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Urbanization
Whiteford and Whiteford, Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity, 2005.
Johann W. N. Tempelhoff reviews the book for H-SAfrica, April 2006.
Bray, Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System From Origins to Urban Reform, 2005.
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Richard Child Hill reviews the book for H-Urban, July 2005, credit H-Asia.
Growing the U.S.-China Economic Relationship: The Contribution of Food and Agriculture, 2004
Alan Larson, who is under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affair, talked to the students and faculty of Beijing University about the importance of the relationship between US-China and food and agriculture.
Zhang, Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population, 2001
Philippe Foret reviews the book for H-Urban, February 2003, credit H-Asia.
PRC State Council Information Office, “China's Population and Development in the 21st Century,” 2000
Rethinking the "Overseas Chinese": What's in a Name?
Huang Jianli, Associate Professor of National University of Singapore will speak at Stanford University on the concept of "Chinese Overseas".
Special Spring Workshop: The Beijing Olympics
This workshop will discuss aspects of this change, and the economic, political, and social implication of Olympics-led urban renewal in Beijing.
Leaving Children Behind: Migrating Parents and their Non-Migrating Children in Urban China
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a lecture by Xuewen (Sherman) Tan on the children of migrant workers.
Homeowner Associations in China: From Property Management Company’s Autocracy to Homeowners' Self-Governance
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents a talk with Guoqing Li, director of the Urban Policy and Urban Culture Research Center, the Institute of Urban & Environmental Studies, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, on home ownership in China.
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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?