East Asia

Orville Schell in Conversation with Henry Kissinger
Launch of Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations (transcript)
New York, January 30, 2007

Senator John Edwards
Remarks to the Asia Society
"The Future of U.S.-China Relations"
New York, October 31, 2006

Amb K. Kesavapany
Remarks to the Asia Society
"A Tale of Three Cities: Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, A Future Scenario Explored"
Hong Kong, August 2, 2006

Senator Lisa Murkowski
Remarks to the Asia Society
"The U.S. Approach the Six-Party Talks"
Washington DC, June 14, 2006

Jay Lefkowitz, Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea
Remarks to the Asia Society
"North Korea: Placing Human Rights on the Security Agenda"
New York, May 24, 2006

Ambassador Fumiko Saiga
Statement by Ambassador Fumiko Saiga at a Symposium of the Asia Society
"North Korea: Placing Human Rights on the Security Agenda"
New York, May 24, 2006

His Excellency Ryozo Kato, Japanese Ambassador to the United States
"U.S.-Japan Relations"
Washington DC, April 21, 2006

His Excellency Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China
Remarks by President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China
"Constructive and Cooperative China-US Relationship"
Washington DC, April 20, 2006

Panel Discussion:
"China and Cultural Property: Who Owns the Past?"
New York, April 3, 2006

Professor Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History, Yale University
in Discussion With Dorinda Elliott, Former Assistant Managing Editor, Time Magazine
"China's Rise: A Historical Perspective"
New York, March 16, 2006

Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
"U.S.-China Relations"
Washington DC, March 14, 2006

Donald Tang
Vice Chairman, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
Chairman, Asia Society Southern California
Remarks at the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange Program
Los Angeles, November 22, 2005

"U.S. Mongolian-Relations: History and Future Prospects" (PDF, 151 KB)
Roundtable Discussion on U.S.-Mongolian Relations
With: Mongolian Ambassador to the United States Ravdan Bold; United States Ambassador to Mongolia Pamela Slutz; Ambassadors William Brown, Curt Kamman, Richard Williams, Joseph Lake, Donald Johnson, Alphonse La Porta, and John Dinger
Washington DC, October 31, 2005
Download the PDF
Download Acrobat Reader

The Honourable Donald Tsang
Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Remarks at the Asia Society Washington Center 19th Annual Gala Dinner
Washington DC, October 27, 2005

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Remarks on The Six-Party Peace Talks
New York, October 11, 2005

Chairman Vincent Cheng
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
“Understanding the Misunderstandings”
New York, September 28, 2005

Catherine Kinney
President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, New York Stock Exchange
“The New Era of Opportunity”
New York, September 28, 2005

H.E. Zhou Wenzhong
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States
"The Future of China-U.S. Relations"
New York, September 22, 2005

President Haruhiko Kuroda
Asian Development Bank
"Regional Economic Integration in Asia: Prospects and Challenges"
New York, September 13, 2005

Wang Longde
Ministry of Health, People’s Republic of China
"Fighting Stigma and Discrimination of HIV/AIDS in China: Media Art and Social Policy"
Shanghai, June 13, 2005

Donald Tang
Chairman, Asia Society Southern California
Remarks at the Asia Society Southern California Gala Dinner
Los Angeles, June 8, 2005

Senator Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senate
"China’s Rise: Economic Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy and the Asia Pacific Region"
San Francisco, June 4, 2005

Senator Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senate
"Managing the Triangular Relationship: The U.S., China, and Taiwan"
Washington DC, May 11, 2005

Minoru Ben Makihara
Senior Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation
Washington DC, April 13, 2005

Ambassador Pamela J. Slutz
U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia
"United States-Mongolia Relations: A New Era of Comprehensive Partnership"
Washington DC, April 6, 2005

Professor Amartya Kumar Sen
Lamont University Professor, Harvard University and 1998 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics
Remarks at The Citigroup & Asia Society Global Issues Series
Hong Kong, February 17, 2005

Nobukatsu Kanehara
Political Minister, Embassy of Japan
"Japan's Grand Strategy in the 21st Century"
Washington DC, January 27, 2005

Dr. Nae-Young Lee
Professor of Political Science at Korea University, South Korea
"Understanding Korea's Next Generation of Leaders"
Washington DC, January 26, 2005

The Honorable Thomas Hubbard
Senior Advisor, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
and former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
"Challenges on the Korean Peninsula"
Washington DC, November 16, 2004

Sadako Ogata
Japan International Cooperation Agency
"Human Security in Asia"
New York, November 10, 2004

Ambassador Nicholas Platt
President Emeritus Asia Society New York
"The Economic Ascendancy of China and India"
Australia, July 15-19, 2004

Prof. Donald S. Zagoria
Director of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy's Project on U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations
"The Taiwan Challenge"
New York, March 31, 2004

Tommy Thompson
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Remarks at The Human Security Impact of HIV/AIDS:
Effective Regional and Global Responses Joint Conference
Tokyo, March 22, 2004

Yoshiro Mori
Former Prime Minister, Japan
Opening Remarks at The Human Security Impact of HIV/AIDS:
Effective Regional and Global Responses Joint Conference
Tokyo, March 22, 2004

Thomas J. Donohue
President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"The U.S.-China Relationship: The Truth Behind the Rhetoric"
New York, February 26, 2004

Robert B. Zoellick
U.S. Trade Representative
"China and America: Power and Responsibility"
Asia Society Annual Dinner
New York, February 25, 2004

Taiwan Elections 2004
Dr. Richard Bush
Director, Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Dr. Larry Diamond
Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Dr. Shelley Rigger
Brown Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Dr. Bates Gill, moderator
Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington DC, February 23, 2004

The Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke
Asia Society Chairman
Remarks for the Launching of New Songdo City
Seoul, October 30, 2003

Dr. William Overholt
Center for Asia Pacific Policy Chair in Asia Policy Research, RAND
Remarks at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center Luncheon
Hong Kong, October 7, 2003

Yoon Young-Kwan
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Republic of Korea
"The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Settlement of Peace in and around the Korean Peninsula"
New York, September 26, 2003

Dr. Barry Bloom
Dean, Harvard School of Public Health
"Public Health Threats, Challenges, and Triumphs in Asia"
Hong Kong, September 26, 2003

Sidney Rittenberg, Sr.
Remarks at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center 12th Annual Dinner
Hong Kong, September 23, 2003

Kenichi Ohmae
Founder and Managing Director, Ohmae & Associates
"Hong Kong in the New World"
The Citigroup and Asia Society Global Issues Series
Hong Kong, August 29, 2003

Antony Leung
Finance Secretary, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Remarks at Asia Society
June 4, 2002, New York

Nicholas R. Lardy
Author of Integrating China into the Global Economy
"The Economic Future of China"
April 29, 2002, Houston

Antony Leung
Finance Secretary, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Opening Remarks at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center Dinner
May 9, 2002, Hong Kong

His Excellency Hu Jintao
Vice President of the People's Republic of China
"Enhanced Mutual Understanding and Trust Towards a Conservative and Cooperative Relationship between China and the United States"
May 1, 2002, Washington DC

Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister, Japan
"Japan and Australia Toward a Creative Partnership"
May 1, 2002, Sydney

Adm. Dennis C. Blair
USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
"The Campaign Against International Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific Region"
April 18, 2002, Hong Kong

C.Y. Leung
Convenor of the Executive Council, Hong Kong SAR and
Chairman, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
Remarks at the Harmony Day Luncheon
March 27, 2002, Sydney

James A. Kelly
Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Affairs
"Some Issues in U.S.-East Asia Policies"
April 4, 2002, Washington DC

Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.
United States Ambassador to China
"United States-China Relations in the Wake of 9-11"
January 21, 2002, Hong Kong

The Honorable Donald Tsang, JP
Chief Secretary for Administration, Hong Kong SAR
"Hong Kong's Role in Asia and Beyond"
November 29, 2001, Hong Kong

Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.
United States Ambassador to China
Remarks Presented at Asia Society Texas Luncheon Program
November 21, 2001, Houston

Ambassador Nicholas Platt
President of the Asia Society
"China-US Relations—A Generational View"
October 17, 2001, Shanghai

Mr. George Soros
Chairman and President of Soros Fund Management LLC
Keynote Address of The Asia Society Hong Kong Center 11th Annual Dinner
September 19, 2001, Hong Kong

The Honorable Mrs. Anson Chan
GBM, JP Chief Secretary for Administration,
Hong Kong SAR Government
"In Retrospect and Anticipation"
April 19, 2001, Hong Kong

Mr. Qian Qichen
Vice Premier of the State Council of China
"China and Asia in the New Century"
March 20, 2001, New York

Carl J. Green
Senior Representative, Hitachi Corporate Office, DC
"Japan: 'The Rule of Law Without Lawyers' Reconsidered"
March 14, 2001, Washington DC

Martin Palmer
Secretary General, Alliance of Religions and Conservation
"The Da Qin Project: Early Christianity in China"
February 23, 2001, Hong Kong

Ambassador Sung-Chul Yang
Embassy of Korea
"South Korea's Economic Agenda"
February 15, 2001, Seattle

Michael Klosson
U.S. Consul General
"A Tale of Two Cities: The Image and Reality of Hong Kong Today"
February 15, 2001, Houston

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Professor of History, Georgetown University and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service
"China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996"
February 13, 2001, Washington DC

Lu Yongxiang
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences
"The Role and Contributions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to China's Science and Technology Development"
January 4, 2001, Hong Kong

His Excellency Yang Sung Chul
Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
"South Korea's Sunshine Policy"
December 4, 2000, Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Alexander Downer, M.P.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia
"North Asia On the Move: Australian Perspectives"
November 17, 2000, Hong Kong

Vishakha N. Desai
Senior Vice President of the Society and Director of Galleries and Cultural Programs
"Creativity in the Context of Constraints: Contemporary Chinese Art"
September 21, 2000, Hong Kong

Miss Jacqueline Willis
Hong Kong Commissioner, USA
Speech at the Business Luncheon
September 12, 2000, Texas

Jiang Zemin
President of the People's Republic of China
"Together to Build a China-U.S. Relationship Oriented Towards the New Century"
September 8, 2000, New York

Speeches from our 11th Annual Corporate Conference
With remarks by Zhu Rongji, W. Wayne Booker, Lee Hun-Jai, Daniel S. Sanders, Haruhiko Kuroda, and Gary Coull
May 10-12, 2000, Shanghai

Dr. William J. Perry
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor, Stanford University
"Security and Stability in the Asia-Pacific Region"
April 11, 2000, Hong Kong

Joseph W. Prueher
U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
"U.S.-China Relations in 2000"
March 2, 2000, New York

Stanley O. Roth
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"The United States' Asia Policy in the Last Year of the Clinton Administration"
March 2, 2000, Hong Kong

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky
U.S. Trade Representative
"China's WTO Accession in American Pacific Strategy"
February 29, 2000, New York

Kevin Kelly
Editor-at-Large, Wired Magazine
"The Long Boom of the New Economy"
February 14, 2000, Hong Kong

H.E. Ambassador Shunji Yanai
Japanese Ambassador to the United States
"Is Japan Ready For the 21st Century?"
January 28, 2000, Houston

Bates Gill
Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
"Contrasting Visions: US, China, and World Order"
November 18, 1999, Hong Kong

Congressman Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY)
Chairman, House International Relations Committee
"U.S. Policy Toward North Korea"
October 21, 1999, Washington, D.C.

Lawrence H. Summers
U.S. Treasury Secretary
"The United States and China at the Dawn of a New Century"
October 12, 1999, New York

Yong-Keun Lee
Vice Chairman, Financial Supervisory Commission
"Update on the Restructuring in Korea"
October 1, 1999, New York

Keizo Takemi
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Japan
"Capacity Building for Human Dignity: The Essence of the International Order in the 21st Century"
September 1, 1999, New York

Kevin Rudd MP
Federal Minister for Griffith (Australia)
"War and Peace on the Korean Peninsula"
August 3, 1999, Melbourne, Australia

Congressman Jim Kolbe
"U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century: Dawn of a New Era?"
June 24, 1999, Washington, D.C.

Morris Chang
Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
"Asia is Behind—A Perspective of the Technology Industry"
May 27, 1999, Hong Kong

John H. Chang
Secretary General of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) ROC
"Cross-Strait Relations after Taiwan's 1998 Elections"
February 5, 1999, New York

Howard Balloch
Ambassador of Canada to the People's Republic of China
"China in Transition: A Canadian View"
February 2, 1999, Hong Kong

Julie Reinganum
President & CEO, Pacific Rim Resources
"Implications of RMB Devaluation"
November 3, 1998, New York

Donald Tsang
Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR
"Hong Kong: Fact and Fiction"
October 13, 1998, Boston

Tang Jiaxuan
Foreign Minister of China
Remarks at a luncheon given by The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the Asia Society
September 25, 1998, New York

You Jong-Keun
Governor, Economic Advisor to the President
"Economic Reform and Business
Opportunities in Korea"
September 25, 1998, New York

Hong Soon-young
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Korea
"The Republic of Korea Meeting the
Challenge of the Times"
September 23, 1998, New York

Speeches from the Asia Society's international conference - "Hong Kong One Year After Transition: Business Opportunities and Policy Challenges" by Anson Chan, Ronnie Chan, Frank Ching, Michael C. Davis, Jennifer Dunn, David K.P. Li, Gary Locke, Christine Loh, Yok Sing Tsang, Y.C. Richard Wong
June 15-16, 1998, Seattle

Anson Chan
"Hong Kong: Riding out the Asian Storm"
June 11, 1998, Washington, DC

Kim Dae Jung
"New Challenges for the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia: The Role of the Republic of Korea and the United States"
June 8, 1998, New York

George Yeo
"Information Technology and Singapore's Future"
June 4, 1998, At EMASIA '98 in Los Angeles

Dr. Harry Harding
"The Clinton-Jiang Summits: An American Perspective"
May 28, 1998, Hong Kong

William Clark
"Will Japan Rise to the Occasion?"
April 27, 1998, Washington, DC

Jon S. Corzine
Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs
"Observations of a Banker on Asia"
April 7, 1998, New York

James Sasser
U.S. Ambassador to China
"U.S.-China Relations Enter the 21st Century"
March 31, 1998, New York

Richard A. Boucher
U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong
"Advancing U.S. Interests in
Hong Kong and Asia: Beyond Transition and Crisis"
March 24, 1998, New York

President Clinton
U.S.-China Summit
October 24, 1997, Washington, DC

President Jiang Zemin
U.S.-China Summit
October 20, 1997, Washington, DC

Warren Christopher
Former U.S. Secretary of State
"American Interests and the U.S.-China Relationship"
May 17, 1996

Kim Young Sam
President of the Republic of Korea
"Toward the Globalization of the Republic of Korea and Asia"
May 9, 1996