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
A Venice of China: Transforming China's Cities for the Next Century
Professor Renee Chow gives a talk on a canal village outside of Shanghai, known as the "Venice of China."
Up and Away: Gender, Education, and Mobility for China's Rural Youth
The Fairbank Center at Harvard University presents Jennifer Adams as part of their Gender Studies Workshop.
Graphic Ideology: Cultural Revolution Propaganda From China
Exhibition focusing on Chinese progranda posters and tactics.
Wallace S. Johnson Memorial Lecture: Bones, Babies, and the Politics of Burial in Late Imperial China
The University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies presents Jeff Snyder-Reinke giving the Wallace S. Johnson Memorial Lecture titled, "Bones, Babies, and the Politics of Burial in Late Imperial China."
Letters from Iwo Jima
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Little Moth
A screening of Peng Tao's Little Moth - when an impoverished country couple adopts a crippled young girl and puts her to work begging on city streets, a battle soon ensues over her fate.
Ching Chong Chinaman
Duke Asian American Theater (DAAT) is proud to present its first full production, Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee! Ching Chong Chinaman is a hilarious satire about the Wongs, an ultra-assimilated Chinese American family, and Jinqiang (or J), the Chinese "indentured servant" who comes to live with them. The play explores themes of family, identity, and following your dreams.
China’s Urban Migration and Social Integration
Fudan-UC Center hosts a China Research Workshop on China's migrants' social integration and welfare institution reforms.
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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?