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I have written about my old friend, Billy Lee, and the 1990 Institute he helped to co-found earlier  http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-449810.html. Billy has initiated several  US-China cultural exchange program in the past. Recently he asked me to post for him another idea for exchange in connection with the SCHWARZMAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM ATTSINGHUA. I present his (unedited)  idea below for ScienceNet readers:

AN URGENT IDEA FOR THESCHWARZMAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT TSINGHUA

                By Billy Lee 李名信- WilliamMSLee@gmail.com - November 2016

Very recently, the Charlie Rose’s TV Program interviewed a Mr. Stephen A. Schwarzman  who had contributed generously towards the new Schwarzman Scholars' College at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Their goal was to allow approximately 200 specially selected college graduates from around the world

( 40% from US, 20% from China, and the other 40% from the rest of the world )  to spend one year together at Tsinghua University to learn about China, and to build  powerful personal connections.

This is truly an unusual opportunity for these ultra-bright potential future global leaders.  I urgently recommend, however,that the special curriculum should include not just  informative lectures but also engaging workshops and participation in different situations  that will inspire Rea lEmpathy and True Compassion for our Globally-Connected  Community.

I have been conversing recently with two very enlightening social-psychologists who  have developed a CST ( Compassion Skills Training )Model.They would love to work with experts from China to expand their model and make it relevant to the Eastern  Culture as well.

I hope, indeed, that the Schwarzman Scholars Curriculum will seriously  consider including such a well developed CST program.  

‘Heart’ without ‘Intelligence and Power’ is ineffective. ‘Intelligence and Power’ without  ‘Heart’  can be dangerous. Ideal leaders should have all three: Compassion,  Intelligence and Power. It’s imperative to develop this concept at Schwarzman-Tsinghua University.