Millennial Masterminds of the U.S.-China Relationship

The U.S.-China Relationship in 40 Years

Ten exceptionally talented individuals—five Chinese and five Americans—in their late 20s and early 30s met for two days of discussion and team-building activities prior to the start of the 2019 George H. W. Bush Conference on U.S.-China Relations. Tackling the question of what the U.S.-China relationship will look like in 40 years, the Masterminds focused on trends in the domestic United States, trends in mainland China and Hong Kong as well as in cross-Strait relations, the future of global security and trade and investment trends. Following the two days of discussions, which included numerous conversations with senior experts serving as mentors, the Masterminds presented their observations and conclusions to all conference attendees on the second day of the conference.

(Back row, from L-R) Andrew Gee, Zhe Wang, Andi Zhou, Lin Wang, Fei Guo; (Front row, from L-R) Kyle Chauvin, Angelica Choy, Lawrence Liu, Ali Wyne, Zelda Zhao, Naima Green-Riley

The Millennial Masterminds speak at the 2019 Bush China Conference

Discussion session with mentors

Team-building cooking class

Kyle CHAUVIN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Chun Po Chiu (Angelica) CHOY
Schwarzman Scholar and Entrepreneur, Tsinghua University

Andrew K. GEE
Senior Director, Albright Stonebridge Group

Naima GREEN-RILEY
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

Fei GUO
Ph.D. Student, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin

Lawrence J. LIU
J.D./Ph.D. Student, Yale Law School and University of California, Berkeley

Lin WANG
Schwarzman Scholar 2019, Tsinghua University

Zhe (Walter) WANG
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Building Technology Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Ali WYNE
Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation

Zelda Hanyu ZHAO
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Department of Government, Harvard University

Special thanks to our Millennial Masterminds mentors:

Maiyue CHENG
Trustee, Wuzhen Institute 

Susan M. ELLIOT
President and CEO, National Committee on American Foreign Policy 

FANG Songying
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Rice University  

David J. FIRESTEIN
President and CEO, George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations 

SHAO Yuqun
Director, Institute of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies

Bill WESTMAN
Senior Vice President, International Affairs and Administration, North American Meat Institute