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Past Events: California
The Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies (EmPac) at UCSD presents a talk by Jorge Guajardo, former Mexican ambassador to China, on China's economic and political relations with Latin America.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens presents John E. Wills Jr., emeritus professor of history at the University of Southern California. Professor Wills will discuss how Britain's success in smuggling tea plants out of China in 1840 led to the birth of India's great tea industry.
The Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies presents a documentary screening by Matthew Torne on "Lessons in Dissent," which tells the story of a generation of Hong Kongers dedicated to creating a new more democratic Hong Kong.
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents photojournalist David Butow. In this collection, Butow decided to explore the parallels of his craft with some of the Buddhist concepts he'd been studying such as empathy, compassion and awareness of the present moment.
A Dean's Roundtable Series event at UCSD presents a talk by ambassador Christopher Hill on his life as an American diplomat in some of the most dangerous outposts of democracy.
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Kapil Raj from School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, focusing on Joseph Needham and the history of Chinese science.
Bowers Museum presents a unique evening centered around the exhibition titled China's Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui.
UCSD and Fudan University present a panel with Jin Li, David Michael, and Jim Wunderman discussing innovation in two of the world's most dynamic economies: California and Shanghai.
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Ethan Harkness from New York University, speaking about early Chinese manuscripts known as daybooks.
The Asia Institute at UCLA organizes a presentation by Mia Bennett on the Chinese Silk Road.