The Committee of 100 annual conference is always an important convening, bringing together people who not only care about good relations between the US and China but also are in positions of power able to bring about real results. This year in Washington, D.C., however, it is an even more crucial convening. The election results of 2016 in America and the transitions to occur in China mean that there is uncertainty and anxiety. The peoples of both nations realize the interaction with the other, whether political or economic, military or cultural, are vital to their own well-being.