After listening to Ambassador Jon Huntsman, Jr. – especially fielding questions from the audience – I don’t want Huntsman to run for president in 2012. He’s needed in China.

China’s rapid development and Sino-American relations have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections, is a national day of programming designed to provide Americans across the United States and beyond the opportunity to discuss these issues with leading experts.

The fourth annual CHINA Town Hall program, held on October 18, 2010, featured a live webcast with Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (bio), U.S. Ambassador to China, in conversation with Stephen A. Orlins, president of the National Committee. Following the webcast, local presentations from on-site China specialists at each of our venues around the United States and in Greater China addressed topics of particular interest to the community.

More than anything else, listen to Huntsman talk about Liu Xiabo. And, slinging the Mandarin. At some point, the media’s need for authoritarian figures has to take a backseat to the need for a competent diplomatic corps.

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