Asia Society members, VIPs, and guests came together for over seven hours of live programming on Thursday, January 13, 2022 for our fourth annual Future of U.S. & China Conference: Seeking Truth Through Facts.

As the eighth and final program of our Seeking Truth Through Facts U.S.-China series, this conference consisted of six panels featuring 23 leading voices across the fields of business, government, technology, academia, and entrepreneurship in the U.S.-China landscape. The day's sessions focused on the current power construct between the U.S. and China, one year into the Biden Administration's policies, the cost of the deteriorating financial relationship between both nations, semiconductors and their impact on the U.S.-China relationship, the role of the business community going forward, and President Xi's implications for China's global ambitions.

Watch all six videos below.

For the conference program with speaker biographies, please click here.

PANELS

Session 1 — The Current Power Construct Between the U.S. and China

• Welcome Remarks: Margaret Conley, Asia Society Northern California Executive Director
• Speaker: The Honorable Kevin Rudd, President and CEO, Asia Society

Session 2 — One Year into the Biden Administration - Assessment of the current state of play, review of Biden’s strategic priorities, and discussion of the strategic framework going forward

• Ira Kasoff (moderator), Former Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide
• Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)
• Deborah Lehr, CEO, Edelman Global Advisory
• Anja Manuel, Co-Founder and Partner, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC

Session 3 — Risks and Opportunities: The Cost of the Deteriorating Financial Relationship with the U.S. and China

• Andy Rothman (moderator), Investment Strategist, Matthews Asia
• Nicholas Borst, Vice President and Director of China Research, Seafarer Capital Partners
• Nicholas Lardy, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• Rui Ma, China Tech Analyst, Main Writer & Co-Host, Tech Buzz China
• Edith Yeung, General Partner, Race Capital

Session 4 — Semiconductors and the Impact on the Relationship Between the U.S. and China

• Orville Schell (moderator), Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
• Syed Alam, Managing Director, Semiconductor Industry Global Lead, Accenture
• Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Director of Global Innovation Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
• Don Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm
• H.-S. Philip Wong, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Session 5 – What is the Role of the Business Community Going Forward? - How is business navigating the current political environment and what are strategies for success in the markets?

• Gary Rieschel (moderator), Chair, Asia Society Northern California
• Myron Brilliant, Executive Vice President and Head of the International Affairs Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Howard Chen, Co-Chair of the Firm's China Practice, Greenberg Traurig
• James McGregor, Chairman, APCO Worldwide’s Greater China Region 

Session 6 – Chinese Succession in 2022: Prospects for President Xi’s Re-election and Implications for China’s Global Ambitions

• Larry Diamond (moderator), Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
• Joseph Felter, William J. Perry Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Lingling Wei, Chief China Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

VIDEOS

Session 1 - The Current Power Construct Between the U.S. and China (26 min., 37 sec.)

Session 2 - One Year into the Biden Administration - Assessment of the current state of play, review of Biden’s strategic priorities, and discussion of the strategic framework going forward (1 hr., 2 min., 29 sec.)

Session 3 — Risks and Opportunities: The Cost of the Deteriorating Financial Relationship with the U.S. and China (1 hr., 28 sec.)

Session 4 - Semiconductors and the Impact on the Relationship Between the U.S. and China (59 min., 39 sec.)

Session 5 - What is the Role of the Business Community Going Forward? - How is business navigating the current political environment and what are strategies for success in the markets? (58 min., 54 sec.)

Session 6 - Chinese Succession in 2022: Prospects for President Xi’s Re-election and Implications for China’s Global Ambitions (1 hr., 5 min., 17 sec.)

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Lisa B. Barry

Dobkin Family Foundation

Fan Tan Smith