Observations on China

Given the rapid rate of change, productivity and population growth, China is becoming a critically important nation to the United States in terms of world economics, politics, and culture. The purpose of this presentation is to summarize and illustrate current events in China, and it is based on several scholarly trips to the area. The presentation will include observations on the political climate in China and Tibet, observations on Chinese economics and comparisons with India and Japan, and brief descriptions of key aspects of my trip to China.

Education
1965 B.S.F.S Georgetown University
1969 PhD History The Catholic University of America

Occupational History
1969-present Shepherd University

Recent presentations since 2005
2005 Participant in Plato’s Cave at Marine Corp University: “The Military in a Democracy.”
2005 Annual DAR Defense Seminar: ‘Present State of American defense’
2005 International Affairs seminar: ‘Which way In Iraq?’
2006 Annual DAR Defense Seminar: ‘The Impact of the Bush Administration on National defense’
2007 The movement of China from a ‘Brown water navy’ to a ‘blue water navy’.
2007 Annual World Affairs seminar: “Americas vision of China 1789-1949”
2007 Oxford University Round Table: ‘The History of U.S. Chinese relations’
2007 Chambersburg Civil War Round Table: “The Battle of Shepherdstown’.
2008 Annual DAR Defense Seminar: “Guarding Americas Borders”
2008 Southern Popular Cultural Association: ‘Maigret And The ‘other’, Frances Attitude Toward Immigrants as seen in the Novels of Georges Sinemon ‘
2009 Annual Dar Defense Seminar “Report Card on the Bush Administration on Defense”
2009 Southern Popular Culture Association “The Miners Strikes of Wales, New Zealand and West Virginia as reflected in the Novels Dennison Rose, How Green was my Valley, and Storming Heaven