China, Northeast Asia and the Next American Administration
CNAPS convened its annual fall conference, held each year in a different Asian city, in Hong Kong on December 2. The 2004 conference, “China, Northeast Asia and the Next American Administration,” was co-sponsored by the Asia Society Hong Kong Center and the University of Hong Kong and featured panels on U.S. policy in East Asia, China’s domestic situation, and China’s external policies.
Hon. Henry Tang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, made opening remarks at the event. John Thornton, Chair of Brookings Board of Trustees, delivered welcoming remarks.
A number of Brookings scholars made presentations, including Brookings President Strobe Talbott, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies Jim Steinberg, CNAPS Director Richard Bush, Senior Fellow Jing Huang, and Visiting Fellow Ken Lieberthal.
CNAPS Advisory Council members Frank Ching (Hong Kong), Yoichi Funabashi (Japan), Victor Fung (Hong Kong), Paul S.P. Hsu (Taiwan), and Hong-Choo Hyun (Korea) also had speaking roles in the conference.
Former CNAPS Visiting Fellows Jae Ho Chung (Korea, 2002-2003) and Jia Qingguo (China, 2001-2002) made presentations, and 15 other former and current Visiting Fellows traveled to Hong Kong to participate.
Agenda
Keynote Speaker
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Ronnie Chan
Chairman, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Panel
Gordon Wu
Chairman of the Board, Hopewell Holdings Limited
Hong-Choo Hyun
Senior Partner, Kim & Chang, former Ambassador to the United States
Jae Ho Chung
Professor of International Relations, Seoul National University
James B. Steinberg
Former Brookings Expert
University Professor, Social Science, International Affairs, and Law - Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Jia Qingguo
Dean and Professor - School of International Studies, Peking University
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Wang Shaoguang
Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yoichi Funabashi
Co-founder and Chairman - Asia Pacific Initiative
Panel I: The Next American Administration and U.S. Policy in East Asia; Moderated by
Frank Ching
Senior Columnist, South China Morning Post; CNAPS Advisory Council Member
Panel II: China's Domestic Scene; Moderated by
J. Stapleton Roy
U.S. Ambassador (1991-1995)
Panel III: China's External Policy; Moderated by
Paul S.P. Hsu
President, Epoch Foundation and Chairman and CEO, PHYCOS International Co.
Welcoming Remarks
Henry Tang
Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR
John L. Thornton
Chairman, The Brookings Institution
Mary Lee Turner
Executive Director, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
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