USC hosts a talk given by Liu Yingsheng, chair of the National Society of Mongol-Yuan Studies.

The Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium and the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College present a presentation by David Arase addressing Japan's difficult situation created by the competition between China and the U.S.

Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Syaru Shirley Lin to examine the divergence between the development of economic and political relations across the Taiwan Strait and the oscillation of Taiwan’s cross-Strait economic policy through the interplay of national identity and economic interests.

China's "economic miracle," arms buildup, and diplomatic initiatives have all profoundly reshaped its position vis a vis Taiwan. In the wake of shifting power relations, and after more than a decade of escalating cross-Strait polarization fed by growing nationalism on either side of the Strait, there has been since the late 2000s an historic rapprochement between Taiwan and mainland China. A selection of the most outstanding scholars in the world engaged in these issues will meet to reexamine the current state of China-Taiwan relations and the role of US strategies and commitments in the complicated and often contentious cross-Straits relationship.