2021 Asia Game Changer West Awards Virtual Gala asiasociety.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asiasociety.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March 11th marks the ten-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, natural disasters which led to a series of explosions and meltdown at the nuclear plant in Fukushima. Formally referred to as the Great Eastern Japan Disaster (
Higashi Nihon Daishinsai), it was one of the gravest crises in Japan’s post-World War II history. The displacement of over a hundred thousand residents and the invisible spread of radioactive contamination from this catastrophe shook Japan and the world.
Asia Pacific Initiative (API) Chairman
Yoichi Funabashi and Asia Society Policy Institute and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Danny Russel.
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AGENDA
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome Remarks – Margaret Conley, Executive Director, Asia Society Northern California
Opening Remarks – Lt. Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis
9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Session 1 –
The Global Chessboard:
After a year of recriminations and downward spiral in the relationship, what should be the strategic framework to get the relationship back on track? China is pursuing new international alliances (B&R, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia) even as the U.S. engages western nations to challenge China’s ambitions. What type of framework would enable these two powers to co-exist and continue collaboration, maintain competition, and prevent conflict?
[WEBCAST] The Future of U S and China Conference asiasociety.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asiasociety.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.