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As we all continue to address the uncertainties of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, the US-Asia Institute headquarters in Washington, D.C. is closed. To ensure the health and safety of our staff and friends, we are working remotely from March 16 - July 5, 2020, and will continue to monitor and adjust accordingly.  The US-Asia Institute remains committed to its mission of building better understanding between the people and governments of the U.S. and Asia, and feel this is more important now than ever.   Please reach out to us at  usasiainstitute@hotmail.com or via cell at 757-373-8398.   We are here to answer questions and to help in any way possible.  

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A quick video on the US-Asia Institute (USAI) through 40 years of building understanding between the people and governments of Asia and the United States.

Co-founded by Joji Konoshima and Esther G. Kee following the first national gathering of representatives from Asian American communities at the White House in 1978, USAI was established as a nongovernmental organization in 1979 to serve as an independent voice in the relationship. USAI works with 14 countries in Asia, cooperating on various programs: principally the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and the countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) : Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. To date, the Institute has organized more than 200 Congressional Member and staff delegations to China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. People to people exchanges highlight an important strategy of the Institute.

 

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Chris Fenton, a Trustee of the US-Asia Institute, writes a post-ed/book excerpt on his new book, Feeding the Dragon, which takes readers deep behind the scenes of Hollywood’s shaky foothold in China.

A must-read for anyone interested in the future of the US-China relationship and the bottom-line realities of show business and professional sports today

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