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"Chinese Encounters With America," published by Columbia University Press, tells the stories of twelve women and men whose experiences with the United States not only transformed their own lives but also influenced China’s quest to become a modern global nation. Their professions range from diplomacy, business, and science to music, sports, and civil society. Their lives show how Chinese citizens have interpreted and engaged with America, especially since the opening of relations in the 1970s. At a time when Chinese and American relations are dominated by competition and conflict, this book speaks to the value of shared interests and values.

Deborah Davis is professor emerita of sociology at Yale University and a visiting faculty member of the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University and an honorary professor at Fudan. She previously served six terms as a Trustee of the Yale China Association  and chaired the Advisory Board of the Universities’ Service Center Library at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the H panel for the Hong Kong University Grants Council. .She has served on  the editorial boards of The China Quarterly, The China Review, and the Chinese Sociological Review.

Terry Lautz, former vice president of the Henry Luce Foundation, is the author of Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic.

This event is hosted by the China and the World Program and co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and China Center for Social Policy

If you have pre-approved access to the Columbia Morningside campus, please go to: School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, Room 918, New York, NY 10027 

To attend this event online, please register HERE.