U-M experts available to discuss dissident controversy, US-China talks

MEDIA ADVISORY ANN ARBOR, Mich. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is traveling to China amid reported negotiations about securing American asylum for a blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest and is in the protection of U.S. diplomats. The following University of Michigan experts can discuss the trip and U.S.-China relations: Mary Gallagher, director of U-M's Center for Chinese Studies, can discuss the U.S.-China relationship. She is an associate professor of political science whose research areas are Chinese politics; comparative politics of transitional and developing states; law and society. She can be reached at (734) 615-9154 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. More about Gallagher: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/polisci/people/ci.gallaghermary_ci.detail Linda Y.C. Lim, professor of strategy at the Ross School of Business, can take questions about the U.S.-China economic and trade relationship.