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Past Events: public talk
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a talk by Professor Lu Ye from the Fudan University on how locals in Shanghai understand visual expressions of their urban culture, and how their personal experiences shape what people take away from these images of the city.
UCLA's Center for Chinese Studies presents a screening of "Touching the Tigers" and a discussion afterwards.
Zhu Jiangang (Professor of Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University) explores the civil associations, community movements and practices of the local government in a Shanghai lilong neighborhood named Pingmin.
China formally announced its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in January. At first blush, it's an unusual proposition: Chongli, the proposed site for the Olympic Village and Nordic skiing events is 150 miles from Beijing, and Yanqing, the town suggested for Alpine competitions, gets about two inches of snow annually. Join Susan Brownell, a world-renowned authority on Chinese sports and the Olympics, as she discusses the significance of the bid for China, what it says about China and about the rest of the world.
Wei Shang-Jin gives a presentation on Asian economies in 2015.
Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg ("Speaking While Female") recently observed: "research shows that when it comes to leadership skills, although men are more confident, women are more competent." Following up on a symposium on Asian Models of Leadership centered on Confucius in October 2014, SDSU will focus on women leaders of Asia, past and present.
Kenneth Chan of the University of Northern Colorado will present on Hong Kong director Stephen Fun's two-part 3D martial arts extravaganza, Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero.
Poetry reading and reception with GW Professor Jonathan Chaves.
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a vivid and insightful portrait of China today, as featured on NPR’s This American Life, from the acclaimed author of "The Last Days of Old Beijing."
Cuilan Liu, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Harvard; Yang Minghong, Sichuan University and China Tibetology Center; Ryosuke Kobayashi, Columbia