CHINA TALK: "The Coming Crisis in U.S.-China Relations" by Jerome Alan Cohen, founder and former director of East Asian legal studies at Harvard Law School. Noon Wednesday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Moore Hall 319. Call 956-2691.

CHINA ART LECTURE: "Art and Politics in China, From Mao to Now" by Joan Lebold Cohen, art historian and photographer. Learn about the development of Chinese art after 1949. 7 p.m. Thursday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Architecture Auditorium, Room 205. Call 956-2691.

ASIA-PACIFIC FORUM: "Asia Today" series. Learn about past and contemporary Asian development regarding social, economic and political factors on two Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon:

Vietnam: Saturday, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Campus Center Room 220.

Malaysia: May 3, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Campus Center Room 220. Free for Hawaii residents. For reservations, call 942-8553.