As part of an ongoing AFPC-People’s Republic of China (PRC) exchange, a nine person delegation headed by Mr. Wan Guoquan, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visited Washington, Philadelphia, and New York, August 21-29, 1998.
As part of our ongoing involvement with the formal exchange between the U.S. Congress and the Russian Duma, AFPC hosted a dinner for the latest delegation of Duma members on May 19.
U.S. foreign policy officials recently had the occasion to hear about the strife in Bosnia-Herzegovina firsthand. In January, two distinguished Bosnian leaders addressed congressional staffers about the ongoing struggles at an AFPC luncheon.
Without frank discussion of difficult issues in U.S.-China relations, the room for miscalculation and misunderstanding grows. As part of its commitment to educated decision-making, AFPC has just completed its Fall 1997 exchange with the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU).
While Russia faces uncertainty with its people engaged in astruggle for democracy, the American Foreign Policy Council has launched the Russian Parliament Exchange Program. The program was established in May of last year at the request of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Russian parliament.