Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg To Deliver Keynote Remarks on "The Impact of U.S.-China Relations on the Asia-Pacific Region" September 20, 2010

Office of the Spokesman

Washington, DC

September 17, 2010

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will deliver keynote remarks in an event co-hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States in conjunction with the Asia Program and the Kennan Institute on Monday, September 20 at 9:00 a.m. The conference is dedicated to examining regional perspectives on U.S.-China relations. The agenda features speakers representing Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Southeast Asian, and Indian views.

Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, Director, Kissinger Institute, and former U.S. Ambassador to China, will serve as moderator for the Q&A session and for the concluding panel.

This event is open for press coverage, and will be streamed live at 9:00 a.m. EDT on http://wilsoncenter.org/

Preset time for cameras: 8:30 a.m.
Final access time for writers and stills: 8:45 a.m.

For information on this event, please contact:

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars:

Sharon McCarter
Vice President for Outreach and Communications
Sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org / (202) 691-4016

Michael Dalesio
Program Assistant
Michael.Dalesio@wilsoncenter.org / (202) 691-4057

U.S. Department of State:

Sandy Reynolds
reynoldss@state.gov / (202) 647-2492