Freeman Chair in China Studies

Program Overview

An active policy-oriented agenda conducted by the Freeman Chair is dedicated to delivering informed public policy debate, expert briefings, and strategic policy recommendations on Greater China and East Asia to the diplomatic, policy analysis, business, and government arenas.

Current research topics include:

• Examining trade, economic and financial issues in U.S.-China relations
• China’s global health engagement and development assistance
• Dialogue on China’s healthcare reform policies
• China’s innovation and competitiveness policies
• Climate change, energy and environmental issues in Asia-Pacific
• U.S.-China-Taiwan relations
• U.S.-China Relations and North Korea
• Cross-Strait confidence building measures
• China-North Korea relations

Current and forthcoming programs:

• Executive Training Programs on international relations and security
• Program on Cross-Strait Confidence Builiding Measures
• Roundtable on the Evolving China-North Korea Relationship and Implications for the U.S. and South Korea
• Conferences assessing the politics of U.S.-China economic and trade relations
  Roundtables and publications on China’s health policy and its implications for U.S.-China relations and global health policy  
• Conferences and seminars on the political, economic, and security relations across the Taiwan Strait

About the Freeman Chair

The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies was established to advance the study of China and to promote understanding between the United States and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The Freeman Family—Luther Freeman, as a clergyman, Mansfield Freeman, as a scholar-business leader, and Houghton Freeman as a corporate executive in a global enterprise—have established a tradition of contributing to international understanding through practical experience in East Asia and China.

The United States has a long-standing relationship with China and the countries of East Asia—these countries that play increasingly important roles in the future international system in terms of economics, politics, culture, peace, and security. In the diplomatic, public policy, business, and government fields, Americans and the peoples of China will benefit from greater mutual appreciation and understanding through broad based international exchange.

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