Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
Culture
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.
Keliher, The Board of Rites and the Making of Qing China, 2019
November 4, 2021
This review by Jennifer H. Day was published on H-Asia and is reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
Urbanization in the U.S. and China
October 19, 2021
People keep moving from rural areas into cities.
Beethoven in Beijing: Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmaker
October 18, 2021
Filmmaker Jennifer Lin looks at the resurgence of classical music in China through the legacy of the Philadelphia Orchestra, from its first performances in the PRC in 1973 until its most recent tour in 2018.
Western Musical Instruments in China
October 14, 2021
Western classical music was condemned during China's Cultural Revolution. But China is now the principal producer and largest consumer of many "Western" musical instruments.
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