What's going on in DC-3/28

Today is a day of China in DC, please bear with me as I list the events related to China that is being held in DC on March 28th, 2007.

SENATE FINANCE -- 10 a.m. -- Holds a hearing on "Risks and Reform: The Role of Currency in the U.S.-China Relationship." Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Stephen Roach, the managing director and chief economist at Morgan Stanley; Eswar Prasad, former head of the China Division at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Cornell University professor; Morris Goldstein, senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics; and John Makin, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, testify. 215 Dirksen

Contact: 202-224-4515

8:30 a.m. -- (CHINA/CONSUMERS) NEWS CONFERENCE -- The Gallup Organization holds a news conference to discuss its latest survey of the Chinese consumer, including "impressive growth but long-term problems." Participants include Stephen Roach, managing director and chief economist of Morgan Stanley; Tao Wu, senior research director, Gallup China; and Rajesh Srinivasan, Gallup regional director of research, Asia.

Location: Gallup Organization, 901 F Street NW

Contact: Katie Javorsky, 202-715-3110

11 a.m. -- (TAIWAN/OUTLOOK) DISCUSSION -- The Heritage Foundation holds a discussion on "Reshaping the Taiwan Strait." Participants include Dan Blumenthal, vice chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Bruce Jacobs, professor of Asian languages and studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Richard Kagan, professor of history at Hamline University; John Tkacik Jr., senior research fellow for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation.

Location: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Lehrman Auditorium

Contact: 202-675-1752


12:30 p.m. -- (CHINA/ISLAM) DISCUSSION -- The George Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International Affairs holds a lecture, "China's Muslim Minority: Xinjiang Province in Historical Perspective," with James Millward of Georgetown University.

Location: GWU Elliott School, 1957 E Street NW, Lindner Family Commons

Contact: 202-994-6240

5:15 p.m. -- (CHINA-US) SPEECH -- Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong discusses "U.S.-China Relations in the Context of Peaceful Development," in a speech to the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Topics include the recent National People's Congress session and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's trip to China.

Location: SAIS, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Kenney Auditorium

Contact: Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626

5:30 p.m. -- (CHINA/KOREA/US) DISCUSSION -- The Elliott School of International Affairs holds its annual Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture on "Korea Triangle: The Two Koreas Behind China and the United States." Participants include Former Korean Foreign Minister Han Sung-Joo.

Location: The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street NW

Contact: 202-994-6240