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.
Earthquake Relief
A short list of organizations which are accepting donations and are in a position to offer assistance to those affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Southwestern China on May 12, 2008.
May 13, 2008
US-China Today's daily updates summarize quake and other stories.
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May 19, 2008 update: Corporations/Organizations
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USCI does not endorse any of these agencies, but each is well-known and well-regarded.
Give2Asia: www.give2asia.org/page12020.cfm
Give2Asia was created by the Asia Foundation in 2001. About 12% of its donations to various organizations in Asia have gone to disaster relief.
Red Cross of China
The Red Cross website is not functioning well at this time. www.redcross.org.cn
Donations can be sent to:
Account name: Red Cross Society of China 中国红十字会总会
For those who want to donate in RMB: you can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch below:
人民币开户行: 中国工商银行 北京分行东四南支行
Dongsi Office, Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
人民币账号: 0200001009014413252
For those who want to donate in foreign currency, you can send money to the foreign currency account at the CITIC Bank branch below:
外币开户行：中信银行酒仙桥支行
Jiuxianqiao Branch of CITIC Bank
外币账号: 7112111482600000209
Hotline: (8610) 65139999Americans can also give via GivingChina. Unlike donations directly to the Red Cross of China, donations to GivingChina.org are tax deductible.
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_profile_ChinaEarthquake.html
AP 2060 China Relief Fund -- the Red Cross can only accept monetary donations, it has no ability to transmit supplies to China.
Amity Foundation: www.amityfoundation.org/wordpress/index.php
Amity is a Chinese Christian organization. It was established in 1985 and has focused its efforts on education and health care. It has sent its disaster relief director to Sichuan.
World Vision: online donations
Soliciting funds for diaster relief to include quake victims and cyclone victims in Myanmar.
Below is a U.S. Geological Survey map showing the intensity of the quake.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society Map
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
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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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
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.