Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Designing Empire from the Inside Out: House and Home in Republican-era (1911- 1949) Tianjin, China
Examining the local and global politics of designing house, home and furnishings in early twentieth-century Tianjin, Lacouture argues that through consuming the world at home, Chinese people also produced new meanings of what it meant to be a modern, urban, elite Chinese women or man at the time
Elizabeth Lacouture
Assistant Professor in East Asian History at Colby College and Korean Family in Comparative Perspective Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?