Los Angeles Times foreign affairs columnist Jim Mann will discuss negotiating strategies the two sides have used and the current state of relations between the countries. Currently assigned to the Times' Washington bureau, Mann previously covered the U.S. Department of State as an Asian affairs reporter for seven years and headed the newspaper's Beijing bureau for three years. He also has worked for the Baltimore Sun , Philadelphia Enquirer and the Washington Post . The Short, Unhappy Romance of American Business in China . The program is sponsored by WSU's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and the Detroit Council for World Affairs.
Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are necessary.