Paul Cheung was recently named president of the Committee of 100, a non-profit organisation of influential Chinese-Americans that promotes bilateral exchanges between China and the United States on all fronts.
What’s your strategy as president of the Committee of 100 (C100) to keep a neutral US-China connection during this period of heightened tension?
China and the US need, require, an intermediary. At the Committee of 100’s founding, that made a lot of sense, but fast-forward to today, both China and the US don’t need an intermediary, per se, in terms of government.
This is an interesting time for us, and our role is to really highlight these narratives and help both countries understand that. The problem is, the relationship between the US and China is no longer just government to government. Its impact on citizens and the world is great. People in Europe, in Africa and Latin America, a lot of them don’t know what to do.
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Why are more Chinese scientists leaving the US to return to China?
Why are more Chinese scientists leaving the US to return to China?
