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.
Energy
The Triangle of Sino-American Energy Diplomacy: A Symposium
Asia Society: Texas presents a seminar in which we will seek to understand how China's “resource diplomacy”—its overseas pursuit of energy and resources—affects the international system and U.S.—China relations.
The Carrying Capacity of Energy in China’s Route towards Urbanization (in Chinese)
The Center for East Asian Studies Center at the University of Chicago presents a talk by Guangfeng Mou.
Unfinished Country: New Video from China
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) exhibition Perspectives 180 – Unfinished Country: New Video from China presents a cross-section of work by a new generation of artists from China working in video and video installation.
Daniel Yergin: On Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Daniel Yergin will speak at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World.
Green Innovation in China: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents "Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy," a brown bag lecture with Joanna Lewis, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA), Georgetown University.
Beijing's Bets: Planning China’s Energy Future
The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University presents a talk with Zhongying Wang.
Stepping Lighter?
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars presents a talk on environmental and social impacts of China's overseas oil, mineral, and gas investments.
China's International Energy Strategies: Global and Regional Implications
The Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington D.C. presents Philip Andrew-Speed as part of the transnational Asia lecture series.
Junkyard Planet: A Lecture and Q&A with Adam Minter
Writer Adam Minter will visit USC to discuss his book Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade, where he explores the export of America's recyclables and the massive profits that China and other rising nations earn from it.
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