Making Denver A Global City
Clarence Low- A Leader for Denver By: Kayla Blomquist Mr. Clarence Low, one of the Tai Initiative’s partners, is the president and board chair of the Asian Chamber of Commerce of Colorado. His work...
Category: Leadership
The Roots of US-China Relations
Meet Swallow Yan by Karen Lauer; interview by Sarah Itagaki For over 20 years, Swallow Yan has worked to bring the Iowa state community out of its comfort zone. Since arriving in Iowa in...
Fourth China-U.S. High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange
Education, specifically providing greater opportunity for American students to study in China and gain exposure to Chinese culture and language, has been arguably the most visible, if not strongest, pillar of the China-U.S. High-Level Consultation...
A Needed Institution Appears: The Senate’s U.S.-China Working Group
Tuesday, October 8, 2013. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (IL) and Mazie Hirono (HI) met with Ambassador Cui Tiankai, China’s highest level representative to the United States, to discuss the future of U.S.-China relations and...
Culture Shock- A lesson in Identity
Culture Shock 文化冲击 Stephy Chung’s documentary “Culture Shock – Chinese Americans in China” (found below), brings to light important questions about identity and citizenship in a rapidly changing world. In this documentary, four young American-born-Chinese...
What do we hope to accomplish in Beijing?
This summer, June 12-20 to be exact, The Tai Initiative will make its next trip to China! During those nine quick days, we hope to expand our presence within the larger dialogue on leadership...
Co-hosting “New Thinking for New Directions” with Seattle University, April 12th
We are now working on the invite list for the April 12th conference, “New Thinking for New Directions” to be held at Seattle University. If you would like a special invite in the mail,...
Facing Corruption: No External Roles for Internal Woes
With the conclusion of the central government transition to Xi Jinping’s leadership and a new cast of Politburo Standing Committee members, the news on China returns to a semi-normal state of affairs, which is...
Strategic Views of the People’s Liberation Army: NBR, Our Educator on the Defense Perspective
Communication is difficult; it is downright impossible if the recipient of a message is unaware of its transmission. One of the realities of our modern communications is that we get focused on our own...
An Uphill Battle: Efforts of the U.S. China Working Group
How can we have confidence the national relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China is based on facts and observations, not just emotion and political rhetoric? Learning about a subject...
