America and China: The Economics and Politics of Change

John Shu will be discussing China's current political and economic situation and how the US is directly affected.

Mr. Shu is an attorney with Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth in Newport Beach, California. Among his focus areas include securities, antitrust, appeals, investigations, international relations, and policy and politics. Mr. Shu was formerly with Clifford Chance US LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. He served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul H. Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Shu served in the White House under President George H. W. Bush and in Bush/Cheney Transition Headquarters under President-Elect George W. Bush. He has lived and studied in Asia, and has spoken on a number of legal, international relations and foreign policy issues. Mr. Shu is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Member of the Foreign Policy Association, the National Committee on U.S. – China Relations, and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Mr. Shu has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a G.C. from Peking University, and a J.D. from Pepperdine University.

Mr. Shu will discuss the effect of changing economic and political environments in both China and the U.S. on their bilateral relationship and on the world; the effect of the Chinese economy on American foreign policy; the effect of the new Democrat congress on the Sino - US relationship; and the effect of the Sino - US relationship on the war on terrorism.