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Culture
China Onscreen Biennial: The Cremator (焚尸人 ) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, Director Peng Tao achieves soaring humanism and lyricism in this portrait of life among the lonely. Cremator Cao makes a living incinerating the dead, while secretly selling “ghost wives” to bereaved families seeking companions for their recently deceased, single sons.
Fall 2008 CCS Chinese Documentary Film Series - No Sex, No Violence, No News: The Battle to Control China's Airwaves
A screening of the film No Sex, No Violence, No News: The Battle to Control China's Airwaves.
Film Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience will host a screening of the film Who Killed Vincent Chin? Filmmaker Renee Tajima-Pena will be present. A panel discussion will follow.
Poetry of Protest and the 1989 Tiananmen Movement
Jiayan Mi - Associate Professor of English and World Languages & Cultures, The College of New Jersey
Mere Straws in the Wind or Genuine Change? Society, Culture and Public Opinion under China's New Leadership
With an increasingly vocal society, and a possible loosening of censorship in media and culture, what are we to make of these changes and, more importantly, how have these changes been received within China, for example on the increasingly important Chinese microblogs?
Screen Asia: "Rush Hour"
Continuing its summer film series, Asia Society Texas Center presents the first title in the Rush Hour franchise, which spawned three films and a recent television series. Global icon Jackie Chan stars as Detective Inspector Lee, who is tracking down a Chinese crime syndicate in Los Angeles after Hong Kong’s transfer from British rule. Chris Tucker plays an LA police officer, assigned to divert Lee from an FBI investigation into the kidnapping of the local Chinese Consul’s daughter.
The Soul of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Duke University will host Ian Johnson to discuss his book The Souls of China: The Return to Religion After Mao.
Chinese Brush Paintings by Linco Chow
Exhibition and panel discussion of works by artist Linco Chow and his students
China Event: Film Screening and Discussion "Golden Gate Girls (2013)"
Golden Gate Girls tells the fascinating story of filmmaker Esther Eng: the first woman to direct Chinese-language films in the US, the mos
Screening: The Seal of Love (CAFF 2011)
The 2011 Chinese American Film Festival presents a screening of The Seal of Love.
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Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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?