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The Road Ahead for U.S.-China Academic Exchange


Wednesday, January 10 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

Dalio Auditorium, B2 Level


Beginning in Spring 2020, academic exchanges between the US and China underwent a dramatic reduction as the world grappled with the COVID pandemic. That trend continued through 2022, with only a few hundred US students and scholars coming to China during the 2022-23 academic year. At the November 15 Woodside Summit between President Xi and President Biden, China pledged to offer tens of thousands of young Americans the opportunity to visit China over a five-year period. Yet important questions remain about how this renewed effort to promote scholarly and student exchanges will fair in the short and medium term. How can institutions in both countries make the most of this new momentum?

 

Join our panel of eight experts from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Tsinghua University, and Peking University, who will examine the opportunities and challenges currently facing US-China exchange initiatives. A moderated discussion will be followed by Q&A session with the audience.



How Tsinghua University and Peking University Students, Faculty, and Staff Can Attend This Event

 

Who can attend this event?

This event is open to currently enrolled Tsinghua University and Peking University students, both undergraduate and graduate, as well as faculty and staff currently employed by Tsinghua University and Peking University. We have 200 seats open for this event.

 

What is required to join this event?

All guests must present a valid registration from this website (Bag Event 百格活动）as well as a valid Tsinghua University or Peking University ID Card in order to access Schwarzman College for this event. Peking University students and faculty will also need to present valid Peking University ID card to enter the Tsinghua campus.

 

Entering and Exiting Schwarzman College

Registered attendees can enter Schwarzman College 30 minutes before the session begins. For this session, doors open at 2:00 pm. No attendees will be admitted after 3:00 pm.

 

Following the conclusion of this event at around 4:00 pm, we ask that all Tsinghua classmates and colleagues who join us for the session exit the building. All guests' cooperation is greatly appreciated.


Speakers
  • Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of PennsylvaniaAmy Gadsden
    Amy Gadsden
    Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania
    Amy Gadsden is Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, in which capacity she works with Penn’s schools and centers to develop and implement strategies to increase Penn’s global engagement both on campus and overseas, including by advancing Penn’s activities with respect to China. Previously, she served as Associate Dean for International and Strategic Initiatives at Penn Law School, where she built a comprehensive program aimed at expanding the Law School’s global curriculum. Before coming to Penn, she served as Special Advisor for China at the U.S. Department of State, and before that she served as China Director for the International Republican Institute. She has published widely on democracy and human rights in China, documenting legal and civil society reform, and was one of the first American scholars to observe and write about grassroots elections in China in the mid-1990s.
  • Dean of the Wharton School at the University of PennsylvaniaErika James
    Erika James
    Dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
    Erika James is Dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Trained as an organizational psychologist, she is a leading expert on crisis leadership, workplace diversity, and management strategy. Prior to her appointment at Wharton, she was the John H. Harland Dean at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. An award-winning educator, accomplished consultant, and innovative researcher, she has paved the way for women in leadership both in education and corporate America. She has been instrumental in developing groundbreaking executive education programs, including the Women’s Leadership program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School. Her latest book is The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before (Wharton School Press, 2022), co-authored with Lynn Perry Wooten.
  • Professor and former Dean of the School of International Studies of Peking UniversityJIA Qingguo 贾庆国
    JIA Qingguo 贾庆国
    Professor and former Dean of the School of International Studies of Peking University
    JIA Qingguo嘉庆国 is a Professor and former Dean of the School of International Studies of Peking University, where he also now serves as Director of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding. He has served for many years on the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He also has taught at the University of Vermont, Cornell University, the University of California at San Diego, and the University of Sydney. He was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution between 1985 and 1986, and also has visited at the University of Vienna in 1997, and at Stanford University in 2022 as the Payne Distinguished Fellow.
  • Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law SchoolMark Wu
    Mark Wu
    Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School
    Mark Wu is the Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School, where he specializes in international trade and international economic law. His writings cover a broad range of topics, including the impact of emerging economies on global governance, digital technologies, trade remedies, environment, and foreign investment. In addition, he serves as the Faculty Director for the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University and as a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. In 2021, he served as a Senior Advisor to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) while on leave from Harvard. He also served previously as a member of the agency review team for the Biden-Harris transition team. Earlier in his career, he served as the Director for Intellectual Property at the Office of the USTR, where he was the lead negotiator for the IP chapter of several U.S. free trade agreements.
  • Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) and Vice Dean in the Office of International Affairs at Tsinghua UniversityXIAO Qian 肖茜
    XIAO Qian 肖茜
    Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) and Vice Dean in the Office of International Affairs at Tsinghua University
    XIAO Qian 肖茜 is the Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) and Vice Dean in the Office of International Affairs at Tsinghua University. She closely follows China-U.S. relations, and has participated in many P2P exchanges. Previously, she served as a diplomat in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including stints at the P.R.C. Embassies in Russia and in the United Kingdom. She worked at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) for four years. She joined Tsinghua University in 2019 to help establish CISS. She was one of the key personnel drafting and implementing Tsinghua’s Global Strategy 2030, and has organized the Tsinghua Global Summer School, China-US Student Dialogue on Climate Change, and Tsinghua-Yale Student Dialogue. She also initiated the CISS Youth Program, and Tsinghua Student Association of International and Strategic Studies.
  • Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua UniversityXUE Lan 薛澜
    XUE Lan 薛澜
    Dean of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
    XUE Lan 薛澜 is Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Dean of Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University, where he also serves as the Director of the Institute for AI International Governance, Director of the China Institute for S&T Policy, and Co-Director of the Institute for SDGs. Previously he was the Dean of Tsinghua’s School of Public Policy and Management from 2008-2018. He also has taught at George Washington University and Carnegie Mellon University. His teaching and research interests include public policy analysis, science, technology and innovation policy, crisis management, and global governance. He has published widely in these areas.
  • Honorary Dean of Yenching Academy and Professor of the School of International Studies at Peking UniversityYUAN Ming 袁明
    YUAN Ming 袁明
    Honorary Dean of Yenching Academy and Professor of the School of International Studies at Peking University
    YUAN Ming 袁明 is Honorary Dean of Yenching Academy, Professor of the School of International Studies, and former Director of the Center for American Studies at Peking University. She has been a senior visiting researcher at the Carter Center in Georgia, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Brookings Institution. She was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from 1998 to 2012 and also a member of its Foreign Relations Committee. She sits on the Board of a number of institutions in China. She also served as a trustee of the Asia Society in New York. In 2004, she joined the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, in 2007 the Board of the United Nations Foundation, and in 2014 the International Advisory Group of Duke Kunshan University.
  • Director of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations at the University of PennsylvaniaNeysun Mahboubi 马瑞欣
    Neysun Mahboubi 马瑞欣
    Director of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations at the University of Pennsylvania
    Moderatory - Neysun Mahboubi 马瑞欣 is Director of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously he was a Research Scholar of Penn’s Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and he continues to host the CSCC Podcast. His primary academic interests are in the areas of administrative law, comparative law, and Chinese law, and his current writing focuses on the development of modern Chinese administrative law. He frequently comments on Chinese law and policy developments and U.S.-China relations for various media outlets. He has taught at Penn Carey Law School, Princeton University’s School of Public & International Affairs, the University of Connecticut School of Law, and Yale Law School.
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