2008 ANNUAL MEETING

Prof. Mel Gurtov

Please join fellow members for an enriching evening at the 2008 Annual Meeting at Hi Hat Restaurant. Michael Bloom, NWCC Board President, will open the evening with an update on the state of the Council, while a traditional multi-course Chinese dinner is being served.

Entertainment will be provided by a lively Cantonese band: Yat Sing Music Club, recipients of the 2003 Flying Horse Award. This group's rich history and background will add much to our evening.

Following dinner, our guest speaker, Mel Gurtov, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, PSU will discuss “China and the United States: Responsible Stakeholder or Emerging Threat?” There will be time for “questions and answers” on this fascinating and timely topic.

About the talk:
China’s global search for energy, its policies toward authoritarian governments, its closeness with Russia, and its increasing military spending have led some analysts and public officials to question Beijing’s motives and project China as a major challenger of the United States in coming years.  Yet the United States and China have many common interests that require cooperative relations.  Can China be a “responsible stakeholder” alongside the U.S. on major global issues?  Or are the two countries destined to lock horns over Taiwan, Japan, Iran, human rights, and other matters?   

About the Speaker:
Mel Gurtov, former president of NWCC, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at PSU and for the next two years will be Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon.  He has written more than 20 books and numerous articles on China and East Asian foreign and security policy, U.S. foreign policy, and world politics from a human-interest point of view.  His most recent publications concern China-Japan relations and China’s changing policies and priorities in the Third World.  Mel is editor-in-chief of Asian Perspective, an international quarterly journal published in Seoul.

Hi Hat Seven Course Banquet Menu:

• Appetizer Plate: assorted meats, jelly fish, pickled vegetables
• Snow flower Seafood Soup
• Honey Walnut Prawns
• Abalone Mushrooms on bed of Chinese Mustard Greens
• Crispy Chicken
• Dry Sauteed Green Beans
• Seafood in Taro Basket
• White rice & tea
  

WHEN	Thursday evening, November 12, 2008 6-6:30: no-host cocktails; 6:30: opening remarks, NWCC President; 6:45: Yat Sing Music Club (with appetizers); 7:00: Banquet dinner. 7:45: Keynote Speaker
WHERE	Hi Hat Restaurant -- Banquet Room, 11530 SW Pacific Hwy., Portland, OR 97223 View map: http://maps.citysearch.com/location/8480584
DIRECTIONS	Only about 8 minutes from downtown Portland. Take I-5 South, then Exit 294 (Tigard/Newberg). Continue down Pacific Hwy. (Barbur Blvd) 1/3 mile to Hi Hat on the left.
COST	$30/members $35/general
REGISTER	On-line Registration (click here), or RSVP to NWCC at 503-973-5451 by Nov. 10th or send check payable to NWCC, 127 NW 3rd Ave. PDX 97209.