China Town Hall 2023

The National Committee on US-China Relations hosted its annual CHINA Town Hall event on October 11, 2023, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects American communities. This year’s event featured current U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, as the national speaker. More than eighty venues around the country hosted “Local Town Halls” on the same night.

USCET President Madelyn Ross was a featured speaker at the University of Kansas’ local China Town Hall, at which she spoke about Chinese Students in America. You can watch her remarks on Chinese Students in America on the video below, followed by Professor Steven Liao on Chinese real estate investment in America. The national China Town Hall interview with Ambassador Burns can be watched here.

Time Stamps for the University of Kansas’ Local Town Hall

0:00 Opening remarks and introduction of guest panelists

7:25 Madelyn Ross

26:43 Steven Liao

46:50 Q&A

58:30 Closing Thoughts