China Hands

Thomas (Tom) Fingar is a Shorenstein APARC Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He was the inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow from 2010 through 2015 and the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford in 2009.

From 2005 through 2008, he served as the first deputy director of national intelligence for analysis and, concurrently, as chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Fingar served previously as assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2000-01 and 2004-05), principal deputy assistant secretary (2001-03), deputy assistant secretary for analysis (1994-2000), director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific (1989-94), and chief of the China Division (1986-89). Between 1975 and 1986 he held a number of positions at Stanford University, including senior research associate in the Center for International Security and Arms Control.

As you'll hear in the first part of the interview, he also played a key role at Stanford University and the United States Government from the 1970s onward in negotiating the exchange agreement between Stanford University and the Chinese government. This agreement served as a template for the general educational exchange agreement between America and China.

Mary B. Bullock served as inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, President of Agnes Scott College, Professor at Emory University, and Director of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Furthermore, she was part of the Academic Advisory Council of Schwarzman Scholars and Vice Chair of the Asia Society. She received her PhD and MA from Stanford University and her BA from Agnes Scott College. Her books and articles focus on US–China cultural relations, such as on the Rockefeller foundation, and recently published her memoir 'China on my Mind.'

David 'Mike' Lampton is Professor Emeritus and former Hyman Professor and Director of SAIS-China and China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, he was the President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Director of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), and headed the China Studies programs at the American Enterprise Institute and The Nixon Center (now The Center for National Interest). He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Mary B. Bullock served as inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, President of Agnes Scott College, Professor at Emory University, and Director of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Furthermore, she was part of the Academic Advisory Council of Schwarzman Scholars and Vice Chair of the Asia Society. She received her PhD and MA from Stanford University and her BA from Agnes Scott College. Her books and articles focus on US–China cultural relations, such as on the Rockefeller foundation, and recently published her memoir 'China on my Mind.'

Frank Hawke was amongst the first American exchange students to China, after which he had a long and distinguished career in banking, finance, and consultancy in Asia. More recently, he was the previous Director of the China Program for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Prior to his exchange with Peking University in 1979, Frank completed his BA in Economics and MA in Political Science at Stanford University and was a PhD candidate in Chinese Politics. After his exchange, Frank closed various landmark deals in China, such as the Great Wall Hotel - China’s first joint venture - and the Beijing Jeep Corporation. In the latter, he was engaged in some of the first US-China technology transfers. He worked for Citibank from 1988 to 1994, managing businesses in the PRC and Taiwan, and he headed a team that re-established Citibank in Vietnam. Frank's wide range of positions further include from 1994 to 1997 being the Head of Investment Banking for Salomon Brothers China.
Frank also played a key role in not just inspiring me but making the introductions needed to establish this podcast - preserving the oral history of US-China academic relations would not have been possible without his help.