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October 7, 2009

Trends in U.S. - China Relations

Thomas Christensen
Professor, Politics and International Affairs,
​Woodrow Wilson School

Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of the 68th Year
President George Hansen opened the 4th meeting of the 68th year at 10:15 a.m. Approximately 100 members were present. Don Edwards led the convocation.  President Hansen introduced his guest, Jimmy Dahlsten from Sweden.
Nine new members, elected the previous week, were formally inducted.  They are:
            Julia Coale, sponsored  by Rosemary O’Brien
            Gloria Erlich, sponsored by Jim Livingston
            Luke Finlay, sponsored by Richard Hanson
            Alison Lahnston, sponsored by Claire Jacobus
            Owen Leach, sponsored by Harvey Rothberg
            Bradford Mills, sponsored by Lucien Yokana
            Joel Spiegelman, sponsored by Marc Klaban
            Ralph Tottenham-Smith, sponsored by the late David Dodge
            Letitia Ufford, sponsored by Claire Jacobus

Minutes of the previous meeting, which included both personal anecdotes of various members as well as a presentation by Michael Lemonick on How William Herschel Invented Modern Astronomy, were read by James. J. Ferry.

Ruth Miller introduced the speaker, Thomas J. Christensen, a professor of politics and international affairs and the director of the China and the World Program, which is a joint venture between Princeton and Harvard Universities. Professor Christensen received his B.A. from Haverford College, M.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He has taught at Cornell University and MIT and has served on the Executive Committee of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.  In 2002, he was was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by the United States Department of State and from 2006-2008 he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs with responsibility for relations with China, Taiwan, and Mongolia.

Professor Christensen’s talk on “Trends in U.S. – China Relations” drew heavily on his Washington Quarterly July 2009 article, “Shaping the Choices of a Rising China:  Recent Lessons for the Obama Administration.” That article and his opening remarks today emphasized that all opinions were his own and did not represent the view of the U.S. Department of State. While the article was vetted by the Government, his talk today was not and Professor Christensen felt it would be best if the official minutes of today’s meeting were provided with a link to the article rather than this writer’s interpretation of his remarks. Accordingly, those who wish to read Professor Christensen’s article, should go to 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01636600903012323. If the link no longer exists, search for “Shaping the Choices of a Rising China:  Recent Lessons for the Obama Administration.”
 
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia A. Taylor

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