季風人文講壇第76期：Terry Lautz

Chinese Encounters with America

with Terry Lautz & Vincent Ni 

October 15, 2025｜In English

Chinese Encounters with America tells the stories of twelve women and men whose American experiences transformed their lives and influenced China’s quest for modernization. Their professions range from diplomacy, business and science to sports, education and the arts. At a time when US-China relations are contentious, this book shows that personal encounters have been instrumental in finding common ground between our two countries.

About the Speaker 

Terry Lautz is co-editor of Chinese Encounters with America. He is former vice president of the Henry Luce Foundation, and has served as board chair of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Lingnan Foundation, and Yale-China Association. After retiring from the Luce Foundation, he was a visiting professor and director of the East Asia Program at Syracuse University. He graduated from Harvard College and holds a PhD from Stanford University. Terry is currently a fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Moderator: Vincent Ni is the Asia Editor at NPR, where he leads a team of Asia-based correspondents whose award-winning reporting spans from Afghanistan to Japan, and across all NPR platforms. Prior to joining NPR, he worked for The Guardian and the BBC in London. In 2024, he and his team won an Edward R. Murrow journalism award in the category of Feature Reporting. In 2025, he was a part of the NPR team that won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for "The War in Gaza" coverage.