The National Committee on United States-China Relations will host an evening with the U.S. ambassador to China (via webcast) and Lyle Goldstein from the U.S. Naval War College (Newport, R.I.) on October 18, 2010, at 6-9 p.m. at the Wayne State University Welcome Center Auditorium at 42 W. Warren in Detroit.

Detroit is one of 50 cities that will participate via a live video connection with Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to China. He will be available for questions in a conversation moderated by Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.

Goldstein will discuss "China's Role in Security and Peacekeeping." He is an associate professor in the Strategic Research Department of the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) and also is director of the NWC's China Maritime Studies Institute, which was established in 2006 to improve mutual understanding and maritime cooperation with China. Proficient in Chinese and Russian, Goldstein has conducted extensive field research in both China and Russia.

The China Town Hall Meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call (313) 577-3453.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.