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Events
Upcoming Events "Himalayan Glacier Melt: Global & Regional Challenges" Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, 9-11:30 a.m. On Jan. 9, Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs & Democracy, will bring together an expert panel to discuss the impacts of Himalayan glacier melt and identify important opportunities for mitigation, adaptation, and regional cooperation. The proceedings will open with a screening of the documentary “Revealed: Himalayan Meltdown,” co-produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Arrowhead Films, & Discovery Channel Asia. A panel discussion will follow with Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs (Moderator); Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South & Central Asian Affairs; Dr. Ajay Chhibber, United Nations Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia & the Pacific; and Dr. Alton Byers, Director of Science & Exploration, the Mountain Institute. The melting of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau and across the Himalayan mountain range is among the greatest environmental security threats facing Asia today, affecting communities across the Tibetan Plateau, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and China. Unprecedented variability of water flow is altering agricultural growing seasons, regional food security, livelihoods, and culture, without regard to national boundaries. The film examines how the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and rising sea levels are affecting people across Asia and compares strategies developed and implemented by different countries. The Forum will address the multitude of approaches under development as well as the needs for regional cooperation and information-sharing. Watch a film trailer *****************************
U.S. AND INDIA: KEY LEGAL ASPECTS OF CROSS BORDER BUSINESS Over the Past Decade India’s Economy has Experienced Remarkable Growth, even through the Recession that has Mired Many Western Economies, India is rapidly becoming a Major Economic Player in the World and a Significant Trading Partner for the U.S.
Explore what this will mean for the International Legal Community with Leaders of the U.S. and Indian Business Communities and your Peers from these Two Great Nations.
The conference will be held on January 19-21, 2012 at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai For More Information, Please Visit: www.ambar.org/mumbai2011
Past Events 2011
NYC EVENT - FIFTH ANNUAL CHINA TOWN HALL --AT FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL --NOV. 15 Since 2007, the National Committee for US-China Relations (NCUCR) has hosted a “China Town Hall,” a national day of awareness of the U.S.’ relationship with China. As part of this Town Hall, the NCUCR organizes events throughout the country, hosts a webchat with a prominent China person (last year was US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman), and encourages the local events to invite For the 2011 China Town Hall, NCUCR will be hosting a webchat with President Carter’s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Although it was President Nixon who was the first U.S. president to visit the People’s Republic of China (PRC), it was under President Carter that relations with the PRC were normalized and recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) was cut. Dr. Brzezinski was in the middle of all these decisions. More recently, Dr. Brzezinski has commented on the US-China relationship in a January 2011 N.Y. Times op-ed (see criticism of his opinion here). Where to watch the China Town Hall? In the New York City area, this year’s China Town Hall will be hosted by Prof. Rebecca MacKinnon Fordham Law School, with the local guest none other than internet freedom guru Rebecca MacKinnon. Now, I have never seen Prof. MacKinnon speak before, but in following her blog and her twitter feed, I have a feeling her talk is not to be missed Prof. Rebecca MacKinnon Fordham Law School, with the local guest none other than internet freedom guru Rebecca MacKinnon. Now, I have never seen Prof. MacKinnon speak before, but in following her blog and her twitter feed, I have a feeling her talk is not to be missed. BUT for the Fordham event, you NEED to RSVP – the event is free but RSVP is required. Please RSVP here: http://cthnyc.eventbrite.com China Town Hall 6:45 p.m. Doors Open Remember to RSVP here: http://cthnyc.eventbrite.com For a listing of China Town Hall Events in your neighborhood, click here: http://www.ncuscr.org/cth *******************************
RIGHTS, IDENTITIES, COMMUNITIES: LITERATURE & SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INDIA TODAY A FALL 2011 LECTURE SERIES Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost at Georgetown, the GU Justice and Peace Program and the GU English Department. Events are free and open to the public. T. Vijay Kumar
CHINA'S EMERGING GLOBAL INFLUENCE Speaker: Paul Haenle, Director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center in Beijing, China *********************
THE EUROPEAN CHINA LAW STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ECLS) 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE “Law and Justice: Sciences Po Paris, September 28-29, 2011 Admission to the conference is free. The European China Law Studies Association ***************
STRATEGIC ASIA 2011-12: ASIA RESPONDS TO ITS RISING POWERS — CHINA AND INDIA Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Kenney Auditorium 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 8:30 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. WELCOME
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9:45 a.m. PANEL PRESENTATIONS:
10:40 a.m. QUESTION & ANSWER 11:20 a.m. CONCLUDING REMARKS
11:30 p.m. Adjourn
These presentations are based on NBR’s recently published volume Strategic Asia 2011-12: Asia Responds to its Rising Powers—China and India, edited by Ashley J. Tellis, Travis Tanner, and Jessica Keough. Please RSVP to Erin Fried at efried@nbr.org or Zhaojin Ji at zji@jhu.edu. Thanks! ************
CHINA ENVIRONMENT FORUM CEF is very excited to invite you to two meetings this March in Washington, D.C. The first will be focused on trends in environmental governance in China and will be in an interview style format. The second will be a film screening as part of the Environmental Film Festival. Please see details below for attendance information and RSVP links.
Date: March 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Location: 5th Floor Conference Room Speakers: Wang Canfa, China University of Political Science and Law/Center for Legal Assistance for Pollution Victims Li Zhiping, Sun Yat-sen University Law School Li Yanfang, Energy Law Center and Renmin University Yu Wenxuan, China University of Political Science and Law RSVP ***************
Date: March 16th, 2011, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: 6th Floor Flom Auditorium RSVP "A historic gathering of over 50 African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr. Liu is about to buy his fourth farm; Manager Li is upgrading one of Zambia’s longest roads and the Zambian Trade Minister is en route to China to secure millions of dollars in investment. Through the intimate portrayal of these characters, the expanding footprint of a global power is laid bare – pointing to a radically different future, not just for Africa but also for the world. Directed and produced by Nick Francis and Marc Francis. Winner, 2010 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award, Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival." ****************
JUDGES' DISCUSSION OF KOREAN JURY TRIALS Three Korean Judges will discuss the ongoing development of the jury system in South Korea. Judge Seungho Lee Judge Heechul Kim Judge Sunghoon Jang Lunar New Year Party Afterwards Join us for food and a fun-filled time February 9, 2011 Wednesday McDonough 160 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Pizza, soft drink and tea will be served ********************
OPENING SPACE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN CHINA: CAN THE "SOFT" POWER OF THE UNITED STATES HELP?
Presented and moderated by Professor Karla Simon The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law February 8, 2011 Despite headline-grabbing reports of repression of China’s nascent civil society, there are unmistakable signs in China of the emergence of new organizations and the willingness of government to work with them. Broadly, a civil society is defined as one that permits significant opportunities for citizen participation, as well as the unfettered presence of not-for-profit organizations (NPOs). Trends have been quietly moving in this direction in China for 25 years, little reported to the outside world except by knowledgeable scholars. The process gained momentum in 2010 after a visit to Beijing by billionaire philanthropists Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, who hosted a dinner to urge their Chinese counterparts to greatly increase their financial support of civil society initiatives. Does the U.S. model of support for NGOs and NPOs work for China? What lessons, if any, can it adapt from the American experience? The United States has both cultural and strategic reasons to encourage the development of civil society in China, but as the Asian giant poses an increasing economic and even military challenge, can the “soft” power of the United States help? ***************
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2010 HERE COMES THE SUN (AND THE WIND, WATER, AND BIOGAS): OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR U.S. -CHINA RENEWABLE ENERGY COLLABORATION Location: 5th Floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center Date and Time: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Speakers: Derek Vollmer, The National Academies; Bill Morin, Applied Materials, Inc.
The United States and China are the world’s top two energy consumers and the two largest economies. Because these two energy giants are heavily dependent on coal they will play a decisive role in the world’s clean energy future. Both countries have similarly strong motivation to promote renewable energy, namely diversifying energy portfolios, creating jobs, promoting energy security, and reducing pollution. Given the size of U.S and Chinese energy markets, any substantial progress the two countries make in advancing renewable energy will provide global benefits, in terms of enhanced technological understanding, reduced costs through expanded deployment, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional generation from fossil fuels. At this December 2nd CEF meeting Derek Vollmer (NAS) will present findings of a joint report by the U.S. National Academies and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering that reviewed renewable energy development and deployment in the United States and China. The report highlights prospects for collaboration across the research to deployment chain and to suggest strategies which would promote more rapid and economical attainment of renewable energy goals. We are awaiting confirmation from one other speaker from a solar PV company. Acting as discussant for this panel is Bill Morin from Applied Materials, which is the world's biggest supplier of solar-manufacturing equipment has opened a research and development center in China. ***************
Will Succession Provide Opportunities for Expanded Human Rights and Democracy in the Hermit Kingdom? Thursday, October 21, 20109:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC RSVP by October 18 to rsvp@ned.org On September 27, North Korea's government news agency announced the promotion of Kim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-un, to the rank offour-star military general, the clearest indication yet of North Korea's succession plans. The simultaneouselevation of Kim Jong-il's sister, Kim Kyoung-hui, to the same rank shows Kim's determination to keep power in the family, but the depth of support for the young, inexperienced Kim Jong-un, as well as the impact the succession will have on North Korea's abysmal human rights environment, is still unclear. How will political, social and economic life in the DPRK evolve? And will there be new opportunities to promote human rights and democracy? To better understand these challenges, NED, will join with the Sejong Institute and the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NK Net) to convene a day-long discussion featuring South Korean and western experts, as well as North Korean defectors and activists. The conference will include sessions on the DPRK's political environment and succession, the free flow of information into and out of North Korea, marketization and social change, and programmatic opportunities to promote democracy and human rights in one of the world's most closed countries. We hope you will join us for this timely discussion. ********************
A RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE? The Prospects for Democracy and Rights in Burma after the Electio
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 SAIS Kenney Auditorium 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC
Human Rights Watch and the Southeast Asia Studies Program at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University are pleased to invite you to attend our one-day conference entitled “A Return to Civilian Rule? The Prospects for Democracy and Rights in Burma after the Election.” The conference will explore three aspects of contemporary Burma: Politics and the November 2010 Election, Human Rights and Efforts at Accountability, and Asian Regional Perspectives. Nobel Laureate and Harvard University Professor Amartya Sen will deliver the keynote address, with an introduction from Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. ****************
GEORGETOWN LAW-ASIA RECEPTION September 29, 2010 Wednesday 3:00 - 5:00 pm McDonough 109 Georgetown University Law Center Meet the professors who teach Asian law courses this semester Dumplings and tea will be served. **************
Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) ***************
A RIGHTS AGENDA FOR VIETNAM October 6, 2010 Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm McDonough 109 Georgetown University Law Center Presentation by Members of Viet Tan: Plea for help from mother of Tran Thi Thuy http://www.viettan.org/spip.php?rubrique51 Rule by Law: How the Vietnamese state suppreses political opposition
Before becoming a full-time democracy activist, he worked as an investment banker for over 10 years. He was a principal financial officer at the International Finance Corporation, the private-sector arm of the World Bank, where he was responsible for IFC’s local currency financing programs in Asia and Eastern Europe. During his trips to Vietnam for the IFC he witnessed the tremendous potential of the people, while also seeing the necessity of democracy to harness the country’s potential. He has testified before US Congressional committees on human rights issues and written for the Wall Street Journal, Asia Times Online and leading Vietnamese-language publications. Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam in April 1975 at the age of three. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. He currently lives in Washington DC. **************
THE SAIS CHINA FORUM Presents Mr. Alan Piazza Senior Economist, Social Development The World Bank
“The New Face of Rural Poverty in China”
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 5:00-7:00 pm Kenney Auditorium 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
China is on the world stage showing its vigorous GDP growth and national purchasing power. However, despite tremendous progress in reducing rural poverty over the last three decades, China still faces considerable challenges in addressing rural poverty. The World Bank estimates that China’s remaining 208 million rural poor in 2005 accounted for the second largest national concentration of absolute poor in the world after India. The challenge is concentrated in the central and especially the western provinces (including Guizhou, Gansu, Yunnan, and others) and among ethnic minority people, people with disabilities, and the elderly.
Since 1990, the World Bank has collaborated with China’s Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation on an integrated cycle of analysis, on-the-ground testing supported by lending and technical assistance, and continuing feedback into the poverty reduction policy process. These cycles have included a series of five rural poverty reduction projects and three major poverty studies in China. Alan Piazza has been the Task Manager of four of these projects (involving loans and credits of about US$670 million) and the first two of these studies. He is one of the top international experts on rural poverty alleviation in China.
Please RSVP by e-mail zji@jhu.edu or fax to 202-663-5891 (acceptance only). For more information, please call 202-663-5816.
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2009 "U.S-CHINA SPACE COOPERATION?" SAIS China Forum presents Mr. Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation ****************
BROWN BAG LUNCH MEETING ON U.S. - INDIA RELATIONS
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The Asian Studies Program Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service"Theory and Policy Series”: A briefing by Professor Michael Green, Associate Professor, Georgetown University and Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS
"MIGRATION OF HIGHLY SKILLED INDIANS: CURRENT POLICY TRENDS AND FUTURE INSIGHTS ON INDIA -U.S. MIGRATION" Georgetown University Institute for the Study of International Migration and the South Asia Forum at the Mortora Center for International Studies This briefing ciritically reviews trends in migration policy changes. The panelists highlight likely changes in stocks and flow of Indian migrants in the U.S. relative to other destination countries and consider what impact the future of U.S. policy and economic crisis will have on choices of high-skilled migration. **************
"THE TWO FACES OF ASIA: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HIGH GROWTH ECONOMIES & THE POOR" Asian Development Bank & U.S.-Asia Institute, Featuring Rajat M. Nag, Managing Director General of Asian Development Bank *************
2008 "CHINA'S CHARTER 08 MOVEMENT: IS POLITICAL CHANGE COMING TO CHINA"? Andrea Worden, General Counsel and Sr. Advisor on Criminal Justice at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) **************
MEET & GREET WITH PROFESSORS OF ASIAN LAW A chance to meet with Georgetown Law Center's professors of Asian Law studies, and to hear more about the courses offered in Asian Law and Policy. **************
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshops on Campus Fundamental to the increased focus on Asian studies has been the Asian Law and Policy Studies program, the forerunner to Law-Asia. The program, sponsored by the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Asia Foundation, and the Korea Foundation was formed to develop Asian legal courses and symposia which foster dialogue on the harmonization of law and policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Forums sponsored by the program have included:
"WTO Compliance in China: The Lessons of Regulatory Effectiveness " - November 2004 A three-day workshop focusing on national and local regulation, with speakers and presentations from Chinese and American regulatory organizations. Topics included "Local Implementation of Social Welfare Regulation," "Alternative Labor Organization and Protection," and "Post-WTO Regulatory Systems in China."
"Tea with the Ambassador" Series - 2000-2001 This year-long series invited ambassadors and foreign dignitaries to speak on topics of their choosing. Speakers included Kazuo Kodama, Japan Minister for Public Affairs; Roland Eng, Ambassador of Cambodia; Lee Hong-Koo, Ambassador of Korea; and Stephen Chen, Diplomatic Representative to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO).
"Competition Regulation Within the APEC Region: Commonality and Divergence" -May 1995 The objective of this colloquium was to publish the first survey and analysis of competition, antitrust laws, and policies among APEC economies as a basis for APEC discussions of harmonization or convergence of law and policy in this important area. Participants included top antitrust authorities as well as leading scholars and practitioners from throughout the APEC region.
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