Schieffer School and CSIS host panel discussion on China's leadership transition


Fort Worth, TX | November 28, 2012 03:20 PM | Print this story





Schieffer School of Journalism and CSIS to host panel discussion:
“China’s Leadership Transition and Looking Ahead at U.S. – China Relations”


WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 – TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., will hold a panel discussion titled “China’s Leadership Transition and Looking Ahead at U.S. – China Relations,” 5:30-6:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4. The discussion, hosted by Bob Schieffer, moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation and TCU alumnus, will be broadcast live on the Schieffer School website at 4:30 p.m. CST Dec. 4.

Members of the panel include The Honorable Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific; Richard McGregor, Washington bureau chief, Financial Times, author of The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers; and Christopher K. Johnson, senior adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic & International Studies.

The series of monthly dialogues in public policy and the media feature top public policy experts, government officials, leading think-tank scholars and prominent journalists discussing issues related to national security, foreign policy and global challenges.

CSIS is a bipartisan, independent, nonprofit organization that provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector and civil society. It has earned the reputation of being one of the world’s preeminent public policy institutions.

TCU’s Schieffer School is emerging as one of the world’s top journalism schools,
dedicated to preparing professionals in both journalism and strategic communications for the new media world, while maintaining the traditional standards of basic, straightforward reporting and ethics.