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Urbanization
Factory Town: Life in a Chinese Development Zone
The Pacific Basin Institute presents a talk by Peter Hessler on his research in Lishui, a factory town in southern Zhejiang province.
Mountain, State, Minority: China’s Landscape as Post-Alteric?
Louisa Schein, Associate Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Women's and Gender Studies from Rutgers University will lecture at Stanford University on the topic of China's social landscape.
Landscapes of Wealth: Instant Cities and Global Suburbs in China and Beyond
Margaret Pugh O'Mara, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Washington, will present "Landscapes of Wealth: Instant Cities and Global Suburbs in China and Beyond" at the Chicago History Museum.
The May 2008 US-China Insurance Dialogues
John Morrison will give an overview of Sino-US cooperation on social insurance regulation with a focus on health policy, as one window into Sino-US relations on the verge of the Olympics.
Revalorizing Gendered Self-Worth in China’s New Age of Private Property
UC Berkeley presents Professor Li Zhang's talk how self-worth has become more and more individualized and materialized through the rising culture of consumerism.
Tenth Annual Kiang Lecture: Can China's Urbanization Save the World?
Kam Wing Chan, geography professor at the University of Washington will discuss the potential of the China market in the 10th annual Wan-Lin Kiang Lecture, hosted by the Center for Asian Studies.
Symposium: Who Decides in China’s Rapid Urbanization? An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the New Chinese City
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Asia Center presents a symposium on China's rapid urbanization.
Statistics, Census Data, and GIS for China Studies
USC's East Asia Library presents a talk by Shuming
Bao, the Senior Research Coordinator for China Initiatives at University of
Michigan's China Data Center.
Western China: China's Real Estate Frontier-The Development of Chongqing
Vincent Lo and Zhang Yuan will speak on the urbanization of China's Western cities at the Asia Society in New York City.
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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?