What's going on in DC-3/22

1. 9 a.m. -- (AFRICA/CHINA/HYDROPOWER) FORUM -- The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) holds a forum on "China ExIm Bank in Africa: Opportunities for Strengthening Environmental Standards for Hydropower in Sudan." Participants include Ali Askouri of the Leadership Office of Hamdab Affected People; and Peter Bosshard of the International Rivers Network. Location: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Contact: 202-691-4000
2. Comfort women issue is still unfolding in DC, a group of semi-celebrities, activists with Korean ties, is lobbying U.S. congress to pass a bill to ask Japan formally apologize. Participants include CBS reality show Survivor winners Yul Kwon and Becky Lee, human rights lawyer and runner-up "Survivor: Cook Islands"; Jackie Bong-Wright, anti-human trafficking activist; John Feffer of the International Relations Center; and Ok Cha Soh of the Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues. Location: Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street NW, Langston Room Contact: 703-944-9661
3. At 4pm, Chinese ambassador to the U.S. Zhou Wenzhong gives a speech on US-China relations at the UN. Brown University will carry the speech live on its website at here.