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Video: David Zweig Speaks On The War For Chinese Talent In The United States
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David Zweig is a renowned scholar who focused on China's efforts to build its talent. His insight into the War For Chinese Talent provides us with a different way to look at policy implications for Chinese scholars.
Video: From Netflix to iQiyi: As the World Turns, Serial Dramas in Virtual Circulation
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Ying Zhu, the professor in the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University, discussed the evolution of serial narrative storytelling and its dynamic relationship with streaming services in the U.S. and China.
Happy Year of The Dragon! 祝您龙年快乐!
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Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Passings, 2023
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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.
Video: Shibani Mahtani and Tim McLaughlin Discuss Among the Braves
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Mahtani and McLaughlin were on the ground in Hong Kong and provide this history of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement centered around a cast of core activists, culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijing's crackdown.
A U.S. company, its Chinese owners and Hong Kong
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Will Hong Kong continue to be a vital global business hub?
USC and China in the News, 2023
News organizations frequently turn to USC for expert analysis on trends in China. Below are links to stories drawing on USC faculty, staff and students as well as other stories about USC and China.
Video: Ian Johnson on Sparks, his look at China's Underground Historians
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson spent a decade researching the work of these unofficial historians of China's recent past. This compelling study introduces readers to writers, filmmakers and artists, determined to preserve stories about mass movements that affected millions but get scant attention in the party-state's official history.
California Counts
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California plays an outsized role in the multidimensional U.S.-China relationship.
Looking at Hong Kong
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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.
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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.
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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?