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Film/TV/radio
Steven Spielberg withdraws as Olympics advisor, 2008
Statement from Steven Spielberg Regarding Beijing Olympic Games and Darfur
Celebrating art and upholding the value of the individual
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USCI hosts the Chinese Disabled People’s Performing Arts Troupe and screens My Dream
VCFILMFEST 2007
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Southern California's largest and most prestigious film festival of its kind launches the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month at the Directors Guild of America. From comedy and drama to documentaries and shorts, the 23rd edition of this week long festival shares the stories of Asian Pacifics in America and abroad.
Cinema and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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Professor Hu Ke from the Media University in Beijing will lecture on Cinema and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
The New Documentary Movement in Contemporary China
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A talk at UCLA by Lü Xinyu, Fudan University.
Screening - Uncle
USC East Asian Studies Center and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures are pleased to present a preview of "Uncle" a documentary by Zhou Hao.
Steven Spielberg to Hu Jintao on Darfur, April 2007
Los Angeles, CA (May 11, 2007) - Steven Spielberg has released the text of a private letter he had sent to the President of China, Hu Jintao, condemning the genocide in Darfur and asking the Chinese government to use its influence in the region to bring an end to the suffering there. Additionally, he is asking for a meeting in Beijing with the Chinese President within the next 30 days.
Screening - China Blue
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Director Micha X. Peled takes us inside a sweatshop in Shaxi, China, where blue jeans are manufactured for the global market.
Herbert G. Klein, 1918-2009
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Herbert G. Klein (1918-2009) graduated from the University of Southern California in 1940.
China's Effective Soft Power Offensive
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Joshua Kurlantzick argues that China has managed to dramatically change its image in the world through clever and steady use of investment, aid, participation in multilateral organizations, and other means.
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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.
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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?