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Art
Creation Station: Contemporary Malaysia and Overseas China
Asia Society Texas hosts its first summer family program looking at the visual culture of ethnic Han Chinese in multi-ethnic Malaysia.
The Universe Within: Art by Govinda Sah 'Azad'
The Tibet House presents Govinda's early paintings featuring the figure in a Himalayan landscape, an element that came to inspire his visual explorations of cloud formations as symbols of creation, fertility, and heaven.
Afternoon of Jade at Gump’s with Marilu Klar
Join the Society for Asian Art for a very special afternoon at Gump’s, the iconic San Francisco store. Ms Marilu Klar, buyer and creator of jewelry at Gump’s for over 50 years, will talk about jades and especially jade jewelry. She is a renowned expert on jade and pearls. We will also have an opportunity to handle some of the pieces she has collected.
Evenings With Ai Weiwei - So Sorry
The University of Washington presents a screening of So Sorry by Ai Weiwei.
Conversation with a Curator—Chinese Ceramics in the Context of World History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a lively dialogue with Denise Leidy.
Dancing East Asia: Critical Choreographies and their Corporeal Politics
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies will host a conference examining the moving body as a medium of artistic experimentation, cultural exchange, and political activism in East Asia.
Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City
The Honolulu Academy of Arts presents an exhibition of works that reveal a painting revolution that happened in China during the 13th and 14th centuries.
Film Screening: The White Storm
Featuring three of Hong Kong's biggest male stars, Benny Chan's action thriller is, among other things, a hard-hitting tribute to the classic brothers-in-arms Hong Kong cop movies of the 1980s and 1990s. A part of the series 19th Annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival
Bridging Realms: Contemporary Tibetan Art
Tibet House US presents an exhibit on contemporary Tibetan art.
Secret Messages: Symbolic Meaning in Chinese Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents an exhibitions that explores the secret meanings in Chinese art.
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Featured Articles
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.
Events
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?