Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
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Happy Year of the Tiger! 祝您虎年快乐!

The USC U.S.-China Institute wishes you a Happy Lunar New Year! 祝您虎年快乐!
Studying Chinese in America

Has the promising rise in American students studying Chinese stalled?
Tennis in China

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

Originally published by USC Annenberg on November 15, 2021.
Kirk Denton Looks at Taiwanese Museums

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
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

People keep moving from rural areas into cities.
Beethoven in Beijing: Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmaker

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

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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