Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Film/TV/radio
The New Documentary Movement in Contemporary China
A talk at UCLA by Lü Xinyu, Fudan University.
Taiwan Centennial Cinema
The University of Chicago will hold a Taiwan film festival that features three award-winning stories that showcase the diverse filmmaking styles and social narratives of current-day Taiwan.
Shaw Brothers Festival Screening: Mercenaries From Hong Kong
USC School of Cinematic Arts and Celestial Pictures invite you to special screening.
Screening: Winter Vacation (Han Jia)
The China Institute hosts the screening.
Screening: Woman Sesame Oil Maker 香魂女
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute, the East Asian Studies Center, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts for a screening of the 1993 Chinese film Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女). It tells the story of a woman in a small village who buys a peasant wife for his mentally disabled son after her sesame oil business becomes unexpectedly successful. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Xie Fei (谢飞).
Taiwan to the World: Spirit Talk & Super Pigs
Two films will be screened.
Screening: The Seal of Love (CAFF 2011)
The 2011 Chinese American Film Festival presents a screening of The Seal of Love.
Film: "Jia Zhangke: A Guy from Fenyang"
Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries) accompanies the prolific Chinese director Jia Zhangke on a walk down memory lane as Jia revisits his hometown and other locations from his ever-growing body of work.
#MillennialMinds
Join us in Shanghai as we explore the aims and concerns of this large and important generation.
China Onscreen Biennial: The Red Detachment of Women (1970)( 红色娘子军)
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, a screening of The Red Detachment of Women, in which the heroine Wu Qinghua escapes from an evil landlord and becomes the leader of a women's militia.
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Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
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
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?