A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
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Online Courses for Educators
August 2, 2022
USCI's online courses enable teachers to learn not just about East Asia, but about how they might bring East Asia to their own students.
Assignment: China - USCI's series on American reporting on China
April 20, 2022
How do we know what we know about China? The images most Americans hold of China were shaped by news coverage. Our multipart documentary series Assignment: China focuses on the journalists who have described the remarkable changes in China since the 1940s. Two of the most influential moments in this history were the Nixon visit in 1972 and the Tiananmen demonstrations of 1989. The correspondents interviewed for the series have helped news consumers understand how China's opening up and subsequent economic rise have reshaped the world.
USC Annenberg’s resident Olympics expert has a front-row seat at his 12th Games
February 8, 2022
Olympics expert Alan Abrahamson, seen here at last year’s Tokyo Games, covered his first Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
The Olympics Return to Beijing
February 3, 2022
Beijing becomes the first city to host both summer and winter games. International scrutiny of Chinese policies and practices has increased since the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Happy Year of the Tiger! 祝您虎年快乐!
January 27, 2022
The USC U.S.-China Institute wishes you a Happy Lunar New Year! 祝您虎年快乐!
Studying Chinese in America
December 9, 2021
Has the promising rise in American students studying Chinese stalled?
Tennis in China
December 2, 2021
The Women’s Tennis Association is at odds with China’s government. How big is tennis in China?
How China’s ‘leftover women’ are using their financial power to fight the stigma of being single
November 15, 2021
Originally published by USC Annenberg on November 15, 2021.
Kirk Denton Looks at Taiwanese Museums
November 5, 2021
Kirk Denton looks at the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums in Taiwan.
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Featured Articles
May 13, 2022
European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.