Podcasts Government NCUSCR Events Engaging China: 50 Years of Sino-American Relations | Mary B. Bullock, David Lampton, Anne Thurston

Engaging China: 50 Years of Sino-American Relations | Mary B. Bullock, David Lampton, Anne Thurston

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 6:20 p.m.

In recent years, the U.S.-China relationship has deteriorated rapidly.\xa0Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations\xa0brings together leading China specialists to reflect on relations between the two countries over the last half-century and consider what might lie ahead. The contributors \u2013 academics, nongovernmental organization leaders, and former diplomats and government officials \u2013 analyze the relationship from a wide range of perspectives: political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, commercial, educational, medical, and military. They explore not only the accomplishments and successes of engagement but also the mistakes and misunderstandings, acknowledging the distrust and frictions that surround the relationship today.

On\xa0September 29, 2021\xa0the National Committee held a virtual program with several contributors to and the editor of the volume,\xa0Mary Brown Bullock,\xa0David M. Lampton, and\xa0Anne F. Thurston, and they discussed 50 years of Sino-U.S. relations with moderator\xa0Tashi Rabgey.