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China, Then and Now
Nicholas Platt, President Emeritus of Asia Society will speak at Columbia University on Mar 31, 2011.
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Nicholas Platt was an Asia hand, China specialist, and intelligence analyst in the U.S. Foreign Service, with degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins and posts at State, Defense, and the National Security Council. A three-time ambassador—to Zambia, the Philippines, and Pakistan—he was for 12 years president of the Asia Society.
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