A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Art
Baas, Smile of the Buddha: Eastern Philosophy and Western Art from Monet to Today, 2005.
January 1, 2005
Gail Chin reviews the book for H-Buddhism, February 2007, credit H-Asia.
Wang, Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China, 2005
January 1, 2005
William E. Deal reviews the book for H-Buddhism.
Brauen, The Dalai Lamas - A Visual History, 2005
January 1, 2005
Martin Brauen's book was reviewed by Jose Cabezoon for H-Buddhism
Chinese Ink Painting
The China Society of Southern California presents Professor Kuiyi Shen, discussing the major art genres of Chinese Art after 1989.
Alternative Visions: Renditions of Myth, Legend, and Folk Tales from China and Japan
China and Japan are two countries rich in myths, legends and folk tales. This exhibition will attempt to show how artists and craftsmen portrayed or rendered these subjects in their own way in various media
Mongol Visions: Winged Horses and Shamanic Skies
The Tibet House presents the work of some of Mongolia's greatest young artists.
Plants and Flowers in Chinese Paintings and Ceramics
The Saint Louis Art Museum presents an exhibition that showcases the representation of botanical subjects in the arts of China reflects a deep respect for the wonders of the natural world.
Guest Curator Xiaobing Tang with noted printmakers Fang Limin and Zheng Yuanfan
UMMA Dialogues offers curator Tang in discussion with Fang Limin and Zhang Yuanfan, both noted artists and teachers from the China Academy of Art.
Desert Mazar: Sacred Sites in Western China
A photography exhibition and symposium on Mongolian deserts will be held at University of California, Berkeley.
Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd–6th Centuries
The Honolulu Museum of Art presents an exhibition of relics from the 3rd through 6th centuries of China, including ceramics, sculpture, calligraphy, and painting.
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