I am very excited to be elected the first USCS Council Chairman! During my tenure, I plan to work on the following projects:

1. An USCS international symposium, "China's Rise and Its Impact on the World: Democratization, Development and Culture," co-sponsored by ACPSS. The symposium will be hosted by the Center for Asian Democracy, the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, the United States, on March 20-22, 2009. In the future, USCS may work with different participating organizations to run international symposiums that have different disciplinary focuses, such as communication, history, political science and sociology.
2. An USCS e-journal, "Global China Studies," edited by Professor Yawei Liu. The e-journal complements those print ones published by some participating organizations and it provides an outlet for those that don't publish journals.
3. Two USCS panels at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting to be held in Atlanta in April 3-6, 2008. The two panels, chaired by Professors Yawei Liu and Fei-Ling Wang respectively, have been accepted. This serves the participating organizations well, because most of them don't organize panels at AAS annual meetings.
4. A possible USCS delegation to mainland China and/or Taiwan to have dialogues and scholarly exchanges with government officials and scholars. A USCS delegation not only has broader representation but also serves those participating organizations that don't organize dialogue tours to mainland China and Taiwan.

I look forward to working with those who want to participate in USCS activities.

Shiping Hua, Ph.D
Council Chairman