Screening: Death by China

Peter Navarro will introduce his film and take questions afterward. USC's Clayton Dube, Stan Rosen, Eric Heikkila, and Alex Ago will participate in the post-screening discussion.

Peter Navarro is a best-selling author and University of California, Irvine professor. He published Death by China in 2011 and is the writer, producer, and director of this soon to be released feature documentary. He argues that America’s relationship with China serves Chinese interests and not America’s. Promotional materials for the film assert, “Since China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized products in 2001, over 50,000 American factories have disappeared, more than 25 million Americans can’t find a decent job, and America now owes more than 3 trillion dollars to the world’s largest totalitarian nation. Through compelling interviews with voices across the political spectrum, Death by China exposes that the U.S.-China relationship is broken and must be fixed if the world is going to be a place of peace and prosperity.”

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About Death By China

 
Provided courtesy of Area23a. Not rated. Running time: 79 minutes.

To learn more about the film and to view the trailer, click here

Peter Navarro, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
www.peternavarro.com

Peter Navarro received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and is a business professor at The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine. He is a regular CNBC contributor, and author of the bestselling book, The Coming China Wars as well as Death By China, which the film is based upon. Professor Navarro’s other books include the path-breaking management book, The Well-Timed Strategy, and the bestselling investment book, If It Rains in Brazil, Buy Starbucks.

Professor Navarro’s unique and internationally recognized expertise lies in his “big picture” application of a highly sophisticated but easily accessible macroeconomic analysis of the business environment and financial markets for investors and corporate executives.

He has been featured on 60 Minutes, and his articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal to the Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Management Review, and the Journal of Business. 

Clayton Dube, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California

Clayton Dube 杜克雷)  has headed the USC U.S.-China Institute since it was established by USC President C.L. Nikias in 2006 to focus on the multidimensional U.S.-China relationship. USCI enhances understanding of complex and evolving U.S.-China ties through cutting-edge social science research, innovative graduate and undergraduate training, extensive and influential public events, and professional development efforts. Dube is frequently cited in broadcast and print media and writes the institute’s Talking Points newsletter. 

Stanley Rosen, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California

Stan Rosen is Professor of Political Science and the former Director of the East Asian Studies Center. A specialist on China, he has visited the country more than 40 times over the past 30 years. He has written or edited eight books and many articles. He is the co-editor of the journal Chinese Education and Society and serves on the editorial board of several other journals. His most recent edited works include Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market (with Pete Gries) and Art, Politics and Commerce in Chinese Cinema (with Ying Zhu). Rosen teaches courses on Chinese politics and Chinese film to political change in Asia, East Asian societies, comparative politics theory, and politics and film in comparative perspective.

Eric Heikkila, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California

Eric Heikkila is Professor and Director of International Initiatives at the USC Price School of Public Policy, where he has been a member of the faculty continuously for over twenty-five years. His research work is both quantitative and qualitative in nature, and his scholarly writings address a wide range of topics bearing on the geographical, economic, cultural and historical factors that influence urban development trajectories. Shortly after joining USC, he became founding Executive Secretary of the Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development (PRCUD), a global non-governmental organization that organizes regular forums in host cities in China and elsewhere throughout the Asia Pacific region. As Director of International Initiatives at the Price School, Heikkila has broad responsibility for planning and coordinating the School’s global engagement, including strategic institutional partnerships with counterpart institutions in China. He has spent sabbatical leaves as a visiting scholar on separate occasions at National Taiwan University (Department of Geography), Peking University (Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences), and Chinese University of Hong Kong (Department of Geography and Resource Management).

Alessandro Ago, M.A., Director of Programming, USC School of Cinematic Arts

Alessandro Ago is the Director of Programming and Special Projects at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he programs film screenings, festivals, guest speakers and special events. In addition to programming the popular undergraduate courses Theatrical Film Symposium, taught by Leonard Maltin, and Television Symposium, taught by Howard Rosenberg, Ago also curates Outside the Box [Office], a screening series dedicated to bringing new international, documentary and independent cinema to USC. During a typical semester, Outside the Box [Office] offers over 50 new pre-release movies to students, faculty and alumni, often followed by conversations with the filmmakers, which Ago moderates. He oversees all Deans Council Visions and Voices programming for the School of Cinematic Arts and has produced festivals celebrating the work of John Wayne, Roger Corman, Costa Gavras, Maurice Jarre, Albert Broccoli and the James Bond franchise, as well as world cinema showcases focusing on Japan, Italy, Bollywood and the Middle East and an ongoing series of Live in HD satellite broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

About Outside the Box [Office]

Outside the Box [Office] is a weekly showcase for upcoming releases highlighting world cinema, documentary and independent film titles. Recognizing a need for greater diversity on campus, the series will draw from around the globe to present movies that may challenge, inspire or simply entertain.

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Check-In & Reservations

This screening is free of charge and open to the public. Please bring a valid USC ID or print out of your reservation confirmation, which will automatically be sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through this website. Doors will open at 1:30 P.M.

All SCA screenings are OVERBOOKED to ensure seating capacity in the theater, therefore seating is not guaranteed based on RSVPs. The RSVP list will be checked in on a first-come, first-served basis until the theater is full. Once the theater has reached capacity, we will no longer be able to admit guests, regardless of RSVP status.

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Parking

The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $10.00 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of W. Jefferson Blvd. & McClintock Avenue. We recommend parking in outdoor Lot M or V, or Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Please note that Parking Structure D cannot accommodate tall vehicles such as SUVs. Metered street parking is also available along Jefferson Blvd.