Acceptance speech in new york city. Good evening. Thank you stephen in the book critics circle for inviting me for Toni Morrison for the Lifetime Achievement award although she certainly doesnt need an introduction with celebratory tributes to the great novelist of their time. You have to rattle off her accomplishments to you tonight by and large you are deeply familiar and then to recognize the rising star in 1977 and that is from her book song of solomon. You dont need me to remind you hear the honorees and those other works. And i assume you dont want me to whittle away moments at the podium with the recitation of previous awards although it is tempting the 1988 Pulitzer Prize National Humanities metal and 2000 and the honorary doctorate from oxford among many others with the president ial medal of freedom. So literarily evil halle is heavily weighted in the favor and then has the crime see front and center with that poetic sensibility and the influence on discourse and the vernacul
Get started now. Folks are still arriving which is fine. But we want to get started because weve got a fantastic program for you and not a lot of time. This hour is going to flyby. Toms book is really a fantastic read. But i do think that folks especially in the United States are going to find the book controversial. Thats a great thing about a book. If the book doesnt generate a conversation then it may not be worth reading. This is a glass halffull story about chinas economy in the management of the Financial System. Its offered at a time when u. S. China relations are declining. And attacks from all different corners in the United States of china system are growing. And theres this argument that chinas economy, how it manages that economy, is incompatible with the international system. And as a result the u. S. And others need to reduce their exposure to chinas unique risk. The book tries to answer the question, how did china japan should do it . How did they manage to continue to g
Peopleave more than 300 registered for this Virtual Meeting and we will try to get through as many questions as we can in the second half of this discussion. I want to note the entirety of todays session is on the record. Our discussion now and later on, the questions and answers. Mr. President , welcome. It is a pleasure to see you again. A great leisure to be with you. My prayers and wishes to the and to allrticularly the civilians that served with you. It is a great honor to be with you. Let me say how much i and many other people in this country value our partnership with you and the Afghan People over the past years. Now is at a prehistoric threshold or at least potentially so. People the afghan through the loya jirga have made the decision to release the final prisoners the taliban had and opening the pathway to negotiations which reportedly would start and the next couple of days. That is an extremely important threshold to cross, one that i know you addressed with great serious
Program for you and not a lot of time. This hours going to fly by. Toms book is really a fantastic read, and but i do think that both especially in the United States theyre going the find the book controversial, and thats the great thing about a book. If a book doesnt generate a conversation, then it may not be worth reading. But this is a Glass Half Full story of chinas economy and the management of the Financial System. And its offered at a time when u. S. china relations are declining and attacks from all different corners in the United States of chinas system are growing. And theres this argument that chinas economy, how it manages that economy, is incompatible with the international system. And as a result, the u. S. And others need to reduce their exposure to chinas unique risks. The book tries to answer the question how did china manage to do it, howd they manage to continue to grow without a mayor financial cry crisis. And they keep it up. Im going to turn the floor over to tom
Get test many questions as we can in the second half of the discussion. I want to note that the entirety is on the record, our discussion now and later on. Welcome. It is a pleasure to see you again. It is a pleasure to be with you. My prayers and wishes to the veterans particularly and to all the civilians that served with you. It is a great honor to be with you. Let me say how much i and many other people in this country value our partnership with you and the Afghan People over the past years. Your country now is at a pretty historic threshold or at least potentially so. You and the Afghan People through the loya jirga have made the decision to release the final prisoners the taliban had been demanding and opening the pathway to negotiations which reportedly would start and the e next couple of days. That is an extremely important threshold to cross, one that i know you addressed with great seriousness and conviction but also with difficulty, given the sacrifices your people have mad