As we welcome a new Lunar New Year, come hear the latest on U.S.-China relations—the economy, geopolitics, trade, tech and innovation, and finding opportunities to come together. A year ago, Presidents Biden and Xi met at the historic APEC Leaders' Summit with promises of a pair of pandas coming to San Francisco. Since then the landscape has changed, and with President Trump’s re-election, the pressure on the United States and China is intensifying. We’re now standing at a crossroads that could reshape the global order. China is extending its influence, and will this result in cooperation, competition or a clash with the United States?

Our speaker is Andy Rothman, founder and CEO of Sinology LLC. He offers advice to institutional investors and companies on the opportunities and risks presented by China’s economy, and on the impact of changes in U.S.-China relations. Rothman has worked in the financial industry since 2000, first as the Shanghai-based China macro strategist for CLSA, then with Matthews Asia, based in California. His clients included global wealth managers, pension funds, endowments, family offices, private banks and sovereign wealth funds. Prior to that, Rothman had a 17-year China-focused career as a U.S. diplomat. After first visiting China as a student in 1980, he lived and worked there for more than 20 years. Rothman is a member of the Advisory Council for the Asia Society of Northern California and is on the board of directors of the Coral Tree Education Foundation.

Our moderator Margaret Conley, a Bay Area native, is the executive director of Asia Society Northern California. She served as chair of Asia Society's global Asian Americans Building America task force. Conley was previously based in Asia for several years as a television news correspondent with ABC News in Jakarta and Tokyo, and with Bloomberg Television in Shanghai. Conley was selected as one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business by the San Francisco Business Times in 2019, and is a member of the board of the International Women's Forum of Northern California.