L to R: Seymour Topping, Fox Butterfield, Nicholas Kristof, Arthur Ross Director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, Orville Schell, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Joseph Kahn and Edward Wong. (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)
Jonathan D. Spence, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, in conversation with a guest at the ChinaFile launch reception. (Elsa Ruiz/Asia Society)
L to R: Suasn Jakes, Orville Schell, David Barreda, Sun Yunfan, Jonathan Landreth, Dinda Elliot, Sara Segal-Williams, Ouyang Bin, Michael Zhao, Leah Thompson and Laura Chang make up the ChinaFile team. (Elsa Ruiz)
Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations celebrated the launch of its new online magazine, ChinaFile, with a panel discussion among six former and current Beijing-based New York Times correspondents: Seymour Topping, Fox Butterfield (1979-1981), Nicholas Kristof (1988-1993), Elisabeth Rosenthal (1997-2003), Joseph Kahn (2003-2007) and Edward Wong (2008-present). Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, moderated the discussion.
Following the panel, participants and guests mingled at a reception at Asia Society's Garden Court Café.
ChinaFile marks a new a stage in Asia Society’s ongoing commitment to in-depth reporting in China and on East Asian affairs. Click here for a summary of last night's panel.