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
The Inspired Chinese Brush
The primary tools of the traditional Chinese painter are black water-based ink and bamboo brushes with animal-hair tips.
Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits
University of Michigan Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Xu Weixin: Monumental Portraits.
Unreal Estate: Tong Lam’s Photographs of China’s Unsettling Settlements
UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies presents an exhibition featuring works of Tong Lam, visual artist and professor, University of Toronto
Shanghai Glamour: New Women 1910s-40s
Shanghai Glamour explores how Shanghai women and their fashionable dress epitomized the seduction and mystery of this legendary city as it was modernizing in the early 20th century.
China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts presents an exhibition to showcase some of the greatest archaeological finds in China of our times.
National Pride (and Prejudice)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston presents works by artists who tackle issues of national identity.
Colors of the Universe: Chinese Hardstone Carving
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host an exhibition of Chinese hardstone carving from June 16, 2012–January 6, 2013
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)
The Cleveland Museum of Art with the Nanjing Museum presents art from modern Chinese master Fu Baoshi.
Opening: The Old Northern Capital--Beijing
Wesleyan University Center for the Arts presents an exhibition of prints from hand-tinted color lantern slides of the Chinese imperial gardens, palaces, and ritual centers in Beijing date from the 1930s.
Conversations: Past and Present in Asia and America
Allen Memorial Art Museum presents an exhibition connecting past and present art from China, Japan, Korea, the U.S., and Canada.
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May 13, 2022
European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 4:00pm PDT
Tensions evident in the recent European Union-China virtual summit reflect the increasing skepticism in Europe toward China and the worries over Ukraine and economic ties as well as human rights and environmental issues.