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{{Short description|American organization promoting United States China relations}}
{{Short description|American organization promoting United States China relations}}
{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| image = National_Committee_on_United_States–China_Relations_logo_2016.jpg
| image = National_Committee_on_United_States–China_Relations_logo_2016.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| membership = By invitation
| membership = By invitation
| leader_title = President
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = [[Stephen Orlins]]
| leader_name = [[Stephen Orlins]]
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = Jan Berris
| leader_name2 = Jan Berris
| purpose = To promote [[United States]]-[[China]] relations
| purpose = To promote [[United States]]-[[China]] relations
| headquarters = 6 E. 43 Street, 24th Floor
| headquarters = 6 E. 43 Street, 24th Floor, [[Manhattan]]
| location =
| location = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
| formation = 1966
| formation = {{start date and age|1966}}
| type = [[Nonprofit organization]]
| type = [[501(c)3 organization]]
| tax_id = 13-2566973
| tax_id = 13-2566973
| website = [http://www.ncuscr.org ncuscr.org]
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
}}


The '''National Committee on United States China Relations''' ('''NCUSCR''') is a nonprofit organization and advisory body founded in 1966 to encourage understanding and cooperation between the [[United States]] and [[China]]. Since 1966, the committee has conducted exchanges, educational and policy activities in areas of politics and security, education, governance and [[civil society]], economic cooperation, media and transnational issues, addressing these topics with respect to [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Taiwan]]. National Committee exchanges and conferences bring together leaders in a range of fields from both sides of the Pacific, and promotes dialogue, engagement, and decision-making across a range of disciplines.
The '''National Committee on United States China Relations''' ('''NCUSCR''') is a nonprofit organization and advisory body founded in 1966 to encourage understanding and cooperation between the [[United States]] and [[China]]. Since 1966, the committee has conducted exchanges, educational, and policy activities in the areas of politics and security, education, governance and [[civil society]], economic cooperation, media, and transnational issues, addressing these topics with respect to [[mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Taiwan]].

The committee's membership consists of American citizens, corporations and professional firms representing many viewpoints, but share the belief that productive U.S.-China relations require ongoing public education, face-to-face contact and exchange of ideas.

The committee's Chinese name is ({{zh|s={{linktext|lang=cmn-Hans|美中关系全国委员会}}|t={{linktext|lang=cmn-Hant|美中關係全國委員會}}|p={{linktext|lang=cmn-Latn|Měi zhōng guānxì quánguó wěiyuánhuì}}}}).


== History ==
== History ==
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The National Committee on United States–China Relations was founded in 1966 by a coalition of academic "[[China watcher]]s," civic, religious, and business leaders who were concerned with [[China]]'s isolation and American apparent interest in maintaining that situation. Cecil Thomas, a Secretary of the [[American Friends Service Committee]], was influential in recruiting and organizing them, and became the organization's first executive director. {{sfnb|MangMang|1976|p= [https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf 5-7]}}


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The committee was energized by helping to organize two groundbreaking conferences: the “Institute on China Today” held at [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1964, and the “National Conference on the United States and China” in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1965. Together, they gave a platform to debate the reshaping of the approach towards China. There was heated disagreement among even the scholars, but figures such as [[Henry Luce]] and American businessmen argued against defenders of the policy. There was widespread interest from newspapers, television, and the general public.{{sfnb|MangMang|1976|p= [https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf 8-9]}}
=== Origins of the National Committee ===
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The National Committee on United States–China Relations was founded in 1966 by a coalition of academic "[[China watcher]]s," civic, religious, and business leaders who were concerned with China's isolation and American apparent interest in maintaining that situation. A key figure in recruiting and organizing them was Cecil Thomas, a Secretary of the [[American Friends Service Committee]]. Thomas became its first executive director. {{sfnb|MangMang|1976|p= [https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf 5-7]}} The founders included figures in the China field such as [[Robert A. Scalapino]], [[A. Doak Barnett]], Alexander Eckstein, [[Lucian Pye]]. Their aim was to build a network from a broad [[political spectrum]], committed to fostering open discussion and to improving U.S. policy toward China.


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Several presidents had wanted to move closer to normalization of relations with China but faced resistance in Congress.<ref>{{Cite book|title=On China|last=Kissinger|first=Henry|publisher=Penguin Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0143121312|location=London|pages=198–199, 203}}</ref> In 1971, the committee hosted a roundtable featuring guest speakers from countries that had begun exchanges with China in advance of official diplomatic relations.<ref name=":Minami">{{Cite book |last=Minami |first=Kazushi |title=People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War |date=2024 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |isbn=9781501774157 |location=Ithaca, NY}}</ref>{{Rp|page=36}} Members of the committee expressed the view that like these countries, Americans could develop ad hoc cooperative relations with China.<ref name=":Minami" />{{Rp|pages=36–37}} The committee's mission was to educate the public, but it soon found itself in the position to offer information and advice to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and other political leaders. In 1972, it co-hosted the Chinese table tennis team's tour of the United States, a widely publicized event that captured world attention. The historic two-way exchange by American and Chinese table tennis teams became known as [[Ping-pong diplomacy|Ping Pong Diplomacy]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=On China|last=Kissinger|first=Henry|publisher=Penguin Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0143121312|location=London|pages=232}}</ref>
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The committee was energized by helping to organize two groundbreaking conferences: the “Institute on China Today” held at University of California-Berkeley in 1964, and the “National Conference on the United States and China” in Washington, D.C. in 1965. Together, they gave a platform to debate the reshaping of the approach towards China. There was heated disagreement among even the scholars, but figures such as [[Henry Luce]] and American businessmen argued against defenders of the policy. There was widespread interest from newspapers, television, and the general public. {{sfnb|MangMang|1976|p= [https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf 8-9]}}

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Several presidents had wanted to move closer to normalization of relations with China but faced resistance in Congress.<ref>{{Cite book|title=On China|last=Kissinger|first=Henry|publisher=Penguin Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0143121312|location=London|pages=198–199, 203}}</ref> The committee's mission was to educate the public, but it soon found itself in the position to offer information and advice to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and other political leaders. In 1972, it co-hosted the Chinese table tennis team's tour of the United States, a widely publicized event that captured world attention. The historic two-way exchange by American and Chinese table tennis teams became known as [[Ping-pong diplomacy|Ping Pong Diplomacy]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=On China|last=Kissinger|first=Henry|publisher=Penguin Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0143121312|location=London|pages=232}}</ref>

=== 1970s to the 1990s ===
During the years leading up to the 1979 normalization of relations, the National Committee encouraged thoughtful discussion about China policy among Americans and encouraged direct dialogue between American and Chinese people. The National Committee became the principal organization conducting [[public policy]] and other exchanges between China and the United States during the years leading up to the [[Chinese economic reform|Reform and Opening]] and the establishment of [[Diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] in 1979.


The Committee originally had intended to be only a "catalyst" in opening relations with China, a short-term temporary goal. But a change in this attitude came when it was called upon to manage the visit of the Chinese table-tennis team, part of American [[ping-pong diplomacy]]. Because there were no official diplomatic relations between the two countries, the State Department had to rely on private resources. The Committee stepped in, raised money, and made arrangements. This experience changed the committee's relations with American and Chinese officials, as well as its own goals.<ref>{{cite journal |last =Crean |first=Jeffrey |authorlink = |title =A New Sphere of Influence: Table Tennis Diplomacy and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations |journal =Journal of American-East Asian Relations |volume =28 |issue = 2 |pages =109–132 |date =2021 |language = |url = https://brill.com/view/journals/jaer/28/2/article-p109_109.xml |jstor = |issn = |doi = 10.1163/18765610-28020003 |s2cid=237860408 |accessdate = }}</ref> In the 1980s, the Committee expanded its work to promote sustained interactions between influential Chinese and Americans in governance, media, urban planning, international relations, and economic management.{{sfnb|Wheeler|2012|}}
The Committee originally had intended to be only a "catalyst" in opening relations with China, a short-term temporary goal. But a change in this attitude came when it was called upon to manage the visit of the Chinese table-tennis team, part of American [[ping-pong diplomacy]]. Because there were no official diplomatic relations between the two countries, the State Department had to rely on private resources. The Committee stepped in, raised money, and made arrangements. This experience changed the committee's relations with American and Chinese officials, as well as its own goals.<ref>{{cite journal |last =Crean |first=Jeffrey |authorlink = |title =A New Sphere of Influence: Table Tennis Diplomacy and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations |journal =Journal of American-East Asian Relations |volume =28 |issue = 2 |pages =109–132 |date =2021 |language = |url = https://brill.com/view/journals/jaer/28/2/article-p109_109.xml |jstor = |issn = |doi = 10.1163/18765610-28020003 |s2cid=237860408 |accessdate = }}</ref> In the 1980s, the Committee expanded its work to promote sustained interactions between influential Chinese and Americans in governance, media, urban planning, international relations, and economic management.{{sfnb|Wheeler|2012|}}


On 15 November 2023, the National Committee on United States–China Relations and the [[US-China Business Council]] hosted a banquet with [[Xi Jinping]] for US business executives during the [[APEC United States 2023]] meeting.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=2023-11-14 |title=Tricky politics on menu for China's Xi at US business dinner |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/tricky-politics-menu-chinas-xi-us-business-dinner-2023-11-14/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114162632/https://www.reuters.com/world/tricky-politics-menu-chinas-xi-us-business-dinner-2023-11-14/ |archive-date=2023-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Ana |date=2023-11-08 |title=Xi Jinping to Address U.S. Business Leaders Amid Rising Skepticism of China Ties |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/economy/xi-jinping-american-business-leaders-dinner.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113192559/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/economy/xi-jinping-american-business-leaders-dinner.html |archive-date=2023-11-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The banquet drew questions from media about attendees and criticism from the [[United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Koch |first=M.J. |date=November 14, 2023 |title=The High Cost — $40,000 for a Filet Mignon — of Dining With Xi Jinping |work=[[The New York Sun]] |url=https://www.nysun.com/article/the-high-cost-40000-for-a-filet-mignon-of-dining-with-xi-jinping |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115034058/https://www.nysun.com/article/the-high-cost-40000-for-a-filet-mignon-of-dining-with-xi-jinping |archive-date=November 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jacob |first=Gu |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Xi's Arrival in US Brings Protesters and Fans Onto Streets |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-14/china-s-xi-begins-first-us-trip-in-six-years-amid-tight-security |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114231158/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-14/china-s-xi-begins-first-us-trip-in-six-years-amid-tight-security |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |quote=The Republican wrote to the US-China Business Council and National Committee on US-China Relations demanding the organizers provide details of the guest list, funding and profits. Neither group responded to Bloomberg’s request for comment on the dinner.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 13, 2023 |title=Activists Protest China's Xi Even Before He Arrives at APEC |work=[[Voice of America]] |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/activists-protest-china-s-xi-even-before-he-arrives-at-apec/7353948.html |access-date=November 14, 2023}}</ref>
During the 1990s, the Committee expanded into rule of law, legislative affairs and the expansion of civil society in China. Programs included mayoral and municipal leader exchanges, judicial training and exchanges of senior jurists (including U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Anthony Kennedy|Anthony M. Kennedy]]), and exchanges and programs on banking and economic policy, journalism, NGO and foundation development, human rights, and public health.

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=== Since 2000 ===
In the 2000s, the National Committee expanded its range with new public education programs, study tours to introduce Chinese consular officers to American society, and in-depth briefings and trips to China for senior U.S. military officers. The National Committee also developed a 2005 program on community planning for [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] prevention and treatment; a groundbreaking &nbsp;visit to the United States by the chairman of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development; a program to help the reform of [[Labour and employment law|labor law]] in China; and a 2009 [[Land use|Land Use]] and [[Public participation|Public Participation]] Program that addressed rights and ownership issues, among other initiatives.

== Leadership ==
The National Committee includes Americans from around the country, as well as corporations and professional firms. Members of the Committee and its [[board of directors]] include a number of distinguished citizens: former [[United States Secretary of State|secretaries of state]] [[Madeleine Albright|Madeleine K. Albright]], [[Henry Kissinger|Henry A. Kissinger]], and [[Condoleezza Rice]] and other former [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] secretaries; all of the former American ambassadors to China; leading scholars of the past several decades such as [[Jerome A. Cohen]], [[Harry Harding (political scientist)|Harry Harding]], [[David M. Lampton|David Lampton]], Nicholas Lardy, [[Kenneth Lieberthal]], [[Susan Shirk]], and [[Ezra Vogel]]; and [[Maurice R. Greenberg]] and many other corporate executives interested in China. The National Committee's current President is [[Stephen Orlins|Stephen A. Orlins]].

The National Committee has long benefited from the experience and expertise of its staff leadership. President [[Stephen Orlins|Stephen A. Orlins]] speaks Mandarin fluently and was a member of the State Department team that created the legal framework for the establishment of formal relations in 1979. He has also served as president of [[Lehman Brothers]] Asia and as managing director of Carlyle Asia. &nbsp;Vice president Jan Berris has been with the National Committee since 1971 and has led hundreds of delegations between the United States and China, including the Chinese table tennis team's 1972 tour. The current chairperson of the committee is [[The Honourable|The Honorable]] [[Carla Anderson Hills|Carla Hills]], former [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] and [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|U.S. Trade Representative]].&nbsp; &nbsp;


==Board of directors==
==Board of directors==
*[[Carla Anderson Hills]], chairperson<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.ncuscr.org/board-directors/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=NCUSCR |language=en-US}}</ref>


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=== Vice chairs ===
*Chair [[Carla A. Hills]]<ref>[https://www.ncuscr.org/about/board-directors Board of Directors]</ref>

=== Vice Chairs ===
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{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Evan G. Greenberg]]
* [[Evan G. Greenberg]]
* [[Maurice R. Greenberg]]
* [[Maurice R. Greenberg]]
* [[Thomas H. Kean]]
* [[Thomas Kean]]
* Nicholas R. Lardy
* [[Henry A. Kissinger]]
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* [[Joseph Prueher]]
* [https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/nicholas-r-lardy Nicholas R. Lardy]
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* [[Joseph W. Prueher]]
* [[William R. Rhodes]]
* [[William R. Rhodes]]
* [[J. Stapleton Roy]]
* [[J. Stapleton Roy]]
* [[James R. Sasser]]
* [[Jim Sasser]]
}}
}}


=== Treasurer ===
=== Treasurer ===
* Keith W. Abell

* [https://www.ncuscr.org/about/board/keith-w-abell Keith W. Abell]


=== Secretary ===
=== Secretary ===
* I. Peter Wolff

* [https://www.ncuscr.org/about/board/i-peter-wolff I. Peter Wolff]


=== Members ===
=== Members ===
* [[Jeffrey Bader]]
* [[Ray Dalio]]
* [[Jeffrey A. Bader]]
* [[Ajay Banga]]
* [[Ajay Banga]]
* [[Dennis C. Blair]]
* [[Dennis C. Blair]]
* [[Olivier Brandicourt]]
* [[Olivier Brandicourt]]
* [https://deborahbrautigam.com/ Deborah Brautigam]
* [[Deborah Bräutigam|Deborah Brautigam]]
* Milton Brice
* Milton Brice
* [[Kurt M. Campbell]]
* [[Kurt M. Campbell]]
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* [[John S. Chen]]
* [[John S. Chen]]
* Daniel Cruise
* Daniel Cruise
* [https://www.dorsey.com/people/d/dong-nelson-g Nelson G. Dong]
* Nelson G. Dong
* [[Richard Edelman]]
* [[Richard Edelman]]
* [[Martin S. Feldstein]]
* [[Martin Feldstein]]
* [[William E. Ford]]
* [[William E. Ford]]
* [[Barbara H. Franklin]]
* [[Barbara Franklin]]
* [https://taylorfravel.com/ M. Taylor Fravel]
* M. Taylor Fravel
* Charles W. Freeman III
* Charles W. Freeman III
* [[Richard Gelfond]]
* [[Richard Gelfond]]
* Jimmy Hexter
* Jimmy Hexter
* [[Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.]]
* [[Jon Huntsman Jr.]]
* [[Muhtar Kent]]
* [[Muhtar Kent]]
* [https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/people/elizabeth-knup/ Elizabeth Knup]
* Elizabeth Knup
* [[David M. Lampton]]
* [[David M. Lampton]]
* Terrill E. Lautz
* Terrill E. Lautz
* [[Cheng Li]]
* [[Cheng Li]]
* [[Kenneth Lieberthal]]
* [[Kenneth Lieberthal]]
* [[Andrew N. Liveris]]
* [[Andrew Liveris]]
* [[Gary Locke]]
* [[Gary Locke]]
* [[Samuel J. Locklear III]]
* [[Samuel J. Locklear]]
* [[Evan S. Medeiros]]
* [https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0033600001FP3ogAAD/evan-medeiros Evan S. Medeiros]
* [[Kenneth P. Miller]]
* [[Kenneth P. Miller]]
* [[Howard Milstein|Howard P. Milstein]]
* [[Howard Milstein]]
* [[Douglas H. Paal]]
* [[Douglas H. Paal]]
* Sheldon Pang
* Sheldon Pang
* A. Robert Pietrzak
* A. Robert Pietrzak
* [[Clark T. Randt, Jr.]]
* [[Clark T. Randt Jr.]]
* [https://ash.harvard.edu/anthony-saich-directors-page Anthony J. Saich]
* Anthony J. Saich
* Maggie Sans
* Maggie Sans
* [[Rob Speyer]]
* [[Rob Speyer]]
* [[James B. Steinberg]]
* [[James Steinberg]]
* Ernie L. Thrasher
* Ernie L. Thrasher
* Jan F. van Eck
* [https://www.vaneck.com/about-vaneck/company-founder-john-van-eck/?vecs=true Jan F. van Eck]
* Robert H. Xiao
* Robert H. Xiao
* John Young
* John Young


=== Former Chairs ===
=== Former chairs ===

* [[A. Doak Barnett]]
* [[A. Doak Barnett]]
* [[W. Michael Blumenthal]]
* [[W. Michael Blumenthal]]
* [[Barber B. Conable, Jr.]]
* [[Barber Conable]]
* [[Alexander Eckstein]]
* [[Alexander Eckstein]]
* [[Lucian Pye|Lucian W. Pye]]
* [[Lucian Pye|Lucian W. Pye]]
* [[Robert A. Scalapino]]
* [[Robert A. Scalapino]]
* [[Raymond P. Shafer]]
* [[Raymond P. Shafer]]
* [[Charles W. Yost]]
* [[Charles Yost]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Berris |first=Jan Carol|year= 1986 |chapter-url=https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/Evolution-of-Sino-American-Exchanges-NCUSCR-Jan-Carol-Berris.pdf|chapter=The Evolution of Sino-American Relations: A view from the National Committee|editor1-first=J. K. |editor1-last=Kallgren D. F. Simon |title= Educational Exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American Experience |pages=80–92 |place= Berkeley |publisher=University of California Institute of East Asian Studies}}
* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Berris |first=Jan Carol|year= 1986 |chapter-url=https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/Evolution-of-Sino-American-Exchanges-NCUSCR-Jan-Carol-Berris.pdf|chapter=The Evolution of Sino-American Relations: A view from the National Committee|editor1-first=J. K. |editor1-last=Kallgren D. F. Simon |title= Educational Exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American Experience |pages=80–92 |place= Berkeley |publisher=University of California Institute of East Asian Studies}}
* {{citation |last =Bullock |first = Mary Brown |authorlink = Mary Brown Bullock|chapter=Mission Accomplished: The Influence of the CSCCRP |title=Bridging Minds Across the Pacific: US-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-2003 |editor-first=Cheng|editor-last=Li| pages =49–68 |publisher = |location = |date =2005 |language = |chapter-url = |jstor = |issn = |doi = |accessdate = }}
* {{citation |last =Bullock |first = Mary Brown |authorlink = Mary Brown Bullock|chapter=Mission Accomplished: The Influence of the CSCCRP |title=Bridging Minds Across the Pacific: US-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-2003 |editor-first=Cheng|editor-last=Li| pages =49–68 |publisher = |location = |date =2005 |language = |chapter-url = |jstor = |issn = |doi = |accessdate = }}


* Cohen, Warren. (1986). While China faced east: Chinese-American cultural relations. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p.&nbsp;49). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
* Cohen, Warren. (1986). While China faced east: Chinese-American cultural relations. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p.&nbsp;49). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
* Harding, H. (1992). A fragile relationship: The United States and China since 1972. Washington, DC: [[Brookings Institution|The Brookings Institution]].
* Harding, H. (1992). A fragile relationship: The United States and China since 1972. Washington, DC: [[Brookings Institution|The Brookings Institution]].
* Kallgren, J. K. (1986). Public interest and private interest in Sino–American exchanges: De Toqueville's "Associations" in action. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p.&nbsp;65). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
* Kallgren, J. K. (1986). Public interest and private interest in Sino–American exchanges: De Toqueville's "Associations" in action. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p.&nbsp;65). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
* {{cite book |last1 = Lampton|first1= David M.|first2= Joyce A. |last2=Madancy |first3=Kristen M. |last3=Williams |year = 1986 |title = A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2CZC9EUAofEC&q=Scholarly%20Communication%20 |publisher = National Academy Press| location = Washington, D.C |isbn = 030903678X}}
* {{cite book |last1 = Lampton|first1= David M.|first2= Joyce A. |last2=Madancy |first3=Kristen M. |last3=Williams |year = 1986 |title = A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2CZC9EUAofEC&q=Scholarly%20Communication%20 |publisher = National Academy Press| location = Washington, D.C. |isbn = 030903678X}}
* Madsen, R. (1995). China and the American dream: A moral inquiry. Berkeley: [[University of California Press]].
* Madsen, R. (1995). China and the American dream: A moral inquiry. Berkeley: [[University of California Press]].
* Magliocco, M. T. (2008). Unsung Alchemists: The National Committee on United States–China Relations and the Path to Sino–American Rapprochement, 1949–1972. [[Yale College]] Senior Essay.
* {{citation|author1-last=Mang |author1-first=Robert |author2-last=Mang |author2-first= Pamela |year=1976 |url=https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf |title=A History of the Origins of the National Committee on United States–China Relations |series= Unpublished report. Prepared at the request of the Christopher Reynolds Foundation }}
* {{citation|author1-last=Mang |author1-first=Robert |author2-last=Mang |author2-first= Pamela |year=1976 |url=https://www.ncuscr.org/sites/default/files/page_attachments/NCUSCR-Early-History-Mang.pdf |title=A History of the Origins of the National Committee on United States–China Relations |series= Unpublished report. Prepared at the request of the Christopher Reynolds Foundation }}
* National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program. (n.d). Retrieved February 23, 2009 from http://www.ncuscr.org/programs/tep
* {{citation|first=Norton |last= Wheeler |title= The Role of American NGOs in China's Modernization: Invited Influence |place= New York |publisher= Routledge |series= Asia's Transformations |year= 2012 |isbn= 9780415506571}} Chapter Two, "The National Committee on United States-China Relations."
* {{citation|first=Norton |last= Wheeler |title= The Role of American NGOs in China's Modernization: Invited Influence |place= New York |publisher= Routledge |series= Asia's Transformations |year= 2012 |isbn= 9780415506571}} Chapter Two, "The National Committee on United States-China Relations."

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National Committee on United States–China Relations
Formation1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Type501(c)3 organization
13-2566973
PurposeTo promote United States-China relations
Headquarters6 E. 43 Street, 24th Floor, Manhattan
MembershipBy invitation
President
Stephen Orlins
Vice President
Jan Berris
Websitewww.ncuscr.org Edit this at Wikidata

The National Committee on United States China Relations (NCUSCR) is a nonprofit organization and advisory body founded in 1966 to encourage understanding and cooperation between the United States and China. Since 1966, the committee has conducted exchanges, educational, and policy activities in the areas of politics and security, education, governance and civil society, economic cooperation, media, and transnational issues, addressing these topics with respect to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

History

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The National Committee on United States–China Relations was founded in 1966 by a coalition of academic "China watchers," civic, religious, and business leaders who were concerned with China's isolation and American apparent interest in maintaining that situation. Cecil Thomas, a Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, was influential in recruiting and organizing them, and became the organization's first executive director. [1]

The committee was energized by helping to organize two groundbreaking conferences: the “Institute on China Today” held at University of California, Berkeley in 1964, and the “National Conference on the United States and China” in Washington, D.C. in 1965. Together, they gave a platform to debate the reshaping of the approach towards China. There was heated disagreement among even the scholars, but figures such as Henry Luce and American businessmen argued against defenders of the policy. There was widespread interest from newspapers, television, and the general public.[2]

Several presidents had wanted to move closer to normalization of relations with China but faced resistance in Congress.[3] In 1971, the committee hosted a roundtable featuring guest speakers from countries that had begun exchanges with China in advance of official diplomatic relations.[4]: 36  Members of the committee expressed the view that like these countries, Americans could develop ad hoc cooperative relations with China.[4]: 36–37  The committee's mission was to educate the public, but it soon found itself in the position to offer information and advice to President Lyndon B. Johnson and other political leaders. In 1972, it co-hosted the Chinese table tennis team's tour of the United States, a widely publicized event that captured world attention. The historic two-way exchange by American and Chinese table tennis teams became known as Ping Pong Diplomacy.[5]

The Committee originally had intended to be only a "catalyst" in opening relations with China, a short-term temporary goal. But a change in this attitude came when it was called upon to manage the visit of the Chinese table-tennis team, part of American ping-pong diplomacy. Because there were no official diplomatic relations between the two countries, the State Department had to rely on private resources. The Committee stepped in, raised money, and made arrangements. This experience changed the committee's relations with American and Chinese officials, as well as its own goals.[6] In the 1980s, the Committee expanded its work to promote sustained interactions between influential Chinese and Americans in governance, media, urban planning, international relations, and economic management.[7]

On 15 November 2023, the National Committee on United States–China Relations and the US-China Business Council hosted a banquet with Xi Jinping for US business executives during the APEC United States 2023 meeting.[8][9] The banquet drew questions from media about attendees and criticism from the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.[10][11][12]

Board of directors

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Vice chairs

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Treasurer

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  • Keith W. Abell

Secretary

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  • I. Peter Wolff

Members

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Former chairs

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Notes

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  1. ^ MangMang (1976), p. 5-7.
  2. ^ MangMang (1976), p. 8-9.
  3. ^ Kissinger, Henry (2011). On China. London: Penguin Press. pp. 198–199, 203. ISBN 978-0143121312.
  4. ^ a b Minami, Kazushi (2024). People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501774157.
  5. ^ Kissinger, Henry (2011). On China. London: Penguin Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0143121312.
  6. ^ Crean, Jeffrey (2021). "A New Sphere of Influence: Table Tennis Diplomacy and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations". Journal of American-East Asian Relations. 28 (2): 109–132. doi:10.1163/18765610-28020003. S2CID 237860408.
  7. ^ Wheeler (2012).
  8. ^ Martina, Michael (2023-11-14). "Tricky politics on menu for China's Xi at US business dinner". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  9. ^ Swanson, Ana (2023-11-08). "Xi Jinping to Address U.S. Business Leaders Amid Rising Skepticism of China Ties". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  10. ^ Koch, M.J. (November 14, 2023). "The High Cost — $40,000 for a Filet Mignon — of Dining With Xi Jinping". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  11. ^ Jacob, Gu (November 14, 2023). "Xi's Arrival in US Brings Protesters and Fans Onto Streets". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023. The Republican wrote to the US-China Business Council and National Committee on US-China Relations demanding the organizers provide details of the guest list, funding and profits. Neither group responded to Bloomberg's request for comment on the dinner.
  12. ^ "Activists Protest China's Xi Even Before He Arrives at APEC". Voice of America. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "Board of Directors". NCUSCR. Retrieved 2023-03-19.

Illustrative publications

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References and further reading

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  • Barnett, A. D., & Reischauer, E. O. (1970). The United States and China: The next decade. New York: Praeger.
  • "National Committee on United States-China Relations." Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Volume 3, Great Barrington, MA. Berkshire Publishing Group, 2009. (p. 1548-1555)
  • Berris, Jan Carol (1986). "The Evolution of Sino-American Relations: A view from the National Committee" (PDF). In Kallgren D. F. Simon, J. K. (ed.). Educational Exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American Experience. Berkeley: University of California Institute of East Asian Studies. pp. 80–92.
  • Bullock, Mary Brown (2005), "Mission Accomplished: The Influence of the CSCCRP", in Li, Cheng (ed.), Bridging Minds Across the Pacific: US-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-2003, pp. 49–68
  • Cohen, Warren. (1986). While China faced east: Chinese-American cultural relations. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p. 49). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
  • Harding, H. (1992). A fragile relationship: The United States and China since 1972. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.
  • Kallgren, J. K. (1986). Public interest and private interest in Sino–American exchanges: De Toqueville's "Associations" in action. In J. K. Kallgren & D. F. Simon (Eds.), Educational exchanges: Essays on the Sino-American experience (p. 65). Berkeley: University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies.
  • Lampton, David M.; Madancy, Joyce A.; Williams, Kristen M. (1986). A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. ISBN 030903678X.
  • Madsen, R. (1995). China and the American dream: A moral inquiry. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Mang, Robert; Mang, Pamela (1976), A History of the Origins of the National Committee on United States–China Relations (PDF), Unpublished report. Prepared at the request of the Christopher Reynolds Foundation
  • Wheeler, Norton (2012), The Role of American NGOs in China's Modernization: Invited Influence, Asia's Transformations, New York: Routledge, ISBN 9780415506571 Chapter Two, "The National Committee on United States-China Relations."
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