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
Beyond Boundary: Critical Issues in the Art of 21st Century China
Dr. Shen will speak on Chinese art at San Diego State University.
The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream featuring Dan Washburn
ASNC and Nixon Peabody are pleased to host award-winning journalist Dan Washburn for a discussion of Washburn's new book, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, which uses the politically taboo topic of golf to paint what critics are calling "an illuminating portrait of modern China."
Screening - Dragon Blade
When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius (Adrien Brody) arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An (Jackie Chan) teams up his army with an elite legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius (John Cusack) to protect his country and new friends. This film will be screened at the Laemmle Theatre from September 4 to September 10, 2015.
The 3rd Annual USC/CUC Global Exchange Screening
Johanna Demetrakas leads a class of six partnerships, made up of one Chinese and one American student, as they documented a wide range of topics central to the idea of Los Angeles being a Global City.
Chinese New Year Gala 2020
The China Institute in New York hosts a New Year Gala filled with Chinese music, dancing, food and a raffle.
Finding Chinatown
Sara Jane Boyers' decade long project photographing in the Chinatowns of the US & Canada is having its first solo exhibition.
Screening: My Sassy Girl 2 (CAFF 2011)
The 2011 Chinese American Film Festival presents a screening of My Sassy Girl 2.
The Study of Contacts Between Cultures: The Case of Sino-European Encounters in the Seventeenth Century
This presentation takes theories of communication and philosophy of alterity as a starting point to study the methodology of the history of contact between cultures.
Crazy Rich Asians: An Evening with Kevin Kwan
Come see the New York Times bestselling author, Kevin Kwan, discuss his body of work Crazy Rich Asians and his forthcoming projects.
Film Screening: They Are Flying
Duke University screens "They Are Flying"
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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?