On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Reviews - Contemporary China
Paau, Reunification with China: Hong Kong Academics Speak, 1998
January 1, 1998
Daojiong Zha reviews the book for H-Asia, December 1998, credit H-Net.
Hayford, China, 1997
January 1, 1997
Philip Cho reviews the book for H-Asia, November 1997, credit H-Asia.
Chinoy, China Live: Two Decades in the Heart of the Dragon, 1997.
January 1, 1997
Tom Grunfeld reviews the book for H-Asia, June 1997.
Zhang, Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953, 1995
January 1, 1994
Xiaoyuan Liu reviews the book for H-Diplo, June 1997.
Dikotter, The Discourse of Race in Modern China, 1992.
January 1, 1992
Ralph A. Litzinger reviews the book for H-World.
Fingar, Uneasy Partnerships: China's Engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform, 2017
Thomas Fingar's book was reviewed by Steven Jackson and published by H-Diplo. Republished here via Creative Commons license.
Van der Zouw and Zürcher, eds., Three Months in Mao's China - Between the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, 2017
Zixian Liu's review first appeared on the History of Socialism discussion list and is reprinted her via Creative Commons license.
Yang, Mental Health in China: Change, Tradition and Therapeutic Governance, 2017
Shu Wan's review of Jie Yang's book was originally published by the History of Disability discussion list.
Lintner, China's India War - Collision Course on the Roof of the World, 2018
David Buck reviewed Bertil Lintner's book for the History of Asia discussion list. It is reprinted here under its Creative Commons license.
Chen, Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China, 2018
This review by Michael Thompson-Brusstar of Ling Chen's book was originally published on the History of Diplomacy discussion list and is reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
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