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USC and China in the News, May and June, 2019
China-related news involving USC research, faculty, students and organizations.
USC and China in the News, July and August 2015
China-related news stories featuring University of Southern California faculty, students, staff, and programs.
Mian, Zhongguo liuxuesheng dacidian (A longer who's who of the stay-study-students of China), 1999
Jerome Chen reviews the book for H-Asia, May 2001.
Vice President Gore Remarks At Qinghua University, 1997
Vice President Gore spoke at Qinghua Univerisity about the link between politics and economics.
Tiananmen Square Document 30: Cable, Eyewitness Account of June 4 PLA Tank Crushing 11 Students and Related Early Morning Events in Tiananmen Square, 1989
This extraordinary document provides the detailed account of a source who witnessed firsthand the violence at Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3-4. (June 22, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Document 29: Secretary of State's Morning Summary for June 21, 1989, China: Swift Justice, 1989
The document also anticipates a Communist Party Central Committee plenum that will ratify the removal of party secretary Zhao Ziyang, and name a new leader.
Tiananmen Square Document 4: Student Demonstrations Update, 1986
The cable notes how the recent spate of demonstrations provoked criticism from the Chinese government who warned that the adoption of "overly energetic methods" to express views could affect stability and interfere with societal functions. (December 24, 1986)
Tiananmen Square Document 3: Cable, More Student Demonstrations, 1985
The document also reports another incident, that the cables authors call "astonishing," which involved several hundred students from the Bejing Central College of Nationalities who were protesting the nuclear weapons testing program in Xinjiang Province in western China. (December 23, 1985)
Tiananmen Square Document 2: Cable, Government Arrests Student Demonstrators, 1985
In the cable, Embassy officials report information gleaned from an unidentified source that Chinese security forces have detained more than 100 students and arrested 23 suspected "ringleaders" involved in the demonstration. (November 25, 1985)
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Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?