Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
The Rising Stakes of Refugee Issues in China
A roundtable discussion presented by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
When:
May 1, 2009 10:30am to 12:00pm
Where
At this CECC Roundtable, a panel of experts will discuss the Chinese government’s treatment of and policies toward asylum seekers and refugee communities, particularly North Koreans fleeing persecution and starvation in their homeland, and assess Beijing’s compliance with international laws and conventions that protect refugees. What particular problems does North Korea present for the Chinese government and the international community in the area of human rights and refugee protection and resettlement? How does the Chinese government handle Tibetans and Uyghurs seeking asylum abroad? What measures might encourage Beijing to comply with its obligations to refugees under international law?
Panelists:
Joel Charny, Vice President for Policy, Refugees International
Suzanne Scholte, North Korean refugee expert, President, Defense Forum Foundation; Chairman, North Korea Freedom Coalition
Mary Beth Markey, Tibetan refugee expert, Vice President for Advocacy and Communications, International Campaign for Tibet
Sean R. Roberts, Uyghur refugee expert, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University
Discussant:
Michel Gabaudan, Regional Representative for the USA and Caribbean, and former Regional Representative in Beijing, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
For more information, please see the section on North Korean Refugees in China (pages 124-127) in the Commission’s 2008 Annual Report.
CECC Roundtables are open to the public. No RSVP is necessary.
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Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.