Chinese Studies Public Lecture

October 9, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Keoni Auditorium, Imin Conference Center, East-West Center

You are invited to join us for a public lecture:

"Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige"

with Ambassador Charles W. Freeman, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013

East-West Center, Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center, Keoni Auditorium

1777 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96848

4:00 p.m.

Free Admission. Open to the Public. Limited Seating.

RSVP, please: Tel: 808-944-7111: E-mail: ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org Parking: Please pay $6 at the UH kiosk on East-West Road and park in any UH parking stall (except for those labeled “24-hour reserved”).

Charles W. (“Chas”) Freeman, Jr., is an American diplomat, author, and writer. He served in the United States Foreign Service, the State and Defense Departments in many different capacities over the course of thirty years, with the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs calling his career “remarkably varied.” He most notably worked as the main interpreter for Richard Nixon in his 1972 China visit and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, where he dealt with issues related to the Persian Gulf War. He is a past president of the Middle East Policy Council, co-chair of the U.S. China Policy Foundation and a Lifetime Director of the Atlantic Council. Ambassador Freeman’s talk, which will be based on his recent book by the same title, is one in a series of distinguished speaker lectures sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Books by Ambassador Freeman will be available for purchase and signing at the lecture from the University of Hawaii Bookstore.

Cosponsored by East-West Center and the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.


Event Sponsor
Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at UHM; and East-West Center, Mānoa Campus

More Information
944-7111, ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org, Chas Freeman talk.pdf (PDF)

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