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A growing national security blanket is hastening the fracture of the US-China relationship. Although once much narrower, the national security apparatus has in recent years expanded to include technology, healthcare supply chains, and certain companies, making it increasingly hard for companies to walk the fine line between American and Chinese government priorities. Furthermore, rising security tensions in the South China Sea and deteriorating Cross-Strait relations are exacerbating US-China ties. What are the national security threats that will define the relationship going forward and will Washington and Beijing continue to identify new threats? How will their identification impact American business in China?


AmCham Shanghai welcomes Paul Haenle, the Maurice R. Greenberg Director's Chair at the Carnegieโ€“Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, for a discussion on US-China national security concerns. Mr. Haenle will discuss what areas have come under increased scrutiny in recent years, which areas may come next, and what the company impact may be.

Speakers

  • Paul Haenle (Maurice R. Greenberg Directorโ€™s Chair of Carnegieโ€“Tsinghua Center)

    Paul Haenle

    Maurice R. Greenberg Directorโ€™s Chair of Carnegieโ€“Tsinghua Center

    Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In addition to running the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center, Haenle is also an adjunct professor at Tsinghua, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses to Chinese and international students on international relations and global governance. Haenle also sits on the board of directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

    Prior to joining Carnegie, he served from June 2007 to June 2009 as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. From June 2007 to January 2009, Haenle also played a key role as the White House representative to the U.S. negotiating team at the six-party-talks nuclear negotiations. From May 2004 to June 2007, he served as the executive assistant to the U.S. national security adviser.

    Trained as a China foreign area officer in the U.S. Army, Haenle has been assigned twice to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, served as a U.S. Army company commander during a two-year tour to the Republic of Korea, and worked in the Pentagon as an adviser on China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the staff of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Early assignments in the U.S. Army included postings in Germany, Desert Storm, Korea, and Kuwait. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel in October 2009.

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