Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Urbanization
Build, Dwell, Live
Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University hosts a talk with Michael Herzfeld, Qin Shao, and Lisa Mitchell
Expos and Olympics: Global Festivals and the Dynamics of Urban Change in Asia
UCLA will hold a forum on urban change in Asia.
China Urbanization, Land and Hukou
Professor Kam Wing Chan will speak on urbanization in China at the University of Washington.
Forces of Change in Urban China: Geography and the “New” Chinese City
Piper Rae Gaubatz, professor at the University of massachusetts, speaks on urbanizing "change" throughout China.
Berkeley Students Working in China on the Future of a Water Village in the Pearl River Delta and on the Grand Canal in Hangzhou
Peter Bosselmann will speak about UC Berkeley students' work in Guangzhou and Hangzhou, China, in January and March of this year.
Urban Ruins and Contemporary Chinese Documentary
The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley presents a screening of Yumen and discussions with the director J. P. Sniadecki
Welfare, Wealth, and Poverty in Urban China: The Dibao and its Differential Disbursement
Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosts Dorothy Solinger as part of the New England China Seminar.
Book Talk - Shanghai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949
Wen-hsin Yeh traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history.
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Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
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
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?