EVENT BULLETIN:

CONFERENCE ON THE 30TH ANNIV. OF THE NORMALIZATION OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
October 20, 2008, The University of Oklahoma

U.S. AMB. ALAN HOLMER SPEAKS ON “U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS”
November 13, 2008, The University of Oklahoma

MO YAN WINS NEWMAN PRIZE FOR CHINESE LITERATURE

The Institute for US-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma was established in August 2006 with the generous financial support of Harold J. & Ruth Newman, who endowed a chair for its first director, Peter Hays Gries. ConocoPhillips endowed a professorship for the Institute's first associate director, Mark Frazier.

The Institute has two primary goals. First, the Institute engages in and supports research and outreach activities that seek to better understand and improve US-China relations. The focus is on the deeper structure of the bilateral relationship: its dynamics of security and insecurity, perception and misperception, identity and power. The Institute promotes academic research that has policy relevant implications, and seeks to have an impact on the broader national debate on US China policy.
 
Second, the OU Institute for US-China Issues seeks to promote China studies in the state of Oklahoma. This begins with promoting Chinese language training at the K-12 and university levels, but also includes the broad interdisciplinary study of China. The Institute particularly seeks to strengthen the China studies faculty and curriculum at OU. A strong interdisciplinary knowledge of China is the starting point for improving US-China relations.

In addition to sponsoring lectures and colloquia, the Institute convenes a variety of conferences, symposia, and retreats that bring together a broad array of academic, think tank, government, and business leaders to discus specific security concerns in US-China relations. It also hosts visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows, and facilitates the visits of Chinese delegations and other China-related activities on campus and in the state of Oklahoma.