Committee of 100 Newsletter

C-100 Chairman Dominic Ng met with Deputy Director Tan Tianxing

On March 1, Dominic Ng, C-100 Chairman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of East West Bank, met with Tan Tianxing, Deputy Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, People’s Republic of China, at the Pasadena headquarters of East West Bank to discuss issues of common concern. 

Bay Area Teachers Affirm Impact of Committee of 100 – Wanxiang Teaching Scholars Program

On December 16, Committee of 100 hosted a reunion for Bay Area-based teachers who participated in the 2012 China study tour program. Nine teacher-participants reflected on their China experience and its impact on their teaching methodology, as well as their views on China. C-100 Southern California Regional Vice Chair Stewart Kwoh presented an overview of C-100 programs and C-100 Member Leslie Tang Schilling provided a history of C-100’s Summer Teachers Institute.  C-100 Bay Area members Daniel Chao and Lawrence Low read reflections on behalf of teachers not present during the program.

Committee of 100 Leads 2012 Journalist Delegation to China

From November 25 through December 3, the Committee of 100 led five journalists from U.S. media to China as part of its Educational Exchange Program. Journalist delegation participants were: Clive Crook, senior editor of The Atlantic and columnist at Bloomberg View; Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show;WNYC, Winnie O’Kelley, deputy business editor of The New York Times; Gary Silverman, U.S. news editor and deputy managing editor of the Financial Times; and Jonathan Tepperman, managing editor of Foreign Affairs.

2012 C-100 Leadership Delegation at the Bund

C-100 Members Meet with President Ma Ying-jeou and Participate in Global Views Business Forum in Taipei

C-100 Chairman Dominic Ng presents report of the 2012 C-100 U.S.-China opinion survey to President Ma Ying-jeou.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou hosted a group of Committee of 100 members in his office on November 7, attended by Committee Chairman Dominic Ng, Ronnie Chan, David Chang, Ta-Lin Hsu, Charles Kao, Howard Li, Paul Lin, Dazong Wang, and Ya-Qin Zhang. Among the topics discussed were the Committee’s U.S.-China Public Perceptions Opinion Survey 2012 and the outlook for cross-strait relations.

C-100 Convenes Discussion with 2011 and 2012 Journalist Delegates

On November 19, the Committee of 100 hosted a dinner meeting with current and past participants in C-100’s Leadership Delegation Program, including journalists from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, The Atlantic, New York Public Radio, and WNYC. New York Regional Vice Chair Lulu C. Wang led the discussion with C-100 members Anla Cheng, Savio Tung, and Alice Young.

From left: Lulu C. Wang; Clive Crook, Financial Times; Alice Young; and Brian Lehrer, WNYC.

 

Committee of 100 Convenes China Policy Debate between Obama and Romney Campaigns

On October 24, the Committee of 100 in partnership with the China Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) convened China Policy Debate: Democratic & Republican Presidential Race 2012. This was the only China policy-focused debate endorsed by both presidential campaigns.

Carla Freeman, Ben Wu, Jeffrey Bader, Aaron Friedberg, David M. Lampton, and Angie Tang.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Thanks Southern California Members

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa met with Southern California members on August 7 to discuss the development of ties between Los Angeles and China since the February visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.  C-100 Southern California Vice Chair Stewart Kwoh commented:  “The Mayor has provided strong leadership to expand tourism, investments and trade with China.  The Mayor credited C-100 with helping make his visits to China a success, including a trip late last year during which he met with Vice President Xi, who later visited Los Angeles in February 2012.”  Committee Chair Dominic Ng played a prominent role in hosting Vice President Xi during his stay in Los Angeles.

C-100 and Wanxiang Corporation Pioneer Clean-Tech Teaching Scholars Program in China

The C-100 - Wanxiang Teaching Scholars Program - under the U.S. State Department’s 100,000 Strong Initiative - marked the first collaboration between the Committee and Wanxiang America Corporation. Built on the foundation of the Committee’s Summer Teachers Institute, this year’s partnership with Wanxiang initiated a new phase in C-100’s Educational Exchange Program with the integration of China’s renewable energy developments and the inclusion of science teachers in the program.

C-100 Sponsors U.S.-China Bi-national Commission on Trust-Building

The U.S.-China Bi-national Commission on Building Trust and Enhancing Relations held its first series of discussions in Washington, D.C. on June 20-22. The Commission is headed by Ernest Wilson III, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, and Wang Jisi, Dean of the School of International Relations at Peking University. In advancing C-100’s Public Diplomacy objectives, the Committee is a Strategic Sponsor of the Commission.

C-100 Meetings with Chinese Officials in Greater China

Committee of 100 leaders had private meetings with several prominent Chinese leaders in the past few months to discuss the findings and recommendations of the recent U.S.-China Perceptions Survey and other topics of mutual interest.

Dominic Ng presents 2012 survey findings to Chinese Culture Minister Cai Wu.

In Beijing on May 16, C-100 Chairman Dominic Ng and Executive Director Angie Tang met with Chinese Minister of Culture Cai Wu.  He was particularly interested in collaboration with C-100 on cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China.