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
Hammer Presents Performing the Silk Road with Chuen-Fung Wong
Chuen-Fung Wong brings the Silk Road to life via a performance of traditional Chinese chamber music and poetry. Hosted by the Hammer Museum.
Helping People Help Themselves: Discourses on Social Work in China
The Center for East Asian Studies Center at the University of Chicago presents a talk by Ling Han.
What Remains in the Ashes of Time? Nation, Love, and Martial Arts in Wong Kar-wai’s "The Grandmaster"
The University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global China Studies presents a screening of Wong Kor-wai's "The Grandmaster," followed the next day by a lecture by Professor Yanhong Zhu. Professor Zhu will explore how this film engages with issues of history and nationalism differently than other martial arts films, particularly the popular Ip Man series.
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
A major retrospective of the artist's work, Ai Weiwei: According to What?, includes examples from the broad spectrum of the artist's practice, from sculpture, photography, and video to site-specific architectural installations.
Beijing Opera
John McDonald will use his upcoming documentary, Children of the Pear Garden, as a starting point for a discussion on the history of Beijing Opera at the Pacific Asia Museum.
Contemporary Chinese Photography in Conversation
Join us for a conversation with artists from the upcoming exhibition "Out of the Shadows: Contemporary Chinese Photography".
Compassionate Activity: Tibetan Schools in China
Hungkar Dorje will describe his operation of three schools in Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Hearing on "Falun Gong in China: Review and Update"
Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman and Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on "Falun Gong in China: Review and Update"
China: Through the Looking Glass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center presents an exhibition exploring how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries, resulting in highly creative distortions of cultural realities and mythologies.
Asia Society Texas Family Day: Lunar New Year
Asia Society Texas hosts a lunar New Year celebration.
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Events
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?