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.
Photos: Ma Ying-jeou Visits USC
For background on Ma Ying-jeou 馬英九 , please go to: http://china.usc.edu/ma-ying-jeou-visits-usc.
USC President C.L. "Max" Nikias introducing Ma Ying-jeou, the former president of Taiwan.
An overflow crowd attended former President Ma Ying-jeou's public talk. Many sought to capture the event on their phones.
Former President Ma Ying-jeou discussed Taiwan's current economic situation and focused on its relationship with mainland China, Japan, and the United States. A light-hearted moment came when Ma asked the audience to name the one party which wasn't happy that Taiwan and Japan had reached an agreement on managing the fisheries near the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, the sovereignty over which is much disputed. No one successfully guess and all laughed when Ma said, "No, it was the fish." He noted that as a result of the 2013 agreement the fish catch has gone up.
One of those attending the talk came draped in the Taiwanese flag.
USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay interviewed Ma and then moderated as the former president took questions from students and others in the audience.
Later in the day, at a private session organized by the USC U.S.-China Institute, Ma Ying-jeou responded to a wide range of questions from undergraduate and graduate students drawn from across the USC campus.
Graduate student Ka Lee Wong asking a question.
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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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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.