Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
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China and Human Rights in International Trade
The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Ohio State University presents a talk on China and human rights in international trade as a part of the "China at the Crossroads" Lecture Series.
China's 15th WTO Anniversary: Assessing the Record and Charting the Path Forward
The speakers and panelists will use this occasion to assess the accomplishments and challenges of China’s WTO membership, analyze how China’s trading partners and the WTO itself have adapted to China’s growing involvement, and consider the possible future paths of the WTO and the multilateral trading system.
U.S. Trade Policy for China & Japan: Update & Outlook
Brian Peck, International Trade and Intellectual Property Attorney will speak at Loyola Marymount University.
Balancing, Bandwagoning, or Standing Alone?: China's Rise and the Future of the Korean Peninsula
Professor Chung-in Moon of Yonsei University considers the questions: What is South Korea's perception of China's rise? How has China's rise influenced its interactions with the two Koreas as well as the ROK-US alliance?
Sex Work and Mental Health in Shenzhen, China
Based on 8 months of fieldwork in Shenzhen, a Special Economic Zone in China, this talk will describe female sex workers’ mental health challenges in the context of stigma, economic development, and gender. The logistical, methodological, and ethical issues that arise when doing global fieldwork will also be discussed.
Tracking China's Global Energy Finance
Dr. Gallagher will discuss how Chinese energy finance compares to other global energy financiers. Dr. Wang Yan (Peking University) will put this energy financing in a larger context by explaining the non-concessional finance approach China’s global banks are taking to promote industrial and infrastructure development around the world. Paulina Garzon will provide examples of positive and negative impacts that Chinese energy investments are having on communities in Latin America.
Making Matsutake Worlds: A Transnational Commodity Chain from Southwest China
UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Michael Hathaway
The Trade War: Global Conflict, Local Impact
Stephen Cheung, president of the World Trade Center Los Angeles, will discuss the trade war and its impacts.
Making Waves: Contested Waters in the South China Sea
ASNC, the RAND Corporation, and UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies are pleased to present a two-panel conference that will look more closely at the foreign policies of the claimant countries in the region, examine what is driving the national interest of these Asian actors, and explore how these tensions are influencing political and social currents at home.
IU EASC Colloquium: China's Anti-Trust Investigation Against Foreign Companies (Xingxiang Zhang, Practitioner in Residence, RCCPB IU Bloomington)
Indiana University's East Asian Studies Center presents a talk from Zhang Xingxiang on China's anti-trust investigation against foreign companies.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author Mike Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.