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What does the future hold for U.S.– China relations? Can the world’s two largest economies continue to peacefully co-exist? What is China’s end game, and is it time for the U.S. to rethink its foreign policy in the Pacific Region?

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The Peters Township Public Library in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh will host The Future of U.S.-China Relations: A Complex Relationship in a Complicated World with featured speaker Thomas M. Sanderson, Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The program is being offered on Wednesday, November 4 from 7 -8:30 p.m. at the library. Register to attend by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org or call 724.941.9430. McMurray Veterans of Foreign Wars POST 764 is generously providing support for the 2015/2016 International Program Series.

It is arguably the world’s most important bilateral relationship – one that is being increasingly tested. With the attention of the United States focused on events in the Middle East, China has been actively – some would say, aggressively – assuming a more prominent role, in its own neighborhood, as well as on the world stage. Although the U.S. and China have shown they can cooperate when necessary to resolve global issues – reaching a landmark agreement in late 2014 to curb carbon emissions – the relationship is also adversarial. Earlier this year, it was revealed that China had allegedly hacked into the databases of the Office of Personnel Management, stealing personal data on more than 20 million Americans.

Thomas Sanderson directs the CSIS Transnational Threats Project, where he investigates terrorism, transnational crime, global trends, and intelligence issues. He has conducted field research in more than 60 countries, engaging a variety of sources, including journalists, terrorists, traffickers, foreign intelligence officials, business leaders, nongovernmental organizations, clergy, and academia.

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