Center for China-United States Relations
Jackson/Ho China Forum
The Jackson/Ho China Forum, funded by the William Sharpless Jackson, Jr. Endowment, hosts prominent scholars, government officials, business leaders, and other professionals to address issues related to China and China-U.S. relations. The forum is open to both the University of Denver community as well as to the general public.
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UPCOMING FORUMS
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Friday, February 10th
12:00 PM
Room 150, Ben Cherrington Hall
Lunch will be provided
Larry Donnithorne - "How Chinese Audiences React to West Point Leadership Education"
Dr. Larry Donnithorne has spoken on the subjects of leadership and ethics to hundreds of audiences and thousands of people over many years. He first came to the People’s Republic of China in 1981, and he gave his first talks on the West Point Way of Leadership in Taiwan in 2006 and in PR China in 2007. Since then he has spoken to many Chinese audiences, including major corporations, universities, and the National Training Center for Mayors.
Although Dr. Donnithorne was the first member of his family ever to attend college, he is grateful to have received a fine university education. His higher education started with a bachelor’s degree at the United States Military Academy located at West Point, New York. The United States Army later sent him to Stanford University, where he completed two masters degrees in Economics and Civil Engineering. Later, Dr. Donnithorne joined the faculty at West Point, and he was sent to Harvard University to complete his doctor’s degree in education.
Before returning to the faculty at West Point, Dr. Donnithorne served in the United States Army in the Republic of Vietnam. There he commanded a company of 150 US Army engineer soldiers in combat and was described by Major General Willard Roper as “one of the finest combat engineer company commanders in Vietnam.” He was later selected to command a battalion of army engineers, but instead he was sent to West Point to serve on the faculty there.
While serving on the faculty at West Point, Dr. Donnithorne was asked by the Superintendent, Lieutenant General Dave Palmer, to coordinate a major project for the Superintendent to improve the leadership development and character development programs of West Point. As a result of that project, Dr. Donnithorne was asked by a major US book publisher to write a book about West Point leadership development. That book, The West Point Way of Leadership, has been translated into several languages including Chinese.
Dr. Donnithorne has expressed his great love for China and its people, and he is grateful for every opportunity he is given to contribute to the development of effective leaders for China.
Friday, February 24, 2012
12:00 PM
Room 301, Cherrington Hall
Lunch will be provided
Dominik Mierzejewski - From Pragmatism to Morality: The Changing Rhetoric of Chinese Foreign Policy
During the last 30 years, China has become a major international player and responsible power. On the one hand, China’s growth in the global economy demands international attention. On the other hand, Chinese authorities must adjust their rhetoric to fit within contemporary challenges. In his study, which is mainly based on the constructivism approach and comparative methodology, the author provides a basic explanation for the changes in political rhetoric adopted by the Chinese leadership. The major issues our guest will answer are:
1. Why the Chinese leadership has changed ‘pragmatic’ rhetoric to ‘moral’ rhetoric?
2. How have the Chinese intellectuals and media approached the problem of the new rhetoric in foreign policy?
3. To what extent have the central authorities answered to public opinion?
Dominik Mierzejewski is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Lodz in Poland. Mierjewski attended University of Lodz for a masters in history and wrote his doctoral dissertation on Chinese Foreign Policy during the Cultural Revolution. In addition, Mierjewski has attended Shanghai International Studies University for language, culture, and
government studies. He has attended many international conferences about China and Asian
studies, and has interned in China and Washington D.C.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
12:00 PM
Room 150, Ben Cherrington Hall
Lunch will be provided
Stanley Rosen - Contradictions in Chinese Policies and their Consequences: Will the Real China Please Stand Up?
Stanley Rosen is the Director of the East Asian Studies Center at USC’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and a professor of political science at USC specializing in Chinese politics and society. He studied Chinese in Taiwan and Hong Kong and has traveled to mainland China over 40 times over the last 30 years. His courses range from Chinese politics and Chinese film to political change in Asia, East Asian societies, comparative politics theory, and politics and film in comparative perspective. The author or editor of eight books and many articles, he has written on such topics as the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese legal system, public opinion, youth, gender, human rights, and film and the media. He is the co-editor of Chinese Education and Society and a frequent guest editor of other translation journals. His most recent books include Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market [Routledge, 2010] (co-edited with Peter Hays Gries) and Art, Politics and Commerce in Chinese Cinema [Hong Kong University Press, 2010 (co-edited with Ying Zhu). Other ongoing projects include a study of the changing attitudes and behavior of Chinese youth, and a study of Hollywood films in China and the prospects for Chinese films on the international market, particularly in the United States.
In addition to his academic activities at USC, Professor Rosen has escorted eleven delegations to China for the National Committee on US-China Relations (including American university presidents, professional associations, and Fulbright groups), and consulted for the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, the United States Information Agency, the Los Angeles Public Defenders Office and a number of private corporations, film companies, law firms and U.S. government agencies.
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