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When a businessperson with decades of experience in China asks “Will U.S.-China Relations Survive an American Election Season?” you have to figure his answer is “Yes … but American electioneering will make my job tougher.” He may be incorrect on both counts, and it should make for an interesting lunch.

When: Friday September 7 11:30AM - 1:30 PM
Where: IUPUI  University Place Ballroom 850 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202

This luncheon and talk is open to the public, but it’s going to cost you $40, or $25 if you are an IU student and faculty. You can learn more about the event, as well as register and pay online at the front page for the event: http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ciber/kapp2007registrationform.cfm. 

Dr. Robert Kapp is president of Robert A. Kapp and Associates, a consulting firm.  He also serves as Senior China Advisor to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (“K&L Gates”), a global law firm with more than twenty offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, including strong facilities in Greater China, London, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.  He serves as Senior Advisor to Monitor Group, international consultants, and as China Program Advisor for The Asia Foundation, a respected nongovernmental organization headquartered in San Francisco.  From April 1994 to November 2004, Kapp served as president of The US-China Business Council. Founded in 1973, the Council is the principal organization of American companies  and industries engaged in trade and investment with China, and is supported by several hundred leading U.S. corporations and firms. Before his entry into the business community, Dr. Kapp (Ph.D., History, Yale University) taught Chinese history at Rice University and the University of Washington.

The luncheon will wrap up with Q&A with Prof. Scott Kennedy, director of IU’s Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business; andBarbara Flynn, head of IU Kelley School of Business’s Center for International Business Education & Research.

If this event sounds interesting, check out … The talk “Global Petro-Politics and Chinese and American Policies” September 26, and about Globalization and Midsize Cities in Modern China on October 12. Lee Hamilton will surely discuss these issues on September 26 and September 27. The issue of domestic politics and foreign policy will be examined from a different perspective: Jews and US policy toward the Middle East: “The New Jewish Anti-Zionism” September 17, and a workshop on Middle East peace October 28.

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