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California Counts
California plays an outsized role in the multidimensional U.S.-China relationship.
Video: Deborah Brautigam on China and Africa
Deborah Bräutigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa, explores China’s evolving global quest for food security and Africa’s possibilities for structural transformation.
Prosperity's Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China (September 26, 2013)
Bin Yang reviews the book for H-World.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China's Agriculture Policy and U.S. Access to China's Market," April 25, 2013
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on April 25, 2013. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Congressional Research Service, "Food and Agricultural Imports from China," 2007
Geoffrey S. Becker prepared this Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. As its name suggests, CRS serves the U.S. Congress. Its reports are prepared for members and committees of Congress. They are not distributed directly to the public. CRS policy is to produce reports that are timely, objective, and non-partisan.
2006 Report to Congress on China's WTO Compliance
This is the fifth annual report to Congress on compliance by China with commitments made in connection with its accession to the World Trade Organization.
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.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Is Lying Contagious? Spatial Diffusion of Agricultural “Satellites” During China’s Great Leap Forward
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Hongwei Xu on Agricultural Satellites during the Great Leap Forward.
Will Africa Feed China?
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk by Deborah Brautigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa. "Will Africa Feed China?" explores China’s evolving global quest for food security and Africa’s possibilities for structural transformation.
Knowledge of and Vulnerability to Climate Change among Pastoralists in Central Tibet
The UCLA Asia Institute hosts a talk by Emily Yeh to discuss findings about Tibetan pastoralists’ knowledge of climate change, as well as factors leading to vulnerability to climate change, based on an interdisciplinary project conducted in Nagchu, in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, PRC.
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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?