Wesleyan University Joins Nationwide China Event with George Stephanopoulos, November 18

Friction between the United States and China in politics, security, and trade affect the global community and influence the lives of every American. To encourage wider discussion of how Americans are being affected, leading political commentator George Stephanopoulos will host a special nationwide CHINA Town Hall conversation about key issues, risks and opportunities in the Sino-American relationship, on November 18, 2019, presented by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Wesleyan University will join more than 75 venues across the country for the program, featuring a panel of leading experts in discussion with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos via webcast. The panel will be followed on-site conversations about the impact that U.S.-China relations have on the local community, its institutions, and the people themselves.

The national webcast panel will include expert speakers Melanie Hart, Senior Fellow and Director for China Policy, Center for American Progress; Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Professor, Global Economics and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ely Ratner, Vice President and Director of Studies, the Center for a New American Security; and Stephen Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Established in 1966, the National Committee on United States-China Relations has long been the leading American nonprofit, nonpartisan public affairs organization devoted to building constructive and durable relationships between the United States and Greater China.

EVENT: CHINA Town Hall – Livestream panel discussion followed by local discussions at 75+ venues nationwide

MODERATOR: George Stephanopoulos, Chief Anchor, ABC News PANELISTS:

WHEN: Monday, November 18, 2019 / 6:00p.m

WHERE: Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, 343 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT 06459

INFORMATION: Program and speaker information – https://www.ncuscr.org/program/china-town-hall/2019

LIVESTREAM: www.ncuscr.org/cth
HOST: National Committee on U.S.-China Relations – www.ncuscr.org
CONTACT: Kathleen Norris, knorris@wesleyan.edu / 860-685-2330