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Nationalism and Silicon
![China and the U.S. are engaged in a high tech rivalry. This image, created by Claire Fausett using AI, shows the flags of the countries in a computer server room where an explosion occurs.](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/Claire-Fausett-and-AI-image-to-illustrate-USCI-article-on-nationalism-silicon-2023-web.jpg?itok=czMwCHOS)
Technonationalism is on the rise in both the U.S. and China.
Video: Lisa Hanson on China's Gaming Giants Going Global
![Chinese team competing in the esports contest at the Hangzhou Asian Games, 2023](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/esports-hangzhou-2023-web.jpg?itok=kiUtV-Jl)
Tencent, NetEase and other successful Chinese video game companies are aiming to expand and deepen their reach in overseas markets. They've enjoyed success, but some less well-known firms such as MiHoYo earn the bulk of their revenues abroad. Lisa Cosmas Hanson, CEO of Niko Partners, analyzes the hurdles Chinese firms confront and discusses the strategies they use. Are they succeeding?
NIMBY laws and U.S.-China Relations
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A number of states have enacted laws prohibiting Chinese and others from “countries of concern” from purchasing homes or land.
U.S.-China Institute Executive Committee, 2022-2024
Our executive committee is drawn from across the university and helps to determine institute priorities and programs.
Genshin's Global Impact
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Genshin Impact: Charting a Global Gaming Phenomenon and Chinese Dominance
Learning beyond school
![Learning to use drones in agriculture. Photo shows student and teacher in the countryside near Wuhu city, Anhui province.](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/training-use-of-drone-agriculture-web.jpg?itok=d82mxOL1)
Is China's education system meeting the needs of its people and the nation?
Science Diplomacy at a Crossroads
![Photo illustration of "Chinese" and "American" brains utilizing colors of the countries' flags. By Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell for the U.S. Department of Defense.](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/Ernest-Gunasekara-Rockwell-photo-illustration-dept-of-defense-2021.jpg?itok=XuKukIdL)
Science and Technology Agreement Renewal Debate: Balancing SciTech Ties & Security beyond August 27th.
China and its Central Asian Neighbors
![The leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Xi'an in May, 2023. Xinhua photo.](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/cchina-central-asia-summit-2023-xinhua-web.jpg?itok=U9v5Rz2e)
Central Asian nations increasingly linked economically to China. Russia, the U.S. and others have noticed.
China's PLA Day Approaches
![U.S. Navy photo: The guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship conduct what it called an "unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, Saturday, June 3, 2023.](https://china.usc.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_scale_crop_300x150/public/article/featured-image/us-china-naval-near-miss-2023-06-dod-photo.jpg?itok=eUL9FfTM)
China is a significant power in Asia and developing its global reach. U.S. and Chinese vessels and planes have been coming closer and closer to each other. The photo shows a Chinese vessel cutting in front of an American ship in the Taiwan Strait in June 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.
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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?