Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
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Seung-joon Lee, Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton, 2011
Edward Melillo reviews the book for H-Environment, August 2011, credit H-Asia.
Well-Being of Caregivers to Older Adults in China
Weiyu Mao's project examines the current policies on care giving in China as well as the challenges and opportunities that family caregivers and their elderly recipients face.
How Christianity Came to China
David Aikman, formerly Time's Beijing correspondent, speaks on his book Jesus in Beijing.
U.S. Department of State, International Religious Freedom Report 2010 – China, November 17, 2010
The U.S. Congress mandates that the State Department prepare an annual report on religious freedom around the world.
Video: When a Billion Chinese Jump
When a Billion Chinese Jump is a journey through an environment in crisis.
Splendid Sichuan
The Sichuan Song and Dance Group displayed folk art and culture in Sichuan for an audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on November 7, 2010.
Video: 2010 U.S.-China Film Co-Production Summit
The US-China Film Summit highlighted the growing entertainment media opportunities between established Hollywood and rapidly-emerging China.
US Student Ambassadors (美国学生大使), Shanghai Expo 2010
160 Student Ambassadors will greet 70 million visitors at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Follow their experiences at the USA Pavilion here.
Spatial Mismatch and the Well-Being of Rural Migrants in China
Pengyu Zhu's project examines the relationship of rapid urbanization in China and the massive rural-urban migration.
U.S. Congressional–Executive Commission on China, "Annual Report 2010," October 15, 2010
The Congressional-Executive Commission offers its annual report on human rights in China and current affairs in regards to rule of law.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.