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In fifty words or less, what does Bridging the Pacific mean to you? *

Please choose one of the following topics and write an essay on that topic to share your perspectives and/or experience with us. Please limit your response within 100-250 words. *

Option 1: Personal experience with US-China relations (does not have to be hands-on experience, your interest in a certain field or something that motivated you to research about US-China relations count as well!) Option 2: If you could give a talk to all the delegates during this year’s CLS, what would you talk about? Option 3: If you could decide an alternative theme or issue of interest for CLS 2025, please talk about it here -- and how it relates to you! Some examples include: arts and cultural narratives, geopolitics, climate change, trends in technology, cross-strait relations, media perceptions of the U.S.-China relationship, etc.)

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