On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
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Reeves, The Lone Flag -- Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II, 2014
Augustine Meaher reviewed this book for the History of War discussion list in February 2016.
Bickers and Howlett, eds., Britain and China, 1840-1970: Empire, Finance and War (July 7, 2015)
Reviewed by Stacie A. Kent for the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Buchanan, East Wind: China and the British Left, 1925-1976, 2012 (June 18, 2012)
Qiang Zhai reviews the book for H-Diplo, February 2013.
Kang, East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute, 2010
Valerie Hansen reviews the book for H-Asia, September 2011.
Auerbach, Race, Law, and "The Chinese Puzzle" in Imperial Britain, 2009
David Lloyd Smith reviews the book for H-Albion, January 2010.
Welland, A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters, 2006.
Sasha Su-Ling Welland reviews the book for H-Net.
Freese, Coal: A Human History, 2004.
Jan Kunnas reviews the book for H-Environment, June 2005.
Pomeranz, The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, 2000
Peter Perdue reviews the book for H-World, August 2000.
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, Dec. 19, 1984
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong
The White Man's Burden 1899
"The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899. It was a response to the U.S. taking over the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. Although Kipling's poem mixed exhortation to empire with sober warnings of the costs involved, imperialists within the United States understood the phrase "white man's burden" as a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise.
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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?