Mission Statement

In the years to come, an open and collaborative relationship between the United States and China will be essential to global peace, security, balanced economic growth and environmental sustainability.

To help forge a more constructive bilateral relationship, Asia Society established the Center on U.S.-China Relations in 2006 with a generous gift from the late Arthur Ross.

In seeking new ways of building mutual understanding between the U.S. and China, the Center undertakes projects and events which explore areas of common interest and divergent views between the two countries, focusing on policy, culture, business, media, economics, energy and the environment.

The Center is based at Asia Society's New York City headquarters and works closely with other Asia Society Centers around the world.

Who We Are

Orville Schell is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society. He is a former professor and Dean at the University of California, Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of 15 books, 10 of them on China.

Susan Jakes is the Editor of ChinaFile and a Senior Fellow at the Center on U.S.-China Relations. Previously, she worked for Time magazine.

Jessica Batke is a Senior Editor of ChinaFile. She previously worked at the State Department.

Mary Kay Magistad is the Associate Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations.

Ouyang Bin is the Associate Director, China Programs with the Center on U.S.-China Relations and Associate Editor of ChinaFile. He is the Director of the U.S.-China Dialogue. He was a Harvard-Yenching Fellow from 2010-2012.

Sara Segal-Williams is an Assistant Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations and Associate Editor of ChinaFile.

Jeffrey Sequeira is an Assistant Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations

Michael Laha is a Senior Program Officer at the Center on U.S.-China Relations.

Leah Thompson is the Producer for COAL+ICE.