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Guest: Susan Thornton
Susan Thornton, a retired senior U.S. diplomat with near 30 years of experience with the U.S. State Department and current Senior Fellow at Yale Law School, spoke in a virtual webinar for CCWA in November of 2020. Thornton addressed the changing U.S.-China relationship and what the future might look like. Throughout Q&A, she addressed Taiwan, Hong Kong, the South China Sea, and lessons that other nations can learn from China.
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