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Cultural Revolution
Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits
University of Michigan Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits.
China – The Red Sons: A Screening and Conversation with Zheng Shengtian
The China Institute hosts a screening of the Red Sons and a discussion with renowned curator Zheng Shengtian.
Legend of Tianyun Mountain (Tian yun shan chuan qi)
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a screening of Legend of Tianyun Mountain, one of the first films to depict the Cultural Revolution in a historical context.
Wu, The Cultural Revolution at the Margins - Chinese Socialism in Crisis, 2014
Yiching Wu's book was reviewed by George Reeve for the History of Socialism discussion list. It is reprinted here through Creative Commons license.
The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a book talk by Guobin Yang. The first part of the book offers a new explanation of factional violence in the Red Guard movement and the second part of the book chronicles the de-sacralization of that revolutionary culture throughout the 1970s and the rise of a new wave of protest that inaugurated the democratic movements of the reform era.
Van der Zouw and Zürcher, eds., Three Months in Mao's China - Between the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, 2017
Zixian Liu's review first appeared on the History of Socialism discussion list and is reprinted her via Creative Commons license.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Rethinking the Socialist Heroine: Feminine Agency in Chinese Dance Dramas of the late 1950s
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents at talk with Emily Wilcox about women in film.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Is It Possible to “De-Maoify” the Cultural Revolution?
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Yiching Wu on the role of Mao in the Cultural Revolution.
A Special Screening of "Summary of Crimes"
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University hosts a screening and Q&A with Xu Xing.
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January 4, 2024
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?