Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2010

*This event is only open to member companies of AmCham Taipei. Attendance limited to 20 people on a first come, first served basis

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will be hosting a fourth annual CHINA Town Hall.

The program will open with a webcast from Washington or Beijing featuring Jon Huntsman, U.S. Ambassador to China, discussing U.S.-China relations. National Committee president Steve Orlins will moderate this 45-minute portion of the program, comprised of a 15-minute talk followed by half an hour during which Ambassador Huntsman will respond to questions emailed in from audience members throughout the country.

About Ambassador Huntsman:
Prior to assuming his current position in August 2009, Ambassador Huntsman was elected twice as Governor of Utah, served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). At USTR, Mr. Huntsman negotiated dozens of trade and investment agreements for the United States with numerous countries, including China. Ambassador Huntsman’s public service career began as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

About Alexander Huang:
Dr. Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang is Professor of Strategy and Wargaming at Tamkang University in Taiwan. He is also a non-resident senior associate at Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Dr. Huang previously served in the Taiwan Government as Vice Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, and has been working closely with the government on foreign and security policy matters. He specializes in Asian and Chinese security and defense affairs. His recent publications include: “A National Defense Strategy for Taiwan in the New Century,” in The Dilemma of “One China” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008); “The United States and Taiwan’s Defense Transformation,” Taiwan-U.S. Quarterly Analysis, (The Brookings Institution, Feb. 2010).