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For the 21st Century, A New Asia Pacific Community

Submitted by Jeff Tompkins on February 10, 2012 - 12:04pm

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Panel hails US shift in focus, but stresses more needs to be done

HONG KONG, February 10, 2012 — Moving forward into the 21st century, the United States must redirect the focus of its foreign policy towards the economically explosive Asia-Pacific region. This was the central point of the first of Asia Society Hong Kong's inaugural public forums, Transforming Ties: U.S.-Asia Relations in the 21st Century.

Asia Society co-chair Ronnie Chan moderated the discussion on the future of U.S.-Asia relations by leading U.S. and Asian officials and experts. Read more »

Future Chinese president Xi Jinping will visit the United States next week. (Luong Thai Linh/AFP/Getty Images)

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Asia Society Co-Chair Ronnie Chan, second from left, at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center Pre-Opening Gala Dinner on February 8, 2012. Pictured to Chan's left is Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after the 1997 handover. (Nick Mak)

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Street dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. (Asia Society/Michael Zhao)

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Street dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, who will take the stage during halftime on Sunday, took his talents to China with the Asia Society last November. Click to watch him in action. more

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, 2012 — China expert and UC Riverside professor Perry Link reads passages from a new book he edited, No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems by Liu Xiaobo, an anthology by the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. (3 min., 52 sec.)

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Interview with Perry Link

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