The debate was an at times gleeful race to the bottom as panelists tried to show not that one country did capitalism better, but that the other country did capitalism worse. For Schell, that meant highlighting the “madness” and “brokenness”…
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Intelligence Squared Debate: China Does Capitalism Better Than America
Intelligence Squared will host China Does Capitalism Better Than America, a live debate moderated by ABC News Nightline correspondent, John Donvan, featuring panelists Orville Schell and Peter Schiff (for) along with Ian Bremmer and Minxin Pei (against). Watch the full…
An interview with Orville Schell–Arthur Ross Director of Asia Society
“When China began to loft the idea that the South China Sea was “a core interest,” it began to precipitate concern among the nations of SE Asia and the US. While China has smartly not emphasized its claim of core…
Rising Chinese Leader Makes a Symbolic Return to Iowa Town
“The relationship is like some magnetic field where there’s powerful attraction and repulsion. It’s what makes these exchanges so hard,” said Orville Schell, director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations. via Rising Chinese leader makes a symbolic return…
Xi Visits Iowa, Where the Diplomatic Equivalent of Love is in the Air
“The relationship is like some magnetic field where there’s powerful attraction and repulsion. It’s what makes these exchanges so hard,” said Orville Schell, director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations. “The Chinese are extremely sensitive to any sign…
When a Rising China and a Humbled West Meet, Who Bows Deeper? The Atlantic
The image of actress Meryl “The Iron Lady” Streep prostrating herself upon the stage of Beijing’s National Performance Hall before cellist Yo-Yo Ma, as if she were a legate from some minor-tribute-bearing principality performing thesanbai jiukou (three bows and nine prostrations)…
Andy Stern Hearts Communism
Some Americans are drawing lessons from this. Last month, the China Daily quoted Orville Schell, who directs the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, as saying: “I think we have come to realize the ability to plan is…
Be Like China? Really?
Last month, the China Daily quoted Orville Schell, who directs the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, as saying: “I think we have come to realize the ability to plan is exactly what is missing in America.” via…
Cultural Exchange Offers Respite in U.S.-China Tensions
“Our intention was to be spontaneous and somewhat risk-taking,” said Orville Schell of Asia Society, who organized the festival. “That was initially unsettling to the Chinese, but I think they were intrigued to see this engine of innovation at work.”…
Major US Stars Gather
“Much has been said about the politics of US-China relations these days, but the sharing of cultural and historical experiences is an area that deserves more attention,” said Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US China Relations,…