America-China Relationship Progress through Subnational Leadership
Comparing current events to past events is all the rage in amateur analysis. That’s why we’re happy to read from Zheng Wang, Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) at Seton Hall University in...
Kayla Blomquist was The Tai Initiative’s youngest intern this year. We asked her to share her perspective as a freshmen student on how her work with us shaped her college experience and outlook. Interning...
Note: This article originally appeared in Asian Avenue Magazine Thirty five years after the U.S. and the P.R.C. first established diplomatic ties, some of the most promising developments in that relationship are occurring not at...
The report doesn’t specifically use the word “subnational.” But that doesn’t diminish the thrill I felt when reading it this morning. Recently, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California and...
By: Ben Leffel Many years ago, my studies of U.S.-China subnational relations began with a project in which I contacted some 60 U.S. and 30 Chinese cities about their bilateral sister city relationships.—This past...
By: Ben Leffel All business occurs at the local level. The key to understanding the significant impact subnational U.S.-China relations have on creating business opportunities is recognizing the specializations that occur at the local...
Community Advancement through Subnational Relations Interviewed by: Lida Lee One year ago, when The Tai Initiative held its first conference in Seattle, no one could have expected the tremendous growth that was to come...
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...
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...
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...
