At the invitation of Beijng's National Centre for the Performing Arts and sponsored in part by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Department of State, L.A. Theatre Works (LATW) returns to China in June, 2013 with CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan's riveting historical drama, Top Secret: The Battle for The Pentagon Papers. LATW toured China with Top Secret in 2011, playing to sold out houses of Chinese professionals and students. CCLP has produced a series of educational conversations around these performances which can be found online at topsecretplay.org. L.A. Theatre Works will be the first American theater company to……
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Schell in China Daily – Media
"I think we see a much more open situation of certainly a much more commercialized media and a more competitive media scene," said Senior Fellow Orville Schell. In an article publish by China Daily, Schell lays out a timeline for the increased amount and transparency of the Chinese media…….
Schell in NYT – China's rise
"For the last hundred years, China has wanted to be in the position where it's not pushed around." said Senior Fellow Orville Schell in an article in the New York Times. "And now they are close to that." China's rise as an economic superpower has threatened the US control has had over the world import and exporting business. Schell also believes that President Obama is working to maintain good relations with the communist state in order to gain necessary aid and alliances for the United States…….
Schell in Bloomberg – Hu Jintao
"It's not that the relationship is terrible," said Orville Schell, CCLP Senior Fellow. "It's that it has a funny way of declining in between the re- declaration of vows that goes on at each presidential meeting." Schell was referring to the recent meeting of President Barrack Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao in an article published on Bloomberg News…….
Schell’s NYT book review
The New York Times featured a book review written by Senior Fellow Orville Schell on December 12. Schell, an expert on US-China relations asks "but with the West's power and confidence now declining, and China's authoritarian form of capitalism ripsawing its way toward an ever more dominant position in the world, a reader may be forgiven for becoming somewhat impatient. Is Morris ever going to answer the 'burning question'? Who will win the next phase of our East-West horse race, the United States or China?"……
Schell – NY Times – China reading list
The work of Senior Fellow Orville Schell was featured in a blog on the New York Times titled "China: A Reading List." The author of the blog, David Leonhardt, cited the work of Schell when the author was preparing for a trip to China and wanted to be well-versed in a variety of materials written about the country…….
Schell in USAsian Wire
Senior Fellow Orville Schell was cited on USAsian Wire for his contributions to the creation to the Pacific News Service. The news service, which was created during the Vietnam War to provide an alternative prospective to the conflict, is now celebrating its 40th anniversary…….
Schell on BBC NewsHour
On October 8, Senior Fellow Orville Schell was a guest of PBS NewsHour. As director of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, Schell offered unique and informative insights about the Nobel Committee's awarding of the Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo…….