Events
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Left: Gu Jun (image from www.xinhuanet.com); Right: Jimmy Carter and Deng Xiaoping sign agreement (image from Georgetown University)
A Chinese View of the Restoration of China-US Ties
April 25, 2019 - 4:00pmLos Angeles, CaliforniaPlease join the US-China Institute for the screening of Between China and the U.S., a documentary series on China-U.S. relations. After the screening, director and filmmaker Gu Jun will discuss the film with the audience.
Event Details
Please join the US-China Institute for the screening of Between China and the U.S., a documentary series on China-U.S. relations. After the screening, director and filmmaker Gu Jun will discuss the film with the audience.
The talk focuses on the historical layers of economic and cultural resources, multi-ethnic identities, and strategic footprints across the oceans from Canton to Zanzibar. It also highlights potential paths of development and contestations.
Peter V. Lape, Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington; John W. Olsen, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Junko Habu, Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), UC Berkeley Mongolia Initiative, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Please join us for a discussion on "The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?," with Nicholas Lardy on Tuesday, April 30th for lunch in San Francisco, and Wednesday, May 1st for breakfast in Los Angeles.
To mark ChinaWeek 2019, The Huntington will present a special program featuring a trio of musicians performing traditional Chinese music in the Love for the Lotus Pavilion, one of the lakeside structures in the spectacular Garden of Flowing Fragrance, Liu Fang Yuan.
Expert-led public tours of Guo Pei: Couture Beyond with fashion expert and S.C.A.D. representative Carmela Spinelli.
The University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Contemporary China hosts its 7th annual conference; this time focusing on security issues between the U.S. and China.
The University of Texas at Austin's Center for East Asian Studies hosts a panel with discussions surrounding the May Fourth Movement and Communist Revolution.
Hip hop has risen to the level of a mainstream cultural force in China over the last two years, spurred domestically by the hit iQIYI reality show The Rap of China and internationally by the breakout success of artists like Chengdu's Higher Brothers and their label, 88rising. This panel will discuss the obstacles and opportunities that exist for Chinese hip hop to break out in the US, and for American rap to make waves within China, considering both past milestones achieved and future hurdles to jump.
Pisces Productions presents a screening of an award winning documentary.