In the wake of Secretary Clinton’s visit to Asia, there is great promise for what she termed a positive and cooperative bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China. There is a rich agenda of issues on which the two countries have shared or overlapping interests, including the global financial crisis, climate change, North Korea, and Pakistan/Afghanistan. Differences persist on many issues as well, of course, and addressing these issues within a constructive framework is critical to advancing a bilateral relationship that works for both countries and the international community. Please join us for an informal conversation between two of the most influential and respected thinkers on the challenges and opportunities in Sino-American relations going forward. Professor WANG Jisi is dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University. He is concurrently director of the Institute of International Strategic Studies at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, director of the Center for International and Strategic Studies, Peking University, a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Council associated with the Foreign Ministry of China, and president of the Chinese Association for American Studies. Professor Wang was previously director of the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Wang's scholarly interests cover international relations theory, U.S. foreign policy, Chinese foreign policy, and China-U.S. relations. He has published numerous works in these fields. Less