A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
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Shanghai Cell Therapy Group launches collaboration with USC researcher to improve the ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells for clinical applications
June 12, 2020
Originally published by the USC Keck School of Medicine on June 12, 2020.
Zhang, "Association Between Changes in Air Pollution Levels During the Beijing Olympics and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Thrombosis in Healthy Young Adults" 2012
May 16, 2012
Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as their laboratory, University of Southern California (USC) researchers have found biological evidence that even a short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves one’s cardiovascular health.
Easterlin, "China’s life satisfaction, 1990–2010", 2012
April 6, 2012
USC research on the impact of economic growth on life satisfaction.
Sun, "Population and employment distribution and urban spatial structure: An empirical analysis of metropolitan Beijing, China in the post-reform era," 2009
August 30, 2009
USC Dissertation in Urban Planning.
Rui, "China's fragmented political structure and the effect on environmental policy enforcement---on the water pollution control in the tributaries in the Three Gorges Reservoir area," 2008
August 30, 2009
USC Dissertation in East Asian Area Studies.
Chen, "The nine songs: a reexamination of shamanism in ancient china," 1986
August 27, 2009
USC dissertation in Comparative Literature.
Lee, "An analysis of teaching certification practices for higher education in ancient and modern China," 1986
August 27, 2009
USC dissertation in Education.
Lee, "The strategic implications of the Sino-Vietnamese conflict, 1975-1980, and the U.S. policy alternatives," 1981
August 27, 2009
USC dissertation in International Relations.
Lee, "Jimmy Carter and the Pacific defense perimeter," 1984
August 27, 2009
USC dissertation in International Relations.
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