Teng Biao grew up in a rural village before attending law school at Peking University and focusing on human rights. While his early successes were lauded by the Chinese government, he was later abducted and tortured by police. He fled to the United States with his family and now teaches at Hunter College in NYC.
Reviews - China and the World
Gruzinski, The Eagle and the Dragon - Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century (December, 2014)
June 11, 2015
Serge Gruzinski's book was reviewed by Ryan Holroyd for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Hayton, The South China Sea - The Struggle for Power in Asia (2014)
June 4, 2015
Bill Hayton's book was reviewed by Jeremi Suri for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
King, Between Birth and Death - Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China (January 8, 2014)
April 12, 2015
Michelle T. King's book was reviewed by Alice Clark for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Van de Ven, Lary, and MacKinnon, eds., Negotiating China's Destiny in World War II (December 3, 2014)
March 30, 2015
Hans van de Ven, Diana Lary, and Stephen MacKinnon's book was reviewed by Katherine Reist for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Mertha, Brothers in Arms - Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979 (2014)
March 21, 2015
Andrew Mertha's book was reviewed by Robert Thompson for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Mahnken and Blumenthal, eds., Strategy in Asia - The Past, Present, and Future of Regional Security (October 15, 2014)
February 15, 2015
Thomas G. Mahnken and Dan Blumenthal, eds.'s book was reviewed by Richard Fisher for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Coggins, Power, Politics and State Formation in the Twentieth Century - the Dynamics of Recognition (January 1, 2014)
January 26, 2015
Bridget Coggins' book was reviewed by Ryan Griffiths for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Cole, Asian Maritime Strategies - Navigating Troubled Waters (October 15, 2013)
January 2, 2015
Bernard D. Cole's book was reviewed by Paul Midford for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Rethinking Justice? Decolonization, Cold War, and Asian War Crimes Trials after 1945 (Conference: October 26-29, 2014)
January 1, 2015
A conference at Heidelberg University was reviewed by Lisette Schouten for H-Soz-u-Kult and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Manicom, Bridging Troubled Waters - China, Japan, and Maritime Order in the East China Sea (March, 2014)
December 14, 2014
James Manicom's book was reviewed by Ian Storey for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license. - See more at: http://china.usc.edu/kinkley-vistions-dystopia-chinas-new-historical-novels-2014#sthash.NwvMwS1w.dpuf
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Events
July 2, 2020 - 4:00pm
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a webinar with David Zweig to look at how tensions between the United States and China have impacted scientific collaboration and research.
July 16, 2020 - 4:00pm
Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, authors of Superpower Showdown, will help us understand the ramp up of US-China economic tensions and the far-reaching consequences of the stand-off.