Lecture 2: “U.S. - China: Then and Now”

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Lecture 2: “U.S. - China: Then and Now”             Jan . 27 . 2015

Distinguished Guest Speaker: Ambassador Nicholas Platt

Moderator:Jean-Marc F. Blanchard Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of International and Public Affairs Professor Assistant Dean, and Director, Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations

Time：9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Oct. 22, 2012

Location: Room 3005, Xin Jian BLD

Bio.: Nicholas Platt is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan.  Ambassador Platt also served as a member of the National Security Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense, and Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Organization Affairs, Department of State.  He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City.  As a young diplomat, Ambassador Platt accompanied President Richard Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing in 1972 that signaled the resumption of relations between the U.S. and China.  Following this, served for a year as chief of the political section, in the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing.  Ambassador Platt is a graduate of Harvard University and the father of three sons, Adam, Oliver and Nicholas Platt jr.