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Matt Sheehan on the Exchanges Between China And California
China and the state of California have built deep and interdependent socioeconomic exchanges that reverberate across the globe, and these interactions make California a microcosm of the most important international relationship of the twenty-first century. In his book, journalist Matt Sheehan chronicles the real people who are making these connections.
Video: Matt Sheehan Looks at Socioeconomic Ties between China and California
Despite tensions between the Chinese and American governments, the state of California has deep and interdependent socioeconomic exchanges with China that reverberate across the globe. Matt Sheehan examines these interactions that make California a microcosm of the most important international relationship of the twenty-first century.
Global Exchange Program
Film students from the University of Southern California and Communication University of China pair up to create revealing documentaries.
Global Exchange Program 2019
The Global Exchange Workshop is a collaborative initiative of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Production Division, and the School of Theater, Film & Television at the Communication University of China in Beijing. These 8 new short documentaries were created by teams of students from USC and the Communications University of China in Los Angeles during the Summer of 2019.
Lily Wong Looks at Shifting Depictions of Chinese Sex Workers in Popular Media
Lily Wong studies the mobility and mobilization of the sex worker figure through transpacific media networks, illuminating the intersectional politics of racial, sexual, and class structures.
Video: Manfred Elfstrom Looks at Labor Unrest in China
Manfred Elfstrom's research looks at the growing wave of labor unrest in China, the state's response, and the the long-term implications for both activists and the government.
Leta Hong Fincher on The Feminist Movement in China
Journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues in Betraying Big Brother that the popular, broad-based movement poses a unique challenge to China’s authoritarian regime today.
Video: Better Angels Post-Screening Discussion
USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a screening of Better Angels (善良的天使), a documentary film written and directed by two-time Academy Award winner Malcolm Clarke, with post-screening discussion with co-executive producer David Dreier and producer William Mundell.
Video: China’s Efforts To Build Its Soft Power
Political scientist Stan Rosen evaluates whether or not China’s soft power has grown in recent years.