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David Breashears: Ice Gallery, Main Rongbuk Glacier, Mount Everest, 2011. (GlacierWorks)

Watch: A Climate Change Photo Exhibit Atop Mount Everest [Interview]

Mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears treks up Mount Everest to display photographs of coal mining and melting glaciers at 17,723 feet. more

Melissa Chiu: New US-China Forum

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu previews the upcoming US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture in Beijing. more

Behind the Scenes: CNN at Tiananmen Square

Mike Chinoy, CNN's first Beijing correspondent in 1987 discusses what happened behind the scenes when CNN was ordered off the air Tiananmen Square. more

Journalist Reflects on Covering China's 'Opening Up'

Mike Chinoy, award winning journalist and Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California’s US-China Institute, discusses life as a correspondent in Beijing. more
Cover of China's Century Weekly magazine for the week of May 17, 2011.

Ongoing US-China Talks Add to Interest in Report on Chinese Direct Investment

Asia Society report attracts attention during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China. more
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lauds Report on Chinese Investment, but has Harsh Words for China

Speaking at the launch of an Asia Society paper, Gary Locke, nominated to be the next Ambassador to China, warned that China has been "narrowing its commercial environment" to U.S investors. more
At the launch of An American Open Door?, Sec. of Commerce Gary Locke criticizes China's leadership for shutting US investors out of their country. (14 min., 55 sec.)

Complete Text of U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke's Asia Society Speech on May 4, 2011

The future Ambassador to China made his remarks at the launch of an Asia Society-Woodrow Wilson Center report on Chinese foreign direct investment. more
Asia Society's Special Report An American Open Door? Maximizing the Benefits of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment.

An American Open Door?

This report looks in-depth at how in the coming decade Chinese capital, in excess of $1 trillion, will be seeking direct investment opportunities abroad. The Center delivers its recommendations on ways in which the U.S. can benefit. more