.Morgan Chase & Co.

Carla Hills makes presentation to honoree Douglas N. Daft (Coca-Cola).

China’s U.N. representative, Amb. Wang Yingfan, with National Committee president John L. Holden.

23 FINANCES

he activities of the National Associates Committee are made possible by T the support of U.S. government ChinaVest, Inc. agencies, particularly the United States Ford Motor Company Department of State and the United States Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Department of Education, foundations, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey business firms, Members and friends. This Sit Investment Associates, Inc. support enables the Committee to maintain service to the public at large and to undertake OTHER CONTRIBUTORS exchanges and special programs that con- tribute to the advancement of knowledge The Artley Group, Ltd. and strengthening of relationships on both Law Offices of Bruce Quan, Jr. sides of the Pacific. We are indebted to those who made FOUNDATIONS AND SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS financial contributions during FY 2001 and to the many individuals who gave so much of Advantage Trust their time, creativity, and in-kind assistance. America-China Society Financial contributors are listed below and American Council of Learned Societies on succeeding pages. Jeanne Badeau Barnett Trust C. E. and S. Foundation Inc. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS The Community Foundation of AND GRANTS TO THE Louisville Depository, Inc. NATIONAL COMMITTEE The Ford Foundation Jeanne and Herbert Hansell Fund BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTORS The Henry Luce Foundation Edward E. and Joyce K. Kallgren Benefactors Charitable Fund Linfield College AOL Time Warner Inc. Lingnan Foundation The Coca-Cola Company The LWH Family Foundation Computer Associates International, Inc. McNamara Foundation General Motors Corporation The Paturick Foundation Inc. PepsiCo, Inc. Smith Richardson Foundation United Technologies Corporation The Starr Foundation United Board for Christian Higher Patrons Education in Asia United States Department of Education Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office United States Department of State The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. United States-China Education Foundation 24 University of Minnesota WEM Foundation INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Jill M. Considine Jane Creel Benefactors Evan A. Feigenbaum Nicholas W. Fels Shirley Temple Black Brenda Lei Foster Barber B. Conable, Jr. William E. Frenzel Hart Fessenden Sidney L. Greenblatt Herbert J. Hansell Harry Harding Loren W. Hershey R. Peter Henschel David A. Jones, Jr. Betty Lou Hummel Joyce K. Kallgren Merit E. Janow Katrina Leung David E. Jeremiah Elizabeth S. MacMillan Fredric M. Kaplan Robert S. McNamara Robert A. Kapp A. Kenneth Nilsson Irving J. Karp Bruce Quan, Jr. Helena Kolenda Henry P. Sailer Samuel Y. Kupper Matthew Stover David M. Lampton Christopher J. Szymanski John D. Langlois, Jr. Richard J. Wood Terrill E. Lautz Stanley B. Lubman Patrons LaRue R. Lutkins Richard W. Lyman Michael H. Armacost James S. Martinsen Jeanne B. Barnett William C. McCahill, Jr. Kathryn D. Christopherson Michael A. McDevitt Martin S. Feldstein Lee Kimche McGrath Joel Glassman W Mitchell John L. Holden Hugh H. Mo Geraldine S. Kunstadter Kathryn Mohrman Nicholas R. Lardy Eugene A. Nojek Kenneth Lieberthal Christopher H. Phillips Roberta and Charles Paturick Nancy T. Pickford Richard J. Schager, Jr. Janmarie C. Prutting Mervyn W. Adams Seldon Lucian W. Pye Carl F. Stover Thomas W. Robinson Lewis M. Weston Alan D. Romberg Martha A. Rubin Sponsors Robert A. Scalapino David L. Shambaugh L. Desaix Anderson Jeffrey A. Smith Peter H. Antoniou Carl J. Spector Bama Athreya Mrs. Carl W. Stern I. Allen Barber II Jeremy J. Stone Carol Edler Baumann Peter Van Ness Thomas P. Bernstein Richard L. Walker William Block John A. Wallace P. Richard Bohr Charles Pei Wang Robert P. Brannigan Allen S. Whiting J. Alan Brewster Laurence F. Whittemore Winberg Chai Richard L. Williams Thomas J. Christensen Harold Wolchok

25 Members CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SCHOLAR ORIENTATION David M. Bachman PROGRAM FUND IN MEMORY Robert L. Bernstein OF JOHN H. HOLDRIDGE William N. Cassella, Jr. (THROUGH JULY 2002) Lawrence Daks Katha Diddel Donald Anderson Gloria Garfinkel Patricia G. Barnett-Brubaker Alan Geyer George C. and Barbara Jean Benson Bonnie S. Glaser Beth R. Brimner John T. Goodhue Pei Ju Chang David Gries Robert G. Cleveland Richard N. Haass John E. and Jean R. Coulahan Nelson Ho Donald F. and Zola T. Dunbar Franklin W. Houn Thomas G. and Betty A. Eck Alastair Iain Johnston E-DI, Inc. - Personnel Chris R. Lanzit Horace Z. and Joan J. Feldman Damon Lawrence William H. Gleysteen, Jr. Gloria A. Levien Thomas S. and Anne Brooks Gwaltney Laurence J. C. Ma Alfred Harding, IV and Lillian Harding Ronald N. Montaperto Donald R. and Margaret W. Hays Donald Oberdorfer John R. and Joan M. Heidemann Michel C. Oksenberg Martha Holdridge Thomas M. Pepper Herbert E. and Lenore Horowitz Hector P. Prud’homme Betty Lou Hummel Daniel H. Rosen Burton and Lily Lee Levin William M. Roth Herbert Levin William M. Speidel James G. Ling Meridee Stein LaRue R. Lutkins Roger W. Sullivan George and Eva S. Kim McArthur Anita C. Welch Alice-Marie Palluth Louise C. Yang Catherine G. Peaslee Stanley and Doris L. Rich CONTRIBUTORS TO THE Frances M. and Bonnie J. Roberts A. DOAK BARNETT Arthur H. Rosen MEMORIAL FUND Nancy G. Sherwood and Roger M. Aldridge Judith Sloan Jeanne B. Barnett Daniel R. and Muriel O. Southerland Jan Carol Berris Moncrieff J. Spear Peter F. Geithner Robert W. Stafford John L. Holden Gerald Stryker Betty Lou Hummel John J. and Elizabeth R. Taylor David M. Lampton Margaret Bebie Thomson Peter Bird and Lucretia L. Martin Robert D. and Dorothy G. Yoder Daniel B. and Guowei Wright

26 SUPPORT FOR The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott 35TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies The National Committee commemorated its McKinsey & Company, Inc. 35th Anniversary at the biennial fundraising Morgan Stanley dinner held on October 2, 2001 (FY 2002). PepsiCo, Inc. Dinner sponsors are listed below, and page Pfizer, Inc. 23 reports on the program. The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. Sullivan & Cromwell ANNIVERSARY SUPPORTERS Triarc Companies, Inc. Watson Wyatt Worldwide American International Group, Inc. Archer Daniels Midland Company SPONSORS Argent Financial Group The Coca-Cola Company FedEx Corporation Computer Associates International, Inc. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Hong Kong Trade Development Council HSBC USA Inc. LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS J. Walter Thompson Company Kekst & Company Inc. AOL Time Warner Inc. The Kettering Foundation BP KPMG Peat Marwick Citigroup, Inc. Levcor International, Inc. Ford Motor Company Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Frank Russell Company Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide General Cologne Re O’Melveny & Myers LLP The Henry Luce Foundation Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Toy Industry Association, Inc. The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Waste Management, Inc. New York Life Insurance Company Nike, Inc. OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Michael H. Armacost PATRONS AutoNation, Inc. Norton Belknap Barbara Franklin Enterprises Dana Corporation The Blackstone Group L.P. Geraldine S. Kunstadter The Boeing Company David M. Lampton Chevron Corporation Winston Lord Contigroup Companies Inc. G. Eugene Martin Dow Chemical Company Philip Morris Companies Foamex International, Inc. Robert Nichols Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dwight H. Perkins Hills & Company Donald Swanz Johnson & Johnson John C. Whitehead Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue Mrs. Charles W. Yost Kamsky Associates, Inc.

27 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION September 30 2001 2000 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,381,616 $ 818,889 Investments -- 375,000 Grants and contributions receivable, current portion 269,748 530,040 Other receivables 15,533 49,266 Program advances, exchanges and other assets 33,166 11,414 Grants and contributions receivable, long-term portion -- -- Security deposits 4,613 4,613 Fixed assets, net 76,784 84,884

TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,781,460 $ 1,874,106

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts payable and sundry liabilities $ 35,411 $ 59,618 Refundable advances 866,100 -- Deferred rent 51,895 63,219 TOTAL LIABILITIES 953,406 122,83

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 388,025 884,684 Temporarily restricted 440,029 866,585 TOTAL NET ASSETS 828,054 1,751,269

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 1,781,460 $ 1,874,106

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2001 Totals Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted 2001 2000

REVENUES: U.S. Government grants $ -- $ 383,193 $ 383,193 $ 508,071 Contributions 134,291 462,725 597,016 458,300 Special events ------Investment income and other 96,234 6,321 102,555 217,760 Net assets released from restriction 1,278,795 (1,278,795) -- -- TOTAL REVENUES 1,509,320 (426,556) 1,082,764 1,184,131

EXPENSES: Programs 1,389,656 -- 1,389,656 1,437,837 Management and administration 487,264 -- 487,264 487,886 Fund-raising 129,059 -- 129,059 55,839 TOTAL EXPENSES 2,005,979 -- 2,005,979 1,981562

Change in net assets (496,659) (426,556) (923,215) (797,431) Net assets beginning of year 884,684 866,585 1,751,269 2,548,700

Net assets end of year $ 388,025 $ 440,029 $ 828,054 $ 1,751,269 28 The above information was extracted from the audited financial statements, which are available upon request. STAFF

2001

President John L. Holden

Vice President Jan Carol Berris

Vice President for Administration and Development Rosalind Daly

Director of Corporate and Public Affairs Anne Phelan

Program Associates Marilyn Beach Shenyu Belsky Sean Molloy Abbey Newman

Program Assistant Sara Bush

Associate for Logistics Kimberly Catucci

Administrative Manager Daya Martin

Administrative Assistant Anne Wang

IT Manager Guy Kimboko

Accountant Barbara Reiter

Interns Miriam Gross Howard Segal Nicholas Sheets Allie Vining ANNUAL REPORT 2001

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