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Education
4th Biennial North Carolina Summit on US-China Education: September 4, 2014
The Confucius Institute (CI) at NC State is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the CI Headquarters around the world, the State of NC has reached over 10,000 students studying Chinese in K-12 public schools, and the Center for International Understanding has 38 Confucius Classrooms in NC. The organizers of the Summit have all helped contribute to this large growth in Chinese language programs.
National Association for Bilingual Education Conference
The NABE conference is the largest gathering of parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, future teachers and professors dedicated to serving bilingual and English Language Learners in the United States.
The State of Chinese America: A Community Forum
The UCLA Asian American Studies presents a public forum examining issues facing Chinese Americans today.
Hong Kong Today – the Special Administrative Region at 10
USC panel discussion marks changes in Hong Kong since the creation of the Special Administrative Region in 1997.
Symposium on East Asia: East Asian Studies after the Cold War
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts a round-table with speakers from various universities to discuss East Asian studies after the Cold War.
USC Marshall Undergraduates: Women’s Leadership Delegation to China, May 2011.
The USC Marshall Undergraduate Program, alongside Stellar International Networks, offers 15 undergraduate students the opportunity to explore women's leadership roles that have been changing over the last 40 years.
Ancient Chinese Skies: Astronomical Expertise in Premodern China
Professor Xu Fengxian and Professor David Pankenier will give a talk on the celestial phenomena in ancient China.
Talks on Jewish Studies in China (Session 2)
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk with Professor Song Lihong, Nanjing University, that discusses the differences in Chinese and Western perspectives on the Jewish Community in Kaifeng, China.
Things China Working Group: Xin Wang on "Applying A Gendered Lens to Climate Change-Migration Nexus: A Case Study of Forced Environmental Migration on Tibetan Plateau"
Things China Working Group is an informal group to explore research interest in the material networks, systems, economies, media and practices of communication pursued within China or between China and its partnerships. Open only to USC graduate students and faculty.
Of Storms, Frontiers, and Master Plans: Claims for the Future of Higher Education
UC Berkeley presents Pauline Yu, President of American Council of Learned Societies on April 6, 2011.
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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?