On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Culture
East Meets West XV
This performance is a collaboration between Dance of Asian America and some of Houston's most elite dance companies including Texas Ballet Theatre, Revolve Dance Company, Houston Ballroom Company, Ad Deum Dance Company, Artisan Ballet Company, and FLY Dance Company.
Shorts Program 2 at the Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival
The Los Angeles Chinese Film Festival presents a collection of short films.
Chinatown Celebrates “Year of the Ox” with a Parade
The 110th Annual Golden Dragon Parade celebrating the Lunar New Year
Tharlo. 2015. Directed by Pema Tseden
The Museum of Modern Art presents a screening of Pema Tseden's Tharlo.
45th Anniversary Gala
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will host the 45th Anniversary Gala.
Remembering the Great Leap Famine: Two Documentaries from the Post-1980s Generation
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University hosts two documentaries on how the Great Leap famine from 1959-1961 is remembered in China today.
Laughing at Utopia: The Rise and Fall of Cartoon Art in 1950s China
The Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies hosts a talk by Professor John Crespi of Colgate University
Chinamania
More than a hundred fifty years later, American artist Walter McConnell explores Chinamania in our own time. In this exhibition, he juxtaposes two monumental porcelain sculptures, which he terms stupas, with export wares from China’s Kangxi period (1662–1722).
An American in China
This coming of age, fish out of water story takes us on a fascinating journey to a world full of strange customs and people. But cultural differences, politics or distance cannot change the fact that we all share the same basic desire: to love and be loved.
We Are What We Wear
The films in this program speak of the covered stories of culture and industry beneath fabrics and clothes, as well as the truth of self-esteem, ambitions and longings.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?