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A U.S. company, its Chinese owners and Hong Kong

Cirrus Aircraft, owned by AVIC, a Chinese state owned aerospace giant, celebrated making its 9,000 plane with this special edition craft. Credit: Cirrus
November 16, 2023

Will Hong Kong continue to be a vital global business hub?

California Counts

California Governor Gavin Newsom visiting the Great Wall during an official visit to China, October 2023. Credit: Office of the Governor.
October 30, 2023

California plays an outsized role in the multidimensional U.S.-China relationship.

Looking at Hong Kong

PRC flag and the flag of the Hong Kong special administrative region.
October 30, 2023

Hong Kong emerged in the 1980s as a global financial center. A British colony from 1842 to 1997, it is in its third decade as a special administrative region of the PRC.

Video: Lisa Hanson on China's Gaming Giants Going Global

Chinese team competing in the esports contest at the Hangzhou Asian Games, 2023
October 20, 2023

Tencent, NetEase and other successful Chinese video game companies are aiming to expand and deepen their reach in overseas markets. They've enjoyed success, but some less well-known firms such as MiHoYo earn the bulk of their revenues abroad. Lisa Cosmas Hanson, CEO of Niko Partners, analyzes the hurdles Chinese firms confront and discusses the strategies they use. Are they succeeding?

Nationalism and Silicon

China and the U.S. are engaged in a high tech rivalry. This image, created by Claire Fausett using AI, shows the flags of the countries in a computer server room where an explosion occurs.
September 12, 2023

Technonationalism is on the rise in both the U.S. and China.

NIMBY laws and U.S.-China Relations

August 28, 2023

A number of states have enacted laws prohibiting Chinese and others from “countries of concern” from purchasing homes or land.

Learning beyond school

Learning to use drones in agriculture. Photo shows student and teacher in the countryside near Wuhu city, Anhui province.
August 16, 2023

Is China's education system meeting the needs of its people and the nation?

China and its Central Asian Neighbors

The leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Xi'an in May, 2023. Xinhua photo.
August 2, 2023

Central Asian nations increasingly linked economically to China. Russia, the U.S. and others have noticed.

New Acquisition: Bill Einreinhofer China Archive

skyline at night
May 30, 2023

Explore modern China with USC Libraries' newly acquired Bill Einreinhofer China Archive, a collection of video, image, audio, and text files documenting historical events and daily life from 1910 to 2022.

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