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.
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China's Crisis of Political Morality: Diagnosis and Reconstruction
The University of California, Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies will host Professor of Political Science Lowell Dittmer to discuss public morality in China.
A Life in Print: The Paradoxical Worlds of a Late Qing Traveler
By looking both at advertisements and articles, this talk will examine the life of a late Qing traveler in its global and local contexts, with particular attention to the changing market for print in the very late 19th century.
Return to Burma, Midi Z (Taiwan 2010): San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents a documentary film as part of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Wide Angle, Close Up: Rethinking Twentieth-century Chinese Art
This talk presents work-in-progress associated with the research project “Reconfiguring the World: China. Art. Agency 1900s to Now” which examines twentieth century Chinese art from an international perspective.
Gourmet Food Circle-Lucky Rice Cookbook Talk, Tasting, and Book Signing
Danielle Chang, founder of LUCKYRICE, brings night markets, grand feasts, and dumpling-making sessions to America’s biggest cities.
Last Train Home (归途列车)
The University of Kentucky will screen Fan Lixin's Last Train Home.
Surviving Conservation: Herders and Farmers in China’s Northwest
Based on her field research in the pastoral area of western Inner Mongolia and agricultural area in central Gansu province, You-tien Hsing will talk about herders and farmers’ aspirations and strategies of living with conservation programs such as ecological relocation, grazing and farming reduction, and state subsidies in China’s rapidly changing rural economy.
USC Marshall China Research Day
The USC Marshall School of Business presents a research conference on China and its business/political processes.
Managing Through the Coronavirus: China CEO Interview Series, Episode 3
Join consumer sector leaders on their webcast managing through the spread of the coronavirus.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
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?