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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Liu Jian, “Phoenix Nirvana – An objective look at China’s new normal,” April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
Liu Jian is Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles. His essay appeared in a Los Angeles Times advertising supplement for ChinaWeek.
Daniel Russel, “Remarks at USCI’s China’s Growing Pains Conference,” April 22, 2016
April 22, 2016
Assistant Secretary of State Russel delivered the 2016 Herbert G. Klein Lecture to open the USC U.S.-China Institute conference on “China’s Growing Pains.”
Cho and Crowe, eds, Germany and China: Transnational Spinners Since the Eighteenth-Century, 2014
March 1, 2016
This review by Irmy Schweiger was published on the History of Asia discussion list in March 2016.
Ford, China Looks at the West: Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations, 2015
March 1, 2016
Robert Sutter reviewed Christopher Ford's book for the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Khan, Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and the People of the Tibetan Borderlands, 2015
March 1, 2016
Marissa Smith reviewed Sulmaan Wasif Khan's book for the History of War discussion list in Oct. 2017. It is reprinted here through Creative Commons license.
John Kerry and Wang Yi, Remarks on North Korea, the South China Sea and other topics, February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met at the U.S. State Department and spoke to the press in the Ben Franklin Room.
USC Marching Band to perform in Macao for Chinese New Year Parade
February 4, 2016
The Trojans will be the first American performers in the event’s history.
Ma Ying-jeou, Remarks on Taiping Island, January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016
Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), visited Taiping Island in the South China Sea. His predecessor, Chen Shuibian, also visited the island in 2008.
Mark Toner, Remarks on Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island, January 27, 2016
January 27, 2016
U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner discussed the American government’s view of Pres. Ma’s trip. He responded to questions at the daily press briefing.
US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Directed by Hollywood, Edited by China," October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
This report was written by Sean O'Connor and Nicholas Armstrong, staffers for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. A disclaimer for the report notes that it may not necessarily reflect the views of the commission or any member of the commission.
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