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Tibet
Precious Pills and the Politics of Tibetan Learning
The center for Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University presents a lecture on the history and meaning behind Tibetan alchemical medicines.
Dharma Kings and Queens in Tibet
The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies presents Professor Jann Ronis of UC Berkeley. In this presentation he will examine a trilogy of epistles composed in the late eighteenth century by a Tibetan lama to the royal family of the kingdom of Degé in eastern Tibet, located in present-day Sichuan Province.
Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival highlights foreign language films that have been officially submitted to the Academy as their country’s Oscar® hopeful and those submitted as a Golden Globe hopeful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Chapel of Fierce Protectors
The Newark Museum presents an exhibition of ferocious and fantastic deities in Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetan Treasures: Spiritual and Material Riches
The Asian Art Society of the Indianapolis Museum of Art is sponsoring a talk on Tibetan art.
Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection
The Rubin Museum of Art presents important works of art from the Himalayas spanning a period of over one thousand years.
Deities, Demons, and Teachers of Tibet, Nepal, and India
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents a rotating display of works by anonymous Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan artisans.
The Neighborhood Committee No.3 Archive: Primary sources on “Democratic Reform” in Lhasa 1959-60
The Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute will host the event, "Primary sources on 'Democratic Reform' in Lhasa, 1959-60."
Taming Tibet: Landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development
Emily Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder
Traditional Tibetan Art: Beyond Iconography and Religion
Jeff Watt will lecture on Tibetan Art at the Berkeley Art Museum.
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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?