Past Events
Featuring a dynamic cast of men and women from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, GUANGZHOU DREAM FACTORY weaves the stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism. Following a filmmaker’s journey from Ghana to China and back to Africa, GUANGZHOU DREAM FACTORY provides a rare glimpse of African aspirations in an age of endless outsourcing.
As part of President Tsai Ing-wen's efforts to reinvigorate and diversify Taiwan's economy, the "New Southbound Policy" aims to secure new regional partners in South and Southeast Asia. Building upon the policies of previous administrations, the "New Southbound Policy" will also seek to lessen Taiwan's economic reliance on the mainland by building an extensive network of cultural and interpresonal relationships throughout the region. This conference will examine the new policy in the context of Taiwan's overall foreign policy objectives.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles invites the public to attend a dance performance.
Part memoir, part history, part investigation, the filmmaker’s search for answers about her mother’s emigration to America during the Chinese Exclusion era reveals the often painful price paid by immigrants who abandoned their personal identity, the burden of silence they passed on to their offspring and the inter-generational strife between immigrants and their American born children.
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies will host a Taiwan Studies Lecture by Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu, Academia Sinica.
The University of Washington East Asia Center will host Rob Campany to discuss dreams in early medieval China.
The China Institute presents a conference of outstanding women from both the US and China, speaking in four forums on technology, business, culture, and the role of top female CEO’s and business leaders.
The UC Santa Barbara Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies presents a public lecture by Professor Zhen Wang of the University of Michigan.
The China Institute presents a live recording of the Sincia Podcast. Hosts jeremy Goldkorn and Kaiser Kuo will be interviewing Jerome A. Cohen, leading American expert on Chinese law and government.