Center for China-US Cooperation

10/14/2014

Additionally, after the CHINA Town Hall live webcast, at 6PM the CCUSC will present RADM Michael McDevitt, a senior fellow associated with the CNA Strategic Studies, a division of the Center for Naval Analyses. Read his bio at http://www.du.edu/korbel/china/events/forums.html

Jackson/Ho China Forum

04/10/2014

The CCUSC is also proud to host a panel with special guest speaker Jongjoo Lee.

Tuesday, April 29
5:00-6:30 pm
Ben Cherrington Hall, Room 150

Panel Discussion - "How to Handle the North Korean Crisis: Perspectives from the ROK, US and China"

Presented by Jongjoo Lee, Unification and Security Attache, Korean Embassy, Dean Hill and Professor Zhao. Panelists will address the North Korean situation and offer their perspectives and opinions on the role the Republic of Korea, the U.S. and China can play in the conflict.

Jongjoo Lee is currently Unification and Security Attaché at the Korean Embassy in D.C. Dispatched from the Ministry of Unification (MOU), her major focus here is to engage with U.S. policy community regarding North Korea issues, sharing information and analysis with and seeking policy recommendation from the community.

Jongjoo has been worked for MOU since 1998. Her work at MOU encompasses a wide range of topics including inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation, humanitarian aid to North Korea, unification policy planning and media & public relations. She worked as Director for International Cooperation in 2007 and as Director for Humanitarian Assistance to North Korea in 2008. Most recently, Jongjoo Lee served as deputy spokesperson for MOU from 2009 to 2011. While representing MOU to the Korean Public as the first female spokesperson anywhere in the Korean government, Lee had been highly praised for interacting with the national and foreign press in a sophisticated way.

Jongjoo Lee earned her Master degree in Public Administration (International Security Policy) from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in 2006.

Click below to register for this event at: http://www.du.edu/korbel/china/events/lee.html

04/10/2014

Exciting upcoming events at the CCUSC:
Thursday, April 17
5:00-6:30 pm
Anderson Academic Commons, Room 290

"The China-U.S. Economic Relationship: Perspectives from Government & Business"

Presented by Laura Lane, President of Global Public Affairs, UPS

Laura Lane joined UPS on November 1, 2011 as President, Global Public Affairs. As President of Global Public Affairs, she is responsible for all worldwide government affairs activities for UPS among the over 220 countries and territories it serves. Prior to joining UPS, Laura was Managing Director and Head of International Government Affairs at CitiGroup and VP for Global Public Policy with Time Warner. In her government career, Ms. Lane was responsible for bilateral trade affairs with the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries at the United States Trade Representative (USTR). She also negotiated market access commitments on trade in services with China as part of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and served as U.S. negotiator for the WTO Financial Services negotiations, which resulted in a first-ever global agreement in 1997.

Register for this event below at: http://www.du.edu/korbel/china/events/lane.html

Jackson/Ho China Forum

01/23/2014

Are the golden years for multinationals doing business in China over? The Economist thinks so. What do you think?
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21595001-life-getting-tougher-foreign-companies-those-want-stay-will-have-adjust-china?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/china_loses_its_allure

ACCORDING to the late Roberto Goizueta, a former boss of The Coca-Cola Company, April 15th 1981 was “one of the most important days…in the history of the...

10/30/2013

The CCUSC presents two more guest speakers for Fall:

On Friday, November 8th at 12pm, Simon Schuchat will present "Alliance Management and the U.S.-China Relationship" in Ben Cherrington Hall Room 150.

On Wednesday, November 13th visiting Sturm School of Law Professor John Capowski will present "An Unexpected Harmony: Common Law Principles and China’s Judicial Reform Effort" in Ben Cherrington Hall Room 301 at 12 pm.

Here are registration links for both respectively: http://alumni.du.edu/schuchat
http://alumni.du.edu/capowski

Check the CCUSC website for speaker bios and more details. We hope to see you there!

06/25/2013

Shanghaiist - Personal stories of "fangnu" (apartment slaves) in China, such as a woman who spends 70% of her income per month to live an hour outside of Shanghai.

[Image credit: dcmasterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmaster/] The Chinese housing bubble has graced the pages of Shanghaiist before, with its absurdly inflated real estate prices and wild sales margins. The bubble poses serious consequences for the nation's economy,

06/24/2013

China developing (and using) quantum communications to guard against foreign hackers and protect state secrets.

Sensitive transmissions at the 18th National Congress in Beijing last November were reportedly carried out on quantum communications systems. (Photo/Xinhua)

06/23/2013

A ban on UN climate credit trading could lead to Chinese companies releasing a "climate bomb" of HFC-23 emissions, coolant 15,000 more damaging to the climate than CO2.

A “climate bomb” of potent greenhouse gases 15,000 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide is set to be released by some of the world’s leading producers of refrigerants following a ban on climate credits. The companies, the majority

06/23/2013

Time Magazine - China not in Lehman Bros. moment: its market far more insulated/protected than the US in 2008, but slower growth forecasted (4-8%)

There's little doubt that China is in the midst of a credit crunch, but don't expect a global meltdown -- it may not be felt outside the nation's borders

06/23/2013

Speculation in Taiwan that it and the mainland might recognize each sides' governance in One-China framework

China's Taiwan Affairs Office deputy director Sun Yafu "implied" on June 20 that Beijing and Taipei may admit to each other's jurisdiction.

06/21/2013

FT - Tightening credit seen tied to Xi's anti-corruption campaign - "Communist party cadres that run the central bank were told to attack the “four winds” of “formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance”"

As China’s credit crunch takes a turn for the worse, the question of why the central bank has permitted market conditions to deteriorate so suddenly and so sharply looms ever larger. Short-term money market rates surged to more than 10 per cent on

06/20/2013

Interbank lending rates in China spiked in Thursday in an eerie parallel to the run up to Lehman Bros. collapse. Is this the beginning of a crisis or a government-run stress test?

Thursday may have marked the beginning of the end of 20 years of rapid economic growth.