As the U.S. and China approach the first in-person meeting between the countries’ two leaders since the spy-balloon incident led to a diplomatic rupture, a prestigious American nonprofit is taking center stage.
That group is the National Committee on U.S.–China Relations (NCUSCR). The decades-old organization represents top business leaders, academics, and former government officials in pursuit of a core mission: fostering closer ties and mutual understanding between Beijing and Washington — often by giving a platform to Chinese leaders, including Xi Jinping. It was around for the normalization of ties between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China in the 1970s, and it continues to attract high-level officials from both countries to its events, despite the broader downturn in diplomatic ties. Its ex-chairman, former treasury secretary Jack Lew, was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Israel last month.
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