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.
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Extracts from the Lockhart Report on the New Territory, 8 October, 1898, from Great Britain
December 13, 1901
Extracts from the Lockhart Report on the New Territory, 8 October, 1898, from Great Britain
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Screening of "Ten Years"
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is adding another screening of the Hong Kong award Best Film "Ten Years" with English subtitles.
The Rise of Post-Umbrella Movement Political Forces in the New Era
Colombia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute hosts a discussion with activist Joshua Wong on the political forces that came out of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
Waves of Protest, Waves of Repression: China and Hong Kong from 1989 to the Era of Xi Jinping
Pomona College hosts a discussion with Wang Chaohua, Nathan Law, and Jeffrey Wasserstrom on the role of protest in the China-Hong Kong relationship.
Traversing Boundaries: Bridging Asian and Asian American Studies through Critical Mixed Race
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk with Emma Teng on the identities of mixed Chinese Eurasian families during the Chinese Treaty Port Era.
Tales of the Distant Past: The Story of Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora (A Tribute from the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals of Hong Kong)
Tales of the Distant Past: The Story of Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora (A Tribute from the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in Hong Kong) explores the factors leading to this mass migration and examines the role of both Hong Kong and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in supporting the needs of Chinese living in Hong Kong and abroad.
Film: "A Better Tomorrow"
The Freer|Sackler Museum of Asian Art presents a screening of John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow".
Law in Polarised Societies: Hong Kong and China
The University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Contemporary China will host a lecture by Professors Michael Hor, Simon Young, Fu Hualing, and Sun Haochen.
Will the Hong Kong Model Survive?: An Assessment 20 Years After the Handover
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China announces a hearing examining the long-term prospects for human rights and basic freedoms in Hong Kong as well as challenges to preserving it’s promised “high degree of autonomy.”
Hong Kong Cinema Festival
The San Francisco Film Society hosts a weekend of new films from Hong Kong
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