China Town Hall: Local Connection, National Reflections, is the culminating event for the LSA China Theme Year, featuring a live Web cast and on-site panel discussion from 7-9 p.m. April 17 in the Alumni Center Founders Room.
Organized by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, China Town Hall features noted political analysts and specialists. From Washington, D.C., Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discusses how China will figure as an issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections, and moderator Stephen Orlins, national committee president, will take e-mail questions from audience members throughout the country.
From 8-9 p.m. faculty member Kenneth Lieberthal, former Asia director on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council, will host a panel discussion with Mary Gallagher and Nicholas Howson and take questions.
Sponsors are the Center for Chinese Studies and the U-M Alumni Association.
The LSA Theme Year China Now focused on China and its place in an era of intensified globalization.
