International and Global Studies Program to Join U.S. Ambassador to China for Nationwide Event

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U. S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns

U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2023, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns and communities. The town hall will be from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11. From supply chains to national security and new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their diplomatic relations and through their engagement with the broader global community.

The U of A will join more than 80 venues across the country for the livestreamed program, which will feature Burns in conversation with Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, followed by on-site discussions about U.S.-China relations and the issues that are having an impact on each local community, its institutions and the people themselves.

The on-campus discussion will be facilitated by Tabitha Grace Mallory, affiliate professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and CEO of the consulting firm China Ocean Institute. She will be joined by Ka Zeng, director of the U of A International and Global Studies Program and a professor of political science, and by Kelly Hammond, associate director of the International and Global Studies Program and an associate professor of history. Mallory specializes in Chinese foreign and environmental policy, and she has consulted for organizations such as the United Nations Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. She serves on the board of directors of the China Club of Seattle. Mallory, Zeng and Hammond are all members of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and served in various cohorts of their Public Intellectual Program.

Established in 1966, the National Committee on United States-China Relations is the leading American non-profit, non-partisan public affairs organization devoted to building constructive relations between the United States and Greater China.

• Event: China Town Hall-Webcast followed by local conversations at more than 80 venues nationwide
• Speaker: Nicholas Burns, U.S. ambassador to China
• When: Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 6-7:30 p.m.
• Location: Student Success Center, Cordia Harrington Center, CORD 349
• Information: www.ncuscr.org/cth
• Livestream: www.ncuscr.org/livestream
• Host: National Committee on U.S.-China Relations 

Please contact INST Director Ka Zeng with any questions.