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
Hong Kong: What Now? What Next?
The USC U.S.-China Institutes presents a panel discussion to examine the issues driving the protests, the social composition and motivations of the protesters and counter-protesters, and how the various sides are using media to reach local, mainland and international audiences.
The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting
The fourth in a series of exhibitions curated by the renowned Tibetan scholar David Jackson, The Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting explores the four distinctive provincial artistic styles of Tibet as well as those of Bhutan, Mongolia, and Qing-dynasty China.
Conference: Soft Power in China-U.S. Relations
The Stanford Center for East Asian Studies presents a various panels on the topic of soft power in China-U.S. relations.
China, The United States, and the Future of Central Asia
The National Committee on United States - China Relations presents a talk with David B.H. Denoon on his new book.
Informational Meeting: 2019 Global Exchange Workshop
CTPR515 The Global Exchange Workshop (2units), May 13-June 28, 2019 (7 weeks).
When Infrastructures Attack: The Politics of Disrepair in China
Julie Chu from the University of Chicago will discuss possibilities of political agency and redress at the intersection of two recent trends in China. Part of the East Asian Colloquium.
Screening: The Last Train Home
The Chinese documentary "The Last Train Home" will be screened at The Smithsonian.
Grand Performance of the "Peony Pavilion"
The China Institute presents the "Peony Pavilion," a love story of free choice in a time of arranged marriages, with a brilliant cast led by Shen Fengying and Yu Jiulin.
Suicide in Asia
A presentation by Paul Yip, Professor of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled
Taiwanese director Tien-Yu Fu will discuss and answer questions about the new film "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled."
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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?