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If America is the world's largest exporter of culture, China is certainly the world's largest importer. Peter Gries discusses the role of popular culture in improving attitudes toward America in China and increasing the desire for friendlier US policy. Peter Gries is a professor at the Institute for US-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy, co-editor of Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market and State and Society in 21st-Century China: Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation, and has written dozens of academic journal articles and book chapters. His work focuses on nationalism, the political psychology of international affairs, and China's domestic politics and foreign policy. Peter received a BA in East Asian Studies from Middlebury College, an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Mershon Center for Security Studies at Ohio State University. He directs a research lab on the political psychology of US-China relations. Contact the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council: http://icfrc.org/contact/ - [Alan Brody] I want to acknowledge our university and community supporters, the University of Iowa Honors Program and the University of Iowa's International Programs. Both contribute time, talent, and logistics that enable us to do our work better. I also thank our sponsors for their financial support. The sponsors of today's program and AW Welt Ambrisco Insurance and the New Pioneer Food Co-Op. To...

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