USC Annenberg Professor Nick Cull looks at the impact of the Covid 19 crisis on the battle of images between the United States and China.
Documents - US-China
PRC National People’s Congress Proposal on Hong Kong National Security Legislation, May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
Statement issued by Michael Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State.
Trump Administration, U.S. Strategic Approach to the People's Republic of China, May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
On May 20, 2020, in accordance with the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the administration delivered a report, "U.S. Strategic Approach to the People's Republic of China" to members of Congress. This report articulates our whole-of-government approach to China under the 2017 National Security Strategy.
Congressional Research Service, Covid-19 and China: A Chronology of Events, May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
This report by the non-partisan CRS was written by Susan V. Lawrence.
PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China Takes Countermeasures Against Restrictive Measures on Chinese Media Agencies in the US, March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020
The Chinese government announced that five U.S. media organizations would be treated as foreign government entities. One, VOA, is U.S. government-controlled, the others are private companies. American nationals working for three of the organizations would be required to leave China, if their journalist visas are to expire in 2020.
U.S. State Department, The PRC’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy, March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
This is a transcript of a background press briefing done at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. The briefing comes amidst heightened tensions in the U.S.-China relationship.
CIA, Mao's Cultural Revolution - Origins and Development, Oct. 6, 1967
March 9, 2020
In the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency prepared a report on the forces leading to the launch of the Cultural Revolution and its first year. It was written by Philip L. Bridgham. This report was declassified in 2007 (40 years after its preparation). Bridgham published a versions of this in The China Quarterly.
Designation and Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, October 21, 2019
March 4, 2020
A Notice by the US State Department.
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, February 24, 2020
March 4, 2020
A Notice by the US State Department.
Michael Pompeo, On Taiwan’s Election, January 11, 2020
March 4, 2020
A press statement issued by the US Department of State.
Michael Pompeo, Institution of a Personnel Cap on Designated PRC Media Entities, March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020
Two documents are included here. The first is an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on new limits imposed on the number of people permitted to work in the U.S. for designated PRC media entities. The second is a background briefing on the policy by two senior State Department officers. The policy was announced and the briefing was held at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
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June 4, 2020 - 5:00pm
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Hong Kong based author and photographer Antony Dapiran for a look at his new book on the city's protests and what they mean for the future of Hong Kong and China.
June 11, 2020 - 4:00pm
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for an online discussion with Professor Margaret Lewis on how the US government's use of criminal prosecutions to address a broad "China" threat is at tension with the criminal justice system.