DIPLOMACY EXPERT TO ADDRESS US-CHINA RELATIONS

Feb. 23, 2001

Arthur Waldron, an expert on world diplomatic history, East Asia and China, will speak on "China's Rise and America's Response" at the University of Richmond on March 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, Room 118.

Waldron is Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and director of Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a Washington-based think tank. He was Professor of Strategy and Policy at U.S. Naval War College from 1991-97 and has held research positions at Harvard University's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and Fairbank Center for East Asian Research since 1994.

Waldron earned a Ph.D. in history from Harvard. Besides publishing extensively in scholarly journals, he has written and edited four books, including "From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924-1925," and "The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth."

The event is co-sponsored by the university's Asian Studies Program and the Office of International Education. It is free and open to the public.