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Passings, 2023
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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.
Video: Shibani Mahtani and Tim McLaughlin Discuss Among the Braves
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Mahtani and McLaughlin were on the ground in Hong Kong and provide this history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement centered around a cast of core activists, culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijing's crackdown.
Video: Ian Johnson on Sparks, his look at China's Underground Historians
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson spent a decade researching the work of these unofficial historians of China's recent past. This compelling study introduces readers to writers, filmmakers and artists, determined to preserve stories about mass movements that affected millions but get scant attention in the party-state's official history.
Looking at Hong Kong
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Hong Kong emerged in the 1980s as a global financial center. A British colony from 1842 to 1997, it is in its third decade as a special administrative region of the PRC.
Nationalism and Silicon
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Technonationalism is on the rise in both the U.S. and China.
NIMBY laws and U.S.-China Relations
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A number of states have enacted laws prohibiting Chinese and others from “countries of concern” from purchasing homes or land.
Getting Reacquainted
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Key Developments: Talks, Tensions, Collaborations in US-China Engagements
New Acquisition: Bill Einreinhofer China Archive
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Explore modern China with USC Libraries' newly acquired Bill Einreinhofer China Archive, a collection of video, image, audio, and text files documenting historical events and daily life from 1910 to 2022.
Video: Suisheng Zhao on The Dragon Roars Back, China's Foreign Policy
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Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
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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?