U.S.-China Relations in a Turbulent Time: Can Rivals Cooperate?
Join us for a virtual edition of the Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy as we take an in-depth look at U.S.–Chinese relations during a time of global upheaval.
When
Monday, May 04, 2020
9:00AM - 12:00PM (EDT)
Where
YouTube channel of Miller Center
Schedule
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Reflections on China's May fourth movement: An American perspective
Matthew Pottinger, Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump
Moderated by Harry Harding and Shirley Lin
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Conversation
James Steinberg, professor of social science, international affairs, and law, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; former deputy secretary of state
Moderated by Miller Center Director William Antholis
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Prospects for competition and cooperation in science and technology
Evan Feigenbaum, James R. Schlesinger Professor, Miller Center
Yen Pottinger, senior lab advisor, ICAP, Columbia University; former HIV Incidence Team lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Melur Ramasubramanian, vice president for research, UVA
Aynne Kokas, assistant professor of media studies and Miller Center senior fellow, UVA
Moderated by Harry Harding, Miller Center senior fellow and specialist on Asia and U.S.-Asian relations
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
Inside Robert Carl Cohen's China: A conversation with the filmmaker
Robert Carl Cohen, filmmaker, foreign correspondent, author
Moderated by William Antholis, Miller Center director and CEO
Fifteen minutes of excerpts from the film Inside Robert Carl Cohen's China, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, the first US journalist to film in China following the Communists coming to power in 1949.