Transcript: China Chat
Panel discussion on China, conducted by teleconference on June 20, 2005.
Sponsored by U.S.News and the Neil D. Levin Institute of Graduate of International Relations and Commerce at the State University of New York.
Participants:
Dr. Xiaobo Lu, director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York.
Professor Xue Lan, School of Public Policy at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
Professor William A. Fischer, International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Michael Komesaroff, president of Urandaline Investments, Brisbane, Australia.
Dr. Denis Fred Simon, provost, Levin Institute
Professor Jon Sigurdson, director of the East Asia Science & Technology and Culture Program, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm.
Moderator: Garrick Utley, President, Levin Institute
For more biographical info, click here: www.usnews.com/china
Utley: Okay, it's just after 9 am and to give you sense, our office is located in the middle of Manhattan, looking out the window at the Empire State building on a beautiful, sunny June day and morning, we hope it's nice where you are. Let's go around and just give a brief introduction of the name and your position and particular field of expertise, so we can get to know each other.
We'll start in Beijing with Professor Xue.
Prof. Xue: Yes, this is Lan Xue a professor and Executive Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University.
Utley: Thank you very much and Professor Xiaobo Lu.
Prof. Xiaobo Lu: Yes, this is Xiaobo Lu, I'm a Professor of Political Science at Barner College in Columbia University. I also am the director of Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.
Utley: And Bill Fischer.
Bill Fischer: This is Bill Fischer. I'm at IMD the International Institute for Management Development in Luzern, Switzerland and I'm speaking from the beach near Genoa.
(Laughter)
Utley: And Professor Jon Sigurdson.
Prof. Sigurdson: Yes, I'm Professor Sigurdson at the European Institute of Japanese Studies. I started my China career at the Swedish Embassy back in 1964.
Utley: Those were interesting times out here. And Michael Komesaroff You are in Australia?
Komesaroff: Yes, I run a small consulting company where we specialize in China's capital intensive industry, mine being electricity, power, energy, mining and metals.
Utley: Okay. Thank you very much Michael. And Denis Simon.
Simon: Yes, I'm Dennis Simon, and I'm the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs here at the Levin Graduate Institute under the State University of New York.
Utley: We're going to try to structure our next 55 minutes in the following way: We've had a number of questions sent in from readers of the U.S. News & World Report Cover Special Report in this past week's edition on "The China Challenge". A special report as it states on the cover, "What The Awakening Giant Will Mean For America". This was aimed at an American audience but also, obviously, at a world-wide audience. The article is written and prepared by Richard Newman, Senior Writer for U.S. News & World Report and they've helped facilitate this as has Cisco. We want to thank Cisco for supporting us with their technical abilities and know-how.
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