People keep moving from rural areas into cities.
Richard Nixon
Revisiting Kissinger's Secret Trip to Beijing
July 8, 2021
It's been 50 years since Kissinger's trip, which paved the way for normalized relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China.
Talking Points, Presidential Debates Edition, Sept. 27, 2016
September 27, 2016
This is a special issue of Talking Points reviewing the history of China in US presidential debates from 1960 to 2016.
Talking Points, July 15, 1971 - Nixon and Zhou Shake the World
July 15, 2016
On July 15, 1971 Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai announced that Nixon would go to China. We remember the road to that announcement and the trip that followed.
Hillary Clinton, "Remembering the Nixon Trip and U.S.-China Relations Today," March 7, 2012
March 7, 2012
Full text and video of Secretary of State Clinton's remarks. She spoke at a U.S. Institute for Peace and Nixon Foundation conference.
Yang Jiechi, "Remarks on U.S.-China Relations," March 7, 2012
March 7, 2012
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi spoke at a U.S. Institute for Peace/Nixon Foundation conference marking the 40th anniversary of Pres. Nixon's 1972 trip to China. Yang spoke via video link from Beijing where it was March 8, 2012.
"Top Secret" Goes to China
March 6, 2012
Video from the USC U.S.-China Institute symposium on the play that recently toured China, where it stimulated considerable debate about the role of the press.
Robert D. Hormats, “Forty Years after the Nixon Visit: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in US-China Economic Relations,” March 6, 2012
March 6, 2012
Hormats is Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs. He spoke in New York at the Asia Society.
Susan Loewenberg on "Top Secret" in China
February 28, 2012
Video of a presentation at the USC U.S.-China Institute symposium on the play that recently toured China and the role of the Chinese press.
Geoffrey Cowan on "Top Secret" in China
February 28, 2012
Video of a presentation at the USC U.S.-China Institute symposium on the play that recently toured China and the role of the Chinese press.
Getting to Know You -- The US and China Shake the World, 1971-1972
February 21, 2012
What US documents reveal about the uncertain path to rapprochement.
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October 12, 2021
Western classical music was condemned during China's Cultural Revolution. But China is now the principal producer and largest consumer of many "Western" musical instruments.
Events
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Kirk Denton will look at the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums in Taiwan.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Barry Naughton on his assessment of what he and his colleagues got right and wrong in looking at China’s economy over the past four decades.