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Mission of the
U.S./China Media
and Communications
Program at UCLA
Our mission is to create, promote, and disseminate a more balanced understanding of the interrelationship of the countries, peoples, and cultures of the United States and China through the tools of mass communication and public education.

Four strategic areas make up the U.S.-China Media and Communications Program, housed at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Contents U.S./China Presidential History American Presidents and U.S.-China Relations President Jimmy Carter on 30-Years of U.S.-China Normalization What the U.S. and China Must Do China and the U.S. in the World China and India Versus the U.S. Behind the Trade Imbalance Issue What Workers in the U.S. and China have in Common U.S.-China Timeline When Nations Meet: What's Ahead? Competition, Freedom, and Participatory Democracy Expand the U.S.-China Dialogue on Human Rights America - Ready to Lead Once More? Educating Americans and Chinese Needed - Less Rhetoric, More Dialogue

PRESIDENTS EDITION: U.S./CHINA MEDIA BRIEF

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INTRODUCTION

Presidents Edition The U.S.-China Media Brief is a unique print and electronic media tool developed by UCLA's Asian American Studies Center for the U.S. media, policymakers, pundits, teachers, students, and all those who are interested in obtaining a balanced understanding of Sino-U.S. relations today. U.S.-China relations are almost as old as the United States itself, at least since 1784 when bilateral trade was first established between the two countries. Since then, the Sino-American relationship has undergone two centuries of cooperation, tension, Cold War isolation, and re-engagement.

In 2009, the two countries are currently linked through globalization and the world economic crisis. How the mainstream media covers U.S.-China issues under the administration of President Barack Obama will influence how the issues play out between the two countries. This commemorative “Presidents Edition” provides a chart and guide to the 30-years of U.S.-China normalization, and, in map format, the global search by China and the U.S. for resources and energy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Experts Exchange features independent viewpoints on current issues in Sino-American relations.

Video and audio podcasts from our Media Nexus archives include exclusive interviews conducted by the U.S.- China Media Brief team from Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Los Angeles. Also featured are former President Jimmy Carter, who recounts his role in Sino-American normalization, and Professor L. Ling-chi Wang who comments on “what’s ahead” for China and America. A U.S.-China Timeline reminds us that the U.S.-China relationship takes place in an historical context of mutual engagement in which Chinese and Americans will continue to play significant roles in this most vital relationship of the 21st century.

Sharon Owyang & Russell C. Leong
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
www.aasc.ucla.edu