Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Belt and Road Initiative
China and its Central Asian Neighbors
August 3, 2023
Central Asian nations increasingly linked economically to China. Russia, the U.S. and others have noticed.
Xi Jinping, China-Central Asia Summit Opening Remarks, May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
China hosted a summit with the leaders of Central Asian nations in Xi'an. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Zhaparov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan attended the summit as well.
U.S. State Department, China and Human Trafficking, July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022
The U.S. State Department issues an annual report on human trafficking across the world, including in the U.S. In addition to the usual section on China, which in recent years has highlighted the detention of Uyghurs and others, the 2022 report included a special section on trafficking associated with China's Belt and Road Initiative.
China, Ukraine and the United States
March 10, 2022
The Canadian embassy in Beijing has shared its support for Ukraine with Chinese via a sign on its wall and via Weibo.
China and Ukraine have been building a significant economic relationship, one that has occasionally troubled the United States. Here we look at these ties in the context of Russia's invasion.
Looking at China's Belt and Road
October 7, 2021
Links to events USCI has hosted and documents it has collected relating to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
Video: Panel Discussion on China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Action
April 12, 2021
The USC U.S.-China Institute hosted an online panel discussion to examine the economic, environmental, social and political impact China's Belt and Road Initiative has in Southeast and Central Asia.
Congressional Research Service, China's One Belt, One Road Initiative, January 22, 2021
January 22, 2021
This report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service was written by Karen M. Sutter, Andres B. Schwarzenberg, and Michael D. Sutherland.
Congressional Research Service, China's One Belt, One Road Initiative - Economic Issues, Jan. 22, 2021
January 22, 2021
This CRS report was written by Karen Sutter, Andres Schwarzenberg and Michael Sutherland.
UN Development Programme, Brief on White Paper on China's International Development Cooperation in the New Era, January 2021
January 20, 2021
A review by the United Nations Development Program.
PRC State Council, China's International Development in the New Era, January 2021
January 10, 2021
This government white paper was issued by the State Council Information Office.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.