The Coastal Bend Council of Cultures
an outreach of the World Affairs Council of South Texas
The City of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi International Office
Cordially invite you to participate in the
CHINA Town Hall
a national day of programming on China involving 40 Cities throughout the United States.
Tuesday, 8 December, 2009
6:30 PM
Warren Theater
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
This event is free and open to the public. There is no registration.
After some light Hors d 'Oeuvres, the program will open at
7 PM with a forty-five minute webcast speech and Q&A by
Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
moderated by
Stephen A. Orlins, President, National Committee on US-China Relations.
Following his talk, Mr. Campbell will respond to questions e-mailed in from audience members throughout the country.
After the national discussion with Mr. Campbell, participants will have the opportunity to analyze U.S.-China relations with a presentation by and questions with
Ms. Sheridan Prasso, a journalist in New York City
Water and soft drinks will be available prior to Ms. Prasso's presentation
Space at what promises to be Corpus Christi's most vital public discussion of U.S.-
China relations this year is limited.
We are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of normal and trade relations between
The People's Republic of China and The United States of America.
Sheridan Prasso
Sheridan Prasso is an Asia specialist with decades of experience in writing about China. Formerly as Asia editor at BusinessWeek and then deputy international editor at FORTUNE magazine, Ms. Prasso has written or edited several hundred articles about China’s economic and business development for those publications. Her articles about China have also appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Strategy + Business, and The Dallas Morning News, among other publications.
Currently, Ms. Prasso is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, serves as an associate fellow at the Asia Society, and remains a contributing editor at FORTUNE—having most recently authored an article about RMB convertibility based on a recent trip to Hong Kong.
Her book, The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls & Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient, about Western cultural stereotypes of Asia, published in paperback in 2006, received wide acclaim and climbed several best-seller lists. The South China Morning Post review called her "the new face of the old Asia hand."
Ms. Prasso lived and worked in Hong Kong as an Asia regional editor for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, and in Guangzhou as a Knight International Press Fellow teaching at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Ms. Prasso holds an M.Phil. in social anthropology from Cambridge University, and a B.A. in international affairs from George Washington University.
For more information on the National Committee and Kurt Campbell click here.
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