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Los Angeles International Wushu Tournament 2013

The Shaolin Wushu Center hosts the 4th annual International Chinese Wushu Tournament.

Screening: Linsanity

Bowers Museum screens "Linsanity."

4th Annual A Day with Kung Fu Masters

The Joy of Kung Fu and USC Pacific Asia Museum present a panel discussion and demonstrations with Kung Fu masters.

The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream featuring Dan Washburn

ASNC and Nixon Peabody are pleased to host award-winning journalist Dan Washburn for a discussion of Washburn's new book, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, which uses the politically taboo topic of golf to paint what critics are calling "an illuminating portrait of modern China."

Screening: Linsanity

Outside the Box [Office] and 408 Films invite you and a guest to a special screening of Linsanity. Followed by a Q&A with Producer Christopher C. Chen.

40th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy

San Francisco welcomes a delegation of Table Tennis Olympians
and sports officials, including members of the veterans team who played in the original matches in 1971.

40th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch

The Richard Nixon Foundation presents a historic rematch celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy in the White House East Room.

China’s Bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics

China formally announced its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in January. At first blush, it's an unusual proposition: Chongli, the proposed site for the Olympic Village and Nordic skiing events is 150 miles from Beijing, and Yanqing, the town suggested for Alpine competitions, gets about two inches of snow annually. Join Susan Brownell, a world-renowned authority on Chinese sports and the Olympics, as she discusses the significance of the bid for China, what it says about China and about the rest of the world.

Hop Fu: Hip-hop meets Kung Fu

Hop Fu performs a live score for the classic Hong Kong film Super Ninjas.

Texas Asia Conference 2015: Beyond the Spectacular and the Mundane

The University of Texas at Austin Center for East Asian Studies will host the Texas Asia Conference 2015: Beyond the Spectacular and the Mundane. In what is becoming a biennial tradition, the conference, which is a space to present graduate research work centered on Asia as a regional focus, will be held on 2nd and 3rd of October (Friday and Saturday) 2015.

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