DATE: 4:15 p.m. Nov, 12, 2007.

EVENT: Zhou Wenzhong, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States, will speak about “China’s Peaceful Development and U.S.-China Relations” at 4:15 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Rackham 4th floor Amphitheater.

Zhou was appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary for the People’s Republic of China to the United States in 2005. Previously he served as China’s ambassador to Australia, vice minister of foreign affairs, PRC general consul in San Francisco, deputy director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North America and Oceanian Affairs, and also held posts in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.

Zhou’s visit is part of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts ChinaNow Theme Year, which is focused on China and its place in an era of intensified globalization. The event is free and open to the public.

PLACE: Rackham Auditorium, 4th floor amphitheatre, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor. U-M Central Campus map: www.umich.edu/~info/maps.html

SPONSORS: Office of the Vice President for Government Relations, the William Davidson Institute, the U-M Alumni Association, the Association of Chinese Professors, and the Center for Chinese Studies.

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