Joshua Goldstein talked about his new book looking at the history of the recycling industry in China.
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USC And China in the News in 2020

China-related news involving USC research, faculty, students and organizations.
PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China Takes Countermeasures Against Restrictive Measures on Chinese Media Agencies in the US, March 18, 2020
The Chinese government announced that five U.S. media organizations would be treated as foreign government entities. One, VOA, is U.S. government-controlled, the others are private companies. American nationals working for three of the organizations would be required to leave China, if their journalist visas are to expire in 2020.
Designation and Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, October 21, 2019
A Notice by the US State Department.
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, February 24, 2020
A Notice by the US State Department.
Michael Pompeo, Institution of a Personnel Cap on Designated PRC Media Entities, March 2, 2020
Two documents are included here. The first is an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on new limits imposed on the number of people permitted to work in the U.S. for designated PRC media entities. The second is a background briefing on the policy by two senior State Department officers. The policy was announced and the briefing was held at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
Senior Officials, State Department Designates Chinese Media Entities as Foreign Missions, Feb. 18, 2020
Two senior State Department officials spoke to the media on the Department's decision to label Chinese media entities (Xinhua News Agency; China Global Television Network (CGTN) - part of China Central Television, CCTV; China Radio International (CRI); China Daily Distribution Corporation; and Hai Tian Development USA (distributor of People's Daily in the U.S.) as foreign missions. The officials explained the reasoning behind the designation and what it would mean.
Chinese are more impressed by Japan's response to the coronavirus than America's

A survey of Chinese netizen reaction to the responses of the Japanese and U.S. governments to the coronavirus outbreak.
Talking Points, January 6-20, 2020
We look back at some of the noteworthy individuals who passed away in 2019.
USC And China In The News, November and December, 2019

China-related news involving USC research, faculty, students and organizations.
Journalistic Bias In Hong Kong Protest Reporting: Q&A With Stanley Rosen

US-China Today spoke with Rosen, an expert in Chinese politics and media, about how the differences in media coverage between Chinese and international media outlets impact the Hong Kong protests, and how such entrenched biases came into being.
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