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Film/TV/radio
Bringing Little Movies to Big China
USC School of Cinematic Arts professor Jason Squires recently traveled to China and lectured on "The Commercial Operation of the Movie Business."
Katherine Chu -- How the Chinese film industry co-opted the "wolves"
On the brink of collapse in 1994, China's film industry is now only surpassed by that of India and the United States.
Documenting the Global City Project, Beijing 2009 -- "Director" 导演
Collaboration between the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Communication University of China yields films exploring contemporary life in Beijing and the surrounding countryside.
Documenting the Global City Project, Beijing 2009 -- Shadow House 唱影
Collaboration between the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Communication University of China yields films exploring contemporary life in Beijing and the surrounding countryside.
Beijing 2009: USC and Communication University of China students document the global city
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Documentary film students from the two universities pair up to create revealing looks into a changing China
USC Films Highlighted in Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival
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USC School of Cinematic Arts' Mark Jonathan Harris, Johanna Demetrakas, and students from USC present and comment on their work following the sample screenings.
Hamilton, "An historical study of Bob Pierce and world vision's development of the evangelical social action film," 1980
USC dissertation in History.
Yeh, "A national score: Popular music and Taiwanese cinema," 1995
USC Dissertation in Cinematic Studies.
Zhang, "Xie Jin: A microcosm of Socialist China before 1980," 1995
USC Dissertation in Cinematics.
Li, "Speaking for Taiwanese history, culture and past: Hou Hsaio-Hsien's 'Taiwan Trilogy,' " 1996
USC thesis in History.
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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?