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Music
Composition Colloquium: Yao Chen
Performance: Shanghai Quartet
The Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art, Freer/Sackler, present the Shanghai Quartet, playing Schubert's Quartetsatz; Bartók's Quartet no. 4; Beethoven's Quartet op. 132; and new arrangements of Chinese folksongs by Yi-Wen Jiang.
Chinese Opera Film Series - Double Feature: Romance of the Western Chamber and Two Stars in the Milky Way with Live Accompaniment by Donald Sosin
The University of Chicago Smart Museum of Art, Film Studies Center, Department of Cinema and Media Studies presents this double feature with live accompaniment of Chinese Opera.
ChinaFile Presents: China's Economic Rise, Through the Eyes of Financial Times Correspondents
Asia Society presents a discussion of China's financial rise through the eyes of Financial Times correspondents.
East Meets West XII
Dance of Asian America and Mitsi Dancing School present dances that unite some of the best from the east and the west.
The UCLA Asia Institute: Asia in LA 2011
The third annual Asia in LA day showcases the many sounds of Asian music and considers what we can learn about Asia by listening to its melodies more closely.
Michael Tilson Thomas at 70: The London Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang
Acclaimed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas returns to his hometown of Los Angeles for an unforgettable evening featuring the music of George Gershwin alongside Thomas's original compositions. Powerhouse pianist Yuja Wang will add sparks to an already electric concert.
Global Baroque: Four Nations Ensemble
Soprano Rosa Lamoreaux joins this leading baroque ensemble to explore little-known Western classical music from eighteenth-century China and the Americas.
Performing Asia: Drift
Asia Society hosts a performance by Frame Dance that represents Chinese cultural forms
Film Screening: The Silk Road of Pop
Cornell University presents a screening of a movie following the live of a young Uyghur woman in China looking for life's answers through music
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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.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
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?