Brookings joins China Town Hall

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BROOKINGS – The South Dakota World Affairs Council along with the National Committee on United States-China Relations is hosting China Town Hall, a livestream panel discussion followed by local conversations beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at Daktronics Headquarters building 6, 201 Daktronics Drive.

Attendees in Brookings will join more than 70 venues across the country for webcast featuring ABC New Chief Anchor George Stephenopoulos as moderator.   

Established in 1966, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations has long been the leading American nonprofit, nonpartisan public affairs organization devoted to building constructive and durable relationships between the United States and Greater China.  

The two-part program will examine frictions between the United States and China in politics, security and trade that have a direct impact on lives of every South Dakotan, American, and the global community.  

In the segment beginning at 5 p.m., the webcast panel will include Melanie Hart, senior fellow and director for China policy, Center for American Progress; Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of international management and professor, global economics and management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Orlins, president, Nation Committee on U.S.-China Relations; and Ely Ratner, executive vice president and director of studies, Center for a New American Security. 

Refreshments will be served during the break leading into the live discussion at 6 p.m. that will be moderated by Robert Burns, South Dakota State University professor emeritus of political science. 

Speakers for this segment include George White, SDSU professor of geography, who will speak on U.S.-China geopolitical considerations, and Jon Stauff, SDSU assistant vice president for international affairs, whose topic is U.S.-China international student exchange opportunities and challenges.  

Also on the local program are Jihong Cole-Dai, SDSU professor of chemistry, who will examine changing U.S.-China relations, and Mathew Elliott, assistant professor and agribusiness Extension specialist, speaking on U.S.-China trade opportunities and challenges. Sheila Anderson, Daktronics chief financial officer, will focus on U.S.-China industrial trade opportunities and challenges. Audience participation in the discussion will be encouraged.

The program is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcomed at either or both segments. Entry for this program is through the southwest doors of Daktronics Building 6.

Questions and additional information can be directed to Amanda Quam, 605-691-9490.