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"They have learned and accumulated a
lot here," Zhang said.
He added that these students are im-
portant because they "serve as a future
link to a stronger connnection between
the two countries."
ZHANG WILL leave the University
for an extended vacation later this
week at the United Auto Worker's
Black Lake Conference Center.
The ambassador's visit was funded
by donations from the Burroughs Cor-
poration, which has previously backed
scholarly exchanges between the
University and China.
In addition to yesterday's visit to the
Alumni Center, Zhang toured the
University's Asia Library and the
Replacement Hospital Project. On.
Tuesday, the ambassador's stops in-
cluded a microbiology lab in the
medical school, and the G. G. Brown
Laboratories on North Campus.
THE ambassador's unofficial visit
was hosted by former U.S. Ambassador
to China Leonard Woodcock, now an ad-
junct professor of political science at
the University.
Also responsible for inviting Zhang to
the University was Political Science
Prof. Michel Oksenberg, who served
as the national security advisor on
Chinese affairs under the Carter ad-
ministration.
"I believe that one of the major tren-
ds over the next decade will be the in-
volvement of China in world affairs,
and the University should be a center of
the change," Oksenberg said.

The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 4, 1983 - Page 5

Political Science Prof. Michel Oksenberg talks with Chinese ambassador Zhang Wenjin in the Alumni Center yester-
day.

ZHANG BECAME ambassador to the
U.S. last spring, after serving as the
ambassador to Canada for three years.
He and Woodcock sat on bargaining
teams in the mid-70s that helped
establish relations between the U.S.
and the People's Republic of China.
The ambassador's visit marks
another step in the more than 100 years
of relations between the University and
China, which began in 1880 with
University President James Angell. At
President Rutherford Hayes' request,
Angell took a two-year leave of absence
from the University to negotiate a
treaty with the Chinese on the im-
migration of laborers to the U.S.

University President Robben
Fleming visited China in 1974, and
President Harold Shapiro toured
several Chinese universities and scien-
tific institutions in 1981.
A GROUP OF four to six University
scholars are currently studying in
China, according to Prof. Albert
Feuerwerker, director of the Univer-
sity's Center for Chinese Studies.
There are more than 100 Chinese
students, researchers, and professors
at the University.
While most U.S. researchers travel to
China to study social sciences, most
Chinese scholars visiting the U.S. study
medicine, biology, or engineering,
Zhang said.

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