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Writer Anchee Min discusses what led her to write Pearl of China, her novel imagining the life of Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck, with Center on US-China Relations Fellow Emily Parker.
Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank Jong-Wha Lee outlines what the year ahead should hold for Asian economies, as they continue to recover from the global slump.
NEW YORK, April 22, 2010 - Henk-Jan Brinkman, Senior Adviser for
Economic Policy at World Food Programme, on how the "small shocks" of the food and financial crisis can adversely impact the health of children. (2 min., 49 sec.)
Nicholas Platt tells Rachel DeWoskin about one of his most challenging missions in China: negotiating between Madame Mao and Eugene Ormandy, the Philadelphia Orchestra's imperious conductor.
NEW YORK, April 14, 2010 - Ambassador Nicholas Platt shares his you-are-there footage of the American arrival in China, nearly 40 years ago. (5 min., 5 sec.)
NEW YORK, April 13, 2010 - Asia Society President Emeritus Ambassador Nicholas Platt
recalls his experiences as a foreign service officer traveling
with President Nixon on his historic trip to China in 1972. (1 hr., 15 min.)