By many measures, America is no longer seen as positively as it once was in China. We track some of these changes.
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College Enrollment Trends in the U.S. and China
February 4, 2021
Chinese universities are operating fairly normally while covid-19 continues to complicate the operation of U.S. schools. In our newsletter this week, we look at enrollment trends in the two countries.
Mike Pompeo and Betsy DeVos, Joint Letter to Commissioners of Education about China's Confucius Classrooms Program, October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020
The U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Secretary of Education argue that China's Confucius Classrooms are an influence effort and should be constrained.
Mike Pompeo and Betsy DeVos, Joint Letter to Presidents of American Institutions of Higher Education and Affiliates Regarding the People’s Republic of China, October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education
#6: Holding China Accountable
October 8, 2020
Lingling Wei’s grandfather was an aide to Mao Zedong for 13 years. She went off to study journalism at Fudan University and New York University and returned home to China as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Until the Chinese government expelled her.
Video: Han Li on Rural China in the Social Media Age
August 21, 2020
Professor Han Li examines how Chinese are rediscovering the rural China and idealizing rural life in the social media age. She also looks at the social and political forces driving this trend.
U.S. State Department, Confucius Institute U.S. Center Designated as a Foreign Mission, August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
The U.S. State Department formally designates the Confucius Institute U.S. Center in Washington, D.C. as a foreign mission of the Chinese government.
Beauty And Its Perceptions: A Deep Dive Into China’s Current Social Media Landscape
August 9, 2020
Today’s social media scene makes it difficult, especially for young people, to remember what life was like prior to the continuous influx of opinions on the internet. Social media often showcases people’s best sides, shaping our understanding of beauty. We scroll through images, ads and article daily, intaking a saturated pool of visual stimulations, It is this way in the US, and so is it in China.
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January 10, 2022
We remember Michael Parks, who covered China for the Baltimore Sun and as the Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.