Title:   China Bookends:  Spiritual Pollution to the Shanghai Expo

Speaker:   Beatrice Camp (former U.S. Consul-General, Shanghai; currently Senior Advisor for International Affairs, Smithsonian Institution

Topic/Issues:  

1. The changing practice of diplomacy in China since full "normalization"
2. Contrasting assignments:  Beijing 1981-85, including language training, the Reagan visit, clothing, food, tourism, etc and Shanghai 2008-2011, including the Obama visit, Shanghai Expo, high speed trains, travel, etc. 
3. "Dissident" art at the Smithsonian:  the case of Ai Weiwei

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Goals:

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