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Michael Meyer Discusses His Book "The Road To Sleeping Dragon: Learning China From The Ground Up"
The final book in Michael Meyer's China trilogy tells a story both deeply personal and universal as he captures what it feels like to learn a language, culture and history from the ground up.
Guobin Yang Discusses His Book "The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China"
Guobin Yang examines the factional violence in the Red Guard movement and the rise of a new wave of protest that inaugurated the democratic movements of the reform era.
John Pomfret Discusses His Book "The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom"
John Pomfret's new book examines the remarkable history of the two-centuries-old relationship between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Video: John Pomfret on the History Between the United States and China
John Pomfret examines the remarkable history of the two-centuries-old relationship between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Chinese Tech Pioneers Look Back at Their USC Years
In the 1980s, the first wave of engineering students from China came to USC, and they’ve helped transform high tech. Originally published by USC News. Written by Marc Ballon.
Ancient Buddhist texts reveal shifting perspectives on women
Video: A Door Ajar - Charlotte Furth talks of teaching in a US-China Beijing program just after normalization
USC Professor Emerita Charlotte Furth discusses her adventures in Beijing teaching young Chinese scholars about America.
Video: Guobin Yang Discusses the Factional Violence in the Red Guard Movement
Guobin Yang examines the factional violence in the Red Guard movement as well as the de-sacralization of that revolutionary culture throughout the 1970s and the rise of a new wave of protest that inaugurated the democratic movements of the reform era.
John E. Wills, Jr. 1936-2017, Longtime USC China Studies Leader
John E. Wills, Jr., a longtime leader of China studies at USC and the Chinese history field, passed away on January 13.