Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
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Video: Suisheng Zhao on The Dragon Roars Back, China's Foreign Policy
May 19, 2023
Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
Video: Mike Chinoy on Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic
April 13, 2023
How have print, broadcast and now internet-centric journalists reported on the dramatic changes in China over the past eight decades?
Video - Heribert Dieter examines Europe-China ties in a changing geopolitical environment
May 12, 2022
For decades, European countries assumed that China is a benign force in international relations.
Assignment: China - USCI's series on American reporting on China
April 20, 2022
How do we know what we know about China? The images most Americans hold of China were shaped by news coverage. Our multipart documentary series Assignment: China focuses on the journalists who have described the remarkable changes in China since the 1940s. Two of the most influential moments in this history were the Nixon visit in 1972 and the Tiananmen demonstrations of 1989. The correspondents interviewed for the series have helped news consumers understand how China's opening up and subsequent economic rise have reshaped the world.
The Great Wager - U.S.-China Ties from Nixon to Now
February 25, 2022
Veteran journalists Jane Perlez and Scott Tong talked about their new radio series and their own experiences on reporting from China.
The Future of U.S. and China Innovation and Tech Competitiveness
December 1, 2021
Academic, business, economic and legal experts discuss U.S. innovation and tech competitiveness vis-a-vis China, IPR concerns in China, and the impact of President Biden's executive order for competition on U.S. innovation and competitiveness.
Maria Repnikova on Chinese Soft Power
November 18, 2021
Professor Maria Repnikova's new book explores China’s complex and often contradictory soft power performance.
Barry Naughton on China’s Economic Rise
November 10, 2021
Barry Naughton on his assessment of what he and his colleagues got right and wrong in looking at China’s economy over the past four decades.
Kirk Denton Looks at Taiwanese Museums
November 5, 2021
Kirk Denton looks at the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums in Taiwan.
Beethoven in Beijing: Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmaker
October 18, 2021
Filmmaker Jennifer Lin looks at the resurgence of classical music in China through the legacy of the Philadelphia Orchestra, from its first performances in the PRC in 1973 until its most recent tour in 2018.
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Join us for a book talk with Suisheng Zhao on how Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping each conceived and executed radically different approaches to China's relations with others.