Past Events

Henry Kissinger transformed America's approach to diplomacy, laying the foundations for geopolitics as we know them today. Former Ambassador to China Winston Lord will discuss a series of interviews he conducted with Kissinger.

Nicholas Kristof, Zha Jianying, and Orville Schell reflect on how the events of June 4th, 1989 have been remembered and forgotten in the years since.

ChinaFile hosts a breakfast analyzing the current state of Hong Kong-China relations in law and electoral politics.

The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy is issuing its new report “Course Correction: Toward an Effective and Sustainable China Policy.”

Report Launch and Press Briefing: Task Force on U.S.-China Policy

Together with colleagues at the Berlin-based think tank Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Mareike Ohlberg recently published two reports that shed light on China's ideological pluralism as well as global ambitions.

Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs Daniel Kurtz-Phelan discusses his new book, which deals with the tumultuous aftermath of World War II, frantic U.S. engagement with China, and what led to the moment America “lost” the Middle Kingdom.

Experts dissect the consequences of China's new civil society law.

Kevin Peraino presents his new book, 'A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of China, 1949.'

On November 8, just weeks after Chinese Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping proclaimed he was shepherding China into a “new era,” President Donald Trump will begin a three-day state visit to Beijing. His first trip to China since his inauguration, and his third meeting with Xi, the visit may help define the United States' evolving relationship with China.

ChinaFile Presents: 'Nine Continents' — A Conversation with Memoirist Xiaolu Guo

Oct. 12: A conversation with author Michael Meyer and The New Yorker's Jiayang Fan.

Sep. 7: Journalist and author Richard McGregor discusses his new book on China, Japan, and the U.S.

May 23: The former NYT Asia correspondent discusses his new book.

May 1: Watch and discuss two films from NYU's News & Documentary program.