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JACKSON/HO CHINA FORUM -The DENVER CHINA FORUM was renamed to the JACKSON/HO CHINA FORUM funded by the William Sharpless Jackson, Jr. Endowment in the Fall of 2003.

Pictured Right: William Sharpless Jackson, Jr (center) is pictured with forum speakers Rear Admiral Yang Yi (left) and Zi Zhongyun (2nd from right), Endowment Trustee Diana Yunn Ho Lee (2nd from left) and Forum Curator, CCUSC's Sam Zhao(right).

RSVP required to CCUSC@du.edu or 303-871-4474 for all forums. For questions about the program, contact Dr. Sam S. Zhao at 303.871.2401 or szhao@du.edu. If you would like to receive email invitations for CCUSC events, please email CCUSC@du.edu or call 303-871-4474.
For disability accommodations, please contact Yvette Peterson at 303-871-4474 or ccusc@du.edu as soon as possible with your request.

FALL QUARTER 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - Jackson/Ho China Forum - Our own Executive Director, Dr. Suisheng Sam Zhao will present "Obama's China Policy and Sino-US Relations during the First Year of the Administration." This is a topic that he has prepared and presented or will present in China, South Korea and other places in the recent and next few months. For those who are not familiar with his background, besides his position as the Executive Director of CCUSC and professor at Josef Korbel School of International Studies here at DU, he is the founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China, a member of the Board of Governors of the US Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (USCSCAP), and an honorary jianzhi professor at Beijing University, Renmin University, China University of International Relations, Fudan University and Shanghai foreign Studies University. A Campbell National Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University, he is the author and editor of ten books.

The free forum will be held from 4:30-6:00 pm in Room 150 of Cherrington Hall.  Please RSVP by email to ccusc@du.edu or call 303.871.4474 no later than Monday, November 9th, 2009.
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Monday, October 5, 2009 - Jackson/Ho China Forum - A Chinese Folklore Art and Photography Exhibit was brought to Denver from the offices of the Oriental Rostrum and consisted of artwork and folklore. It displayed a collection of paintings and old/new photographs owned and collected by the Shanghai Municipal government. These artworks and photographs showed the past history and new face of Shanghai, including the ancient and modern architectures as well as people's lives in urban and rural areas. The Shanghai Social Sciences Association worked with the CCUSC to bring them to DU.

Monday, September 21, 2009 - Jackson/Ho China Forum - The China Center held a “Conversation on China’s Rise” with Mr. James Fallows. Mr. Fallows presented a brief synopsis of his vast experience in China to begin.  Following this, the floor opened for a lively discussion. A national correspondent for The Atlantic, James Fallows is one of America’s most respected journalists. Based in China since 2006, he is now chronicling the country’s explosive growth and its staggering ramifications for America and the world.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - Jackson/Ho China Forum - Dr. Jian Tao presented "Understanding a Diversified China," which addressed a wide range of changes occurring to the social, economic, political and public aspects of China over the last three decades since reform and opening policies were adopted. Dr. Tao is the Vice President of the Chinese Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a comprehensive research institution for international studies based in Beijing. VP Tao was part of a five member delegation from CICIR. The purpose of the delegation visit was to learn about the Obama administration’s green energy policy.
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SPRING QUARTER 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009- Jackson/Ho Forum - Mr. Lodi Gyari, presented “Is a Negotiated Settlement for Tibet still Viable?” Mr. Gyari is the Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and is the head person designated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to lead the past nine rounds of negotiations with the Chinese Government. Gyari is also the Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for Tibet, an independent Washington based human rights advocacy group.  Gyari was elected to the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, the Tibetan Parliament in exile, and subsequently became its Chairman.  He then served as Deputy Cabinet Minister with responsibilities for the Council for Religious Affairs and the Department of Health.
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Friday, April 17, 2009- Jackson/Ho Forum - Dr. Larry Wortzel, presented “China’s Military Modernization and Security interest in Asia.” Dr. Wortzel is a retired U.S. Army colonel who spent 12 of his 32-year military career in the Asia-Pacific region, including two tours of duty as a military attaché at the American Embassy in China, 1988-1990 and 1995-1997.  At present he is one of 12 commissioners appointed by the leadership of Congress to the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, where he served as chairman of the Commission for the 2008 reporting year.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 - Jackson/Ho Forum - Dr. Evan Medeiros, presented “Assessing Asia's Response to China's Rise,” which is based on his recent RAND study, Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China’s Rise. Dr. Medeiros is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation in the Washington, DC office. He specializes in research on the international politics of East Asia, China’s foreign and national security policies and policymaking, U.S.-China relations and Chinese military issues.
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Friday, February 13, 2009 - This special forum welcomed a Chinese delegation of 11 members from the Shanghai Social Sciences Association. The forum had two parts. One was a panel presentation. Dr. Sheng Jianhong, Secretary General of Shanghai Social Sciences Association presented Finding the Cultural Difference between China and the US through the History of Chinese Builders of the Transcontinental Railroad.  Ms. Zhao Lanying, senior reporter Xinhua News Agency Shanghai Branch, made an Introduction to the Culture of Shanghai. Mr. Fan Minglong, a well-known rising star artist teaching Traditional Chinese Painting at Nanjing Art College, presented an Introduction to the Traditional Chinese Paintings and demonstrated Chinese traditional painting.

Alongside the panel discussion, a collection of Modern and Traditional Chinese artwork brought by the delegation from Shanghai was on display Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14 on the Driscoll Bridge.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 - Jackson/Ho Forum - General (RET) Michael T. Byrnes, a Senior Advisor for Yuan Associates presented "Doing Business in China - A Practitioner's Perspective." General Byrnes is currently a Senior Advisor to Yuan Associates, a Beijing based government affairs services and also serves in a similar position in Amer-China Partners, also a Beijing based firm.  General Byrnes was most recently the President for Tyco International, China. Before joining Tyco, he worked at Rockwell Automation as Vice President for China Operations, responsible for all of Rockwell Automation operations in China. From 1991 through 1997 he was assigned to the US Embassy in Beijing, China as the Defense Attaché to both China and Mongolia. 
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