Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Documents - Contemporary Taiwan
U.S. Department of State, 2010 Human Rights in Taiwan April 8, 2011
This report is produced annually by the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
China-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), June 29, 2010
English translation of the milestone agreement between Taiwan and China.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: Taiwan-China: Recent Economic, Political, and Military Developments Across the Strait, and Implications for the United States," March 18, 2010
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 18, 2010. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Department of State, 2008 Human Rights in Taiwan, Feb. 25, 2009
The U.S. State Department report on human rights in Taiwan with remarks by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Republic Of China (Taiwan), Quadrennial Defense Review, 2009
The Ministry of National Defense (MND), in compliance with Article 31 of the National Defense Act, is required to submit a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) within ten months after each presidential inauguration.
Hu Jintao, Let us join hands to promote the peaceful development of cross-straits relations and strive with a united resolve for the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, December 31, 2008
Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People’s Republic, spoke on the eve of the anniversary of the PRC government’s 1979 New Year’s Day message to Taiwan.
U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Country Analysis Briefs: Taiwan,” August 2008
Taiwan does not have substantial domestic energy resources and must import the vast majority of its needs.
Ma Ying-jeou, “Inaugural Address,” May 20, 2008
Ma Ying-jeou was inaugurated as Taiwan’s president on May 20, 2008.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.