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John L. Thornton, the annual Co-Chair (International) of GAB, hosted the first session of the meeting on the theme of “Challenges of Global Governance & Development and Reform of Higher Education”. Thornton gave introductory remarks, highlighting the COVID-19 pandemic which brought new challenges and opportunities to the world.
Rational voices in China-US ties emerge, paving way for Biden’s pragmatic policies
Global Times - Dec 2020
John Thornton, chairman of the board of trustees at the Brookings Institution, and considered by many as "a key player" in the two countries' backdoor diplomacy, recently told a web seminar hosted by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) that "Biden and his diplomatic team were the right people to deal with US-China relations" according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP).
EU-US transatlantic ties still troubled for Biden: experts - Global Times
Global Times - Dec 2020
I have always believed that China's rise was in the interest of the Chinese people, its neighbors, and the world, including the US. All of us have heard many times how the US-China relationship is at an inflection point. I have always been skeptical of such an idea. And I remain so today.
Stronger EU-China cooperation needed in COVID-19 era: scholars
Xinhua - Jun 2020
‘When confronting challenges like this, we all benefit from sharing ideas,’ said Cheng Li, Director and Senior Fellow at John L. Thornton China Center Foreign Policy at Brookings, as moderator of a discussion on Europe-China relations.
Why China May Call the World’s Bluff on Hong Kong
The New York Times - Jun 2020
“There will be some unhappy people for some time,” said John L. Thornton, a former president of Goldman Sachs who has longstanding ties with China’s leadership. “But the drum rolls, the dogs bark and the caravan moves on. That’s the political judgment. They have had a fair amount of empirical evidence that the concerns will disappear.”
Ex-Goldman star Thornton joins PineBridge as chairman
Financial Times - Nov 2014
PineBridge Investments, a fund manager with about $71bn under management, has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker and China expert John Thornton as its new chairman. The former Goldman Sachs investment banking heavyweight is currently chairman of Barrick Gold, a director at Ford and a co-chairman of the board of trustees at the Brookings Institution.