Teng Biao grew up in a rural village before attending law school at Peking University and focusing on human rights. While his early successes were lauded by the Chinese government, he was later abducted and tortured by police. He fled to the United States with his family and now teaches at Hunter College in NYC.
Economics
New Nasdaq Restrictions Affecting Listing of Chinese Companies, June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issues a press statement.
Video: Conversation with David Barboza
May 18, 2020
Award-winning New York Times journalist David Barboza talks about the challenges of reporting on China.
Video: Tom Narins on Sovereignty and the Belt and Road Initiative
April 23, 2020
Professor Tom Narins from the University at Albany (SUNY Albany) on how the Belt and Road Initiative illustrates ways that sovereignty works that conventional international relations fail to account for.
China in Democratic Party Platforms, 1968-2016
February 10, 2020
Excerpts from the platforms adopted at Democratic Party presidential nominating conventions from 1968 to 2016. A pdf version of the excerpts is also available.
Mike Pompeo, U.S. States and the China Competition, Feb. 8, 2020
February 8, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at the National Governors Association Meeting in Washington, D.C.
PRC State Council, China's Position on the Economic and Trade Consultations, June 3, 2019
February 6, 2020
The Chinese government released this white paper prior to the U.S. and China signing a phase 1 trade deal in January 2020.
John Demers, Economic Espionage by the People’s Republic of China, Nov. 1, 2018
January 30, 2020
John Demers
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2018
U.S. Senate, China's Talent Recruitment Plans, Nov. 18, 2019
January 28, 2020
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations staff issued a report on the threat to U.S. research advantages posed by China's efforts to recruit talent.
Weijian Shan on his journey from the Gobi Desert to a becoming a successful financier
October 30, 2019
Weijian Shan gave a lively talk at USC highlighting his experiences as a "sent-down youth" during China's Cultural Revolution.
The Evolution Of China’s Coffee Industry
June 28, 2019
From business meetings at the Starbucks in the upscale area of Xintiandi, Shanghai to multicultural get-togethers at the expat-friendly Baker and Spice on Anfu Road, coffee has become a cultural icon in mainland China.
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Featured Articles
June 11, 2020
Professor Margaret Lewis examined the US government's use of criminal prosecutions to address a broad "China" threat is at tension with the criminal justice system.
Events
July 2, 2020 - 4:00pm
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a webinar with David Zweig to look at how tensions between the United States and China have impacted scientific collaboration and research.
July 16, 2020 - 4:00pm
Bob Davis and Lingling Wei, authors of Superpower Showdown, will help us understand the ramp up of US-China economic tensions and the far-reaching consequences of the stand-off.