Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Women
Film Screening: Autumn Gem
The film Autumn Gem will be screened in various locations across California.
Songs and Sermons of Hell: Preaching about Women in Japanese Buddhism (In Japanese)
The USC Shinso Center for Japanese Religions and Culture presents Professor Naomi Kodate on the history of special hells associated with women. Lecture will be in Japanese.
Gender Equity in Tibetan Public Affairs
Join DR. B. TSERING, Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellow and Member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile for a discussion about the lack of a role women play in Tibetan in democracy.
Nostalgia and Resistance: Gender and the Poetry of Chen Yinke
A discussion with Zuoxiao Zuzhou, a leading musician, composer, and activist of contemporary China.
The Women’s Movement and the Gendering of Taiwanese Democracy: The Beginning of an Institutionalized and Gendered Political Opposition, 1996-1998
Helen Li will give a talk at the University of Chicago on gendered political opposition in Taiwan as a part of the University's The East Asia: Trans-Regional Histories workshop.
The Gender of Superstition: Revolutionary Modernity and the Yan’an Campaign against Spirit Mediums, 1944-1945
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies welcomes Dr. Xiaofei Kang for a public talk.
Recasting the State: Feminist Trajectories in India and China
Professor Liu Dongxiao will speak on feminism in India and China at the University of Chicago.
Taiwan’s Feminist Movement and the Changing Role of Women
The Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute presents a talk by Anru Lee, John Jay College, CUNY as part of their Modern Taiwan Lecture Series.
Bourgeois Decadence or Proletarian Pleasure? Women, Men, and Smoking in China across the 1949 Divide
The Institute of East Asian Studies will hold a talk about the history of gendered smoking practices in China.
Judy Huang, piano
Grand-Prize Winner of the 2004 Carmel Music Society Piano Competition, Judy Huang has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician
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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?