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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Dear Asia Council Members,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greetings from The Carter Center China Program!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Carter Center and the Global Times Foundation cordially invite you and your organization to attend our 2015 U.S.-China
Young Scholars Forum on October 16. This *<b>free</b>* event convenes</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 227); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the Emory
University Center for Ethics Commons (room 102) in Atlanta, Georgia.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">The annual forum seeks to promote vital Sino-American engagement on opportunities and challenges that call for sustained U.S.-China consultation
and cooperation. This year’s conference theme is “Voice of the Young Generation: How U.S.-China Relations Will Shape the International Order of the Future.” We have invited 16 scholars who will present their research on strategic, political, economic, and
business relations between the U.S. and China in the following 4 panels, which begin at 8:30 am and conclude at 5:00 pm:</span></p>
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<li><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Panel I: Building a New Framework for U.S.-China Rel</span><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">ations</span><br>
</li><li><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Panel II: U.S.-China Regional and Global Collaboration</span><br>
</li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Panel III: Cyber Security and Mil-to-mil Exchange</span><br>
</li><li><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">Panel IV: Soft Power Competition and Cultural Friction</span><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally, we will host a roundtable discussion in the evening on Dr. Lyle Goldstein’s new book “<i>Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging
US-China Rivalry</i>.” The discussion also takes place in the Center for Ethics and lasts<span style="color: rgb(16, 16, 16);"> from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">***More information and an RSVP link can be found at <a href="http://ysf.uscnpm.org/2015-young-scholars-forum/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk559634"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233); text-decoration: none; font-size: 16pt;">http://ysf.uscnpm.org/2015-young-scholars-forum/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We look forward to welcoming you in October! Feel free to reach out with any questions to joshua.owens@cartercenter.org.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Regards,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joshua Owens</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The China Program</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">joshua.owens@cartercenter.org</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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