Jim Patterson at Embassy of the People's Republic of China Washington DC

Taking a brief rest.

Topic: US-China Relations in the Trump era

Enjoying Lunar New Year Exhibits

                                                         Art at the Embassy of PRC is not Minimalism by Western                                                                      standards.

The event at the Embassy of PRC was postponed in December after President-elect Trump took a congratulatory phone call from the Taiwanese president. It was re-scheduled after President Trump affirmed the One-China policy in a "cordial" 90-minute telephone conversation with President Xi Jinping..

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Mr. James Patterson’s professional activities:

Life Member American Foreign Service Association

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Member Friend Israeli Defense Forces

Member America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

Associate Member Korean War Veterans Association

Life Member Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America

Member, US Philippines Society

Member Indiana State Society

National Book Critics Circle, Voting Member

Life Member Republican National Committee

Member California Republican Party

Donor Helen Keller International

Contributor TheHill.com

Contributor Foreign Service Journal

Contributor Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser

Member, Computer History Museum

National Active and Retired Federal Employees

Alumni Fraternity of Alpha Zeta

Life Member Auburn University Alumni Association

Donor International Student House (Washington DC)

Donor Fredonia (AL) Rosenwald School Historic Preservation

Member, Aldo Leopold Foundation

Friend President Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation

Life Member Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (Fremont, California) Soft Diplomacy of Film 

Board Member Dorothy and Lillian Gish Theater Bowling Green State University Soft Diplomacy Project 

Member and Contributor Agricultural History Society

Friend of New York Public Library