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The Schiller Institute and
The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture present

U.S.-China Cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative
and Corresponding Ideas in Chinese and Western Philosophy

April 13-14, 2017 — New York City

Video Summary of the Conference

The Schiller Institute hosts a two-day conference in NYC April 13-14 on the future of U.S.-China relations in respect to the Belt and Road Initiative. Panel One: Helga Zepp-LaRouche keynotes the conference, followed by representatives of the Chinese and Russian governments, and Patrick Ho of the China Energy Fund Committee. Panel Two discusses the economic principles of human economics, and explores the expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative to the entire globe. Panel Three explores the similarities of the highest points in Western thought and corresponding points in China's history. The video above is a summary of the conference; the full speeches are available below.

Schiller Institute New Paradigm website

Invitation to this conference

Conference Program

PDF version of the Conference Program

Day One: US-China Cooperation:
Bridge to a New World Economic Platform

PANEL 1: 10:30a m - 1:30pm

Dennis Speed Moderator, Northeast Coordinator, Schiller Institute

Greetings to the Conference

Written Summary of the Conference

Ms. Meifang Zhang Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

State Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Virginia, District 13)
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Helga Zepp-LaRouche Founder & Chairwoman, The Schiller Institute
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Dr. Patrick Ho Deputy Chairman and Secretary General, China Energy Fund Committee, Hong Kong, China
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Mr. Petr Iliichev Charge d'Affaires, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Question and Answer Period

LUNCH BREAK 1:30-2:30

EIRNS/Jason Ross
Some of the conference attendees between sessions.

 

PANEL 2: 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Prof. Lei Nie, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University
VIDEO

Mr. Faiyaz Murshid Kazi Counsellor, the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations
VIDEO

Jason Ross Editor-in-Chief, 21st Century Science and Technology; co-author, New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Senator Mike Gravel Former US Senator, Alaska

Dr. Liu Qiang Director of Energy Economics Division, Inst. of Quantitative & Technical Economics at Chinese Acad. of Social Sciences; Associate Professor, Graduate School of CASS
VIDEO

Dr. Hal B. H. Cooper Jr. Chairman, Seattle Freight Transport Advisory Board; expert on the proposed Bering Strait railroad tunnel to Siberia
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Benjamin Deniston Researcher, 21st Century Science and Technology magazine; co-author, The New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Richard Trifan Vice President, Government Relations and Trade, The Eurasia Center, Wash., D.C.
VIDEO

Question and Answer Period

Day Two: Dialogue of Civilizations:
The Common Values & Aims of Mankind

PANEL3
10:00 am - 2:00 pm (Registration 9-10 am)

Helga Zepp-LaRouche Founder & Chairwoman, The Schiller Institute
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Dr. Dave Wang Manager, Laurelton, Queens Library, Adjunct Prof. St. Johns University, Institute for Asian Studies
TRANSCRIPT

Dr. Patrick Ho Deputy Chairman and Secretary General, China Energy Fund Committee, Hong Kong, China
TRANSCRIPT

Helga Zepp-LaRouche in Dialogue With Dr. Patrick Ho
TRANSCRIPT

Michael Billington Asia Editor, EIR Magazine
VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

Question and Answer Period

FRIDAY EVENING CONCERT

6:00pm - 8:30pm
Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church
152 W 66th St NYC, Sanctuary

Welcome, by Dennis Speed 

2 Sonnets by William Shakespeare, recited by Alan Egre 

“Shepherd's song”, “The Flowing Brook”, sung by Chen Yongdong (陈永东), tenor, Saffron Chung, accompanist 

“I love you, dunes of snow in the North”
sung by Forest Xu (徐枫林), soprano, Saffron Chung, accompanist 

Glinka - “Wondrous Moment”, sung by Frank Mathis, baritone, Saffron Chung, accompanist 

“Bist Du Bei Mir” - from the Anna Magdalena Notebook of J.S. Bach, sung by Michelle Fuchs, soprano, Saffron Chung, accompanist 

Schiller Institute New York City Chorus, Diane Sare, Director

“Soon-Ah Will Be Done” by William Dawson
“Fix Me” by Hall Johnson
“My Lord, What a Mornin” by Harry T. Burleigh

“They led my Lord Away” by Roland Hayes
“Crucifixion” by Roland Hayes

Soloists: Michelle Fuchs, soprano; Frank Mathis, baritone
Saffron Chung, accompanist 


Schiller Institute New York City Chorus
, John Sigerson, Director

From J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor Kyrie I, Kyrie III
Saffron Chung, accompanist 

Translations

“Bist du bei mir” : “Abide with Me”

Bist du bei mir, geh’ ich mit Freuden Zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende, es drückten deine lieben Hände mir die getreuen Augen zu! 

Abide with me, and I shall go joyfully to my death, and to my peace!
Oh! how pleasant my end would be thus, were it your loving hands pressing closed my devoted eyes. 


“I love you, dunes of snow in the North” 我爱你, 塞北的雪 ( wo ai ni, sai bei de xue ) 

I love you, dunes of snow in the North, Fluttering and filling the whole sky and covering the land.. Your dance is light and graceful. Your heart is pure and clean, You are the spring-rain's sister, The envoy sent by spring, the spring envoy. 

I love you, dunes of snow in the North, Fluttering and filling the whole sky and covering the land.. You use white jade as your body, dressing a sparkling world, You let life dissolve into the earth, Moistering the roots to turn the wheat-seedlings green, Welcoming the flowers of spring. 


The Flowing Brook 小河淌水 ( xiao he tang shui ), from Yunnan 

Oh, the moon is rising and its shine illuminates everything, Makes me think about my younger sister deep in the mountain. My sister strides like the bright moon in the sky, Oh sister, sister! Sister! I flow like a calm brook at the foot of the mountain. 

Oh, the moon is rising and lights up half of the slope, I see the bright moon and think of my sister, Who tarries deep in the mountain, Oh sister, sister! Sister! Do you hear how I call after you? 


Shepherd's song 牧歌 ( mu ge ), from Inner Mongolia 

White clouds float in the blue sky. Under the white clouds graze a snow-white flock of sheep.

The flock of sheep looks like white silver. Scattered over the grassland, they are immensely loved by all.