August 2024

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Xi Jinping Speech 2023 Galvanizing Our Peoples into a Strong Force for the Cause of China–US Friendship Full text of the speech given by President Xi Jinping at the welcome dinner at the APEC Summit in San Francisco on November 15, 2023: Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends,  It gives me great pleasure […]

US-China Mutual Trust Committee The Making of Asian America, A History by Erica Lee The Making of Asian America — A “comprehensive … fascinating” (The New York Times Book Review) history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, by one of the nation’s preeminent scholars on the subject, with a new afterword about the

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Additional References on US or Chinese Perspectives

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Potential Collaborating Partners Focusing on our geographic base in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, we are developing a list of potential partners to collaborate with us on presenting these webinars / town hall forums / panel discussions. There are many organizations in the Midwest which are already doing wonderful

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Introduction The US-China Mutual Trust Committee 互信組 set out to uncover some of the possible root causes of the dauntingly complex relationship between the United States and China. We have found:  These historical differences between the two countries make peaceful US-China collaboration challenging, and the lack of mutual trust in each other’s words

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Colonialism in Europe and the United States  “The Doctrines of Christian Discovery (DoCD) originate with 15th century Papal Bulls that were issued by the Vatican and implemented by Monarchies, sanctioning the brutal conquest and colonization of non-Christians who were deemed “enemies of Christ” in Africa and

US-China Mutual Trust Committee China’s Tribute System From the time that China was first unified by the Qin Dynasty Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (221 B.C), its borders have remained basically the same to this day. Every Emperor in all succeeding dynasties had perpetuated the thinking of China as the Middle Kingdom (Zhongquo 中国) around which all

US-China Mutual Trust Committee Chinese in the US The first recorded Chinese woman to arrive in the US was Afong Moy. She was on board the Washington, a ship filled with Chinese goods for the American middle class, when it pulled into the New York Harbor in November 1834. http://us-china-mtc.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=924&action=edit&swcfpc=1 The Gold Rush and the

US-China Mutual Trust Committee China in the 21st Century China’s Internal Focus and Harmony — Since the Opium Wars the Qing Dynasty continued in its decline and was finally overthrown by Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary forces in 1911. The subsequently established Republic of China was soon consumed in a chaotic civil war, though the

US-China Mutual Trust Committee The US in the 21st Century In his book, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, John Pomfret, a journalist with extensive experience in China, traces the relationship between United States and China from 1776 to the book’s publication in 2016 as a series of enchantment followed by disappointment. The Beautiful Country 美国 (Měiguó)