The Pacific Dialogue is a new way to virtually connect thought leaders across the Pacific Ocean to continue frank and direct conversations during this difficult time. 

This is part 1 of episode two of The Pacific Dialogue, between veteran Chinese diplomat Ambassador He Yafei and long-time American scholar on China Professor David Lampton.

The dialogue took place on June 25, 2020, and was moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-Large James Chau. 

The conversation focuses on the June 17 talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, the first high-ranking meeting between the two powers in months. He Yafei sees the talks as the beginning of renewed positive momentum, while Professor David Lampton calls for more dialogue across the board between government agencies, businesses and ordinary people. A transcript of this virtual conversation is also included in the Vol. 26 of the China-US Focus Digest magazine.

Pacific Dialogue video:

Talk More, Not Less | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

The Pacific Dialogue is a new way to virtually connect thought leaders across the Pacific Ocean to continue frank and direct conversations during this difficult time. 

This is part 2 of episode two of The Pacific Dialogue, between veteran Chinese diplomat Ambassador He Yafei and long-time American scholar on China Professor David Lampton.

The dialogue took place on June 25, 2020, and was moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-Large James Chau. 

The conversation focuses on the June 17 talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, the first high-ranking meeting between the two powers in months. He Yafei sees the talks as the beginning of renewed positive momentum, while Professor David Lampton calls for more dialogue across the board between government agencies, businesses and ordinary people. A transcript of this virtual conversation is also included in the Vol. 26 of the China-US Focus Digest magazine.

Pacific Dialogue video:

Talk More, Not Less | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

The Pacific Dialogue is a new way to virtually connect thought leaders across the Pacific Ocean to continue frank and direct conversations during this difficult time. 

This is part 3 of episode two of The Pacific Dialogue, between veteran Chinese diplomat Ambassador He Yafei and long-time American scholar on China Professor David Lampton.

The dialogue took place on June 25, 2020, and was moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-Large James Chau. 

The conversation focuses on the June 17 talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, the first high-ranking meeting between the two powers in months. He Yafei sees the talks as the beginning of renewed positive momentum, while Professor David Lampton calls for more dialogue across the board between government agencies, businesses and ordinary people. A transcript of this virtual conversation is also included in the Vol. 26 of the China-US Focus Digest magazine.

Pacific Dialogue video:

Talk More, Not Less | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

China was one of the first countries to emerge from lockdown, after its economic activity ground to a halt due to the global health crisis. Whether its economy continues to contract, or restart its historic growth, will have a significant impact on the global picture. Professor Lawrence Lau, an economist affiliated with Stanford University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, takes a look at China’s economic outlook for the rest of 2020, and anticipates a rapid turnaround. As China reopens, the coming months will reveal our resilience as a world and could offer an example on how to reboot and reopen in times of crises. 

With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-large James Chau. The two scholars share their thoughts on the toxic blame culture that is driving down the relationship between the two countries and what communities of each country can do to agree to disagree without the illusion of “making the other like us.” They also discuss a range of issues of an open society, transparency, how China and America have responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the student exchange program between Fudan and WUSL. During the conversation, the issues of the Uygur minority in China’s Xinjiang region and the racial tensions underpinning the protest movement in the U.S. were raised and discussed, ending with words of optimism from both inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  (The is part 3 of the 34-mins video of the conversation.)

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US-China Rivalry & COVID-19  | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 

With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-large James Chau. The two scholars share their thoughts on the toxic blame culture that is driving down the relationship between the two countries and what communities of each country can do to agree to disagree without the illusion of “making the other like us.” They also discuss a range of issues of an open society, transparency, how China and America have responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the student exchange program between Fudan and WUSL. During the conversation, the issues of the Uygur minority in China’s Xinjiang region and the racial tensions underpinning the protest movement in the U.S. were raised and discussed, ending with words of optimism from both inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  (The is part 2 of the 34-mins video of the conversation.)

More "The Pacific Dialogue" videos:

US-China Rivalry & COVID-19  | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 

With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting moderated by China-US Focus Editor-at-large James Chau. The two scholars share their thoughts on the toxic blame culture that is driving down the relationship between the two countries and what communities of each country can do to agree to disagree without the illusion of “making the other like us.” They also discuss a range of issues of an open society, transparency, how China and America have responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the student exchange program between Fudan and WUSL. During the conversation, the issues of the Uygur minority in China’s Xinjiang region and the racial tensions underpinning the protest movement in the U.S. were raised and discussed, ending with words of optimism from both inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  (The is part 1 of the 34-mins video of the conversation.)

More "The Pacific Dialogue" videos:

US-China Rivalry & COVID-19  | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 

"Its greatest impact has been economic." From global economies to local communities, the outbreak has shaken the world. What comes next exactly is unpredictable, but we should prepare for heightened tensions and continued global economic challenges and disputes. Our host James Chau speaks with Vali Nasr, former Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Part 1. Vali Nasr: Domestic Issues are Global Issues
Part 2. Vali Nasr: Global Repercussions

In a conversation with China-US Focus Editor-at-large James Chau, Johns Hopkins University professor and Brooking Institutions senior fellow Vali Nasr tackles questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and how President Donald Trump’s latest attack on WHO reflects Trump's “America First” attitude and the anti-multilateralism feelings that run deep in the Republican Party. The highly-respected foreign policy scholar says that it is in the interest of the world for the Chinese economy to do well, and for the Chinese economy to do well, the American economy and European economies have to be doing well as well.

1. Vali Nasr: Domestic Issues are Global Issues
2. Vali Nasr: Global Repercussions