Economics

As part of President Tsai Ing-wen's efforts to reinvigorate and diversify Taiwan's economy, the "New Southbound Policy" aims to secure new regional partners in South and Southeast Asia. Building upon the policies of previous administrations, the "New Southbound Policy" will also seek to lessen Taiwan's economic reliance on the mainland by building an extensive network of cultural and interpresonal relationships throughout the region. This conference will examine the new policy in the context of Taiwan's overall foreign policy objectives.

New Arrivals is one of eight chamber operas the Houston Grand Opera has commissioned for East + West, a series celebrating Houston as a meeting place for Eastern and Western cultures.

UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Gaochao He on working class formation in China.

On December 4 and 5, the Kissinger Institute and the China Institute for International Studies (CIIS) will hold a groundbreaking dialogue on U.S.-China relations. In an effort to build relationships between, and gain the insights of, promising young leaders from both countries, KICUS and CIIS are bringing together 16 fully bilingual experts from a variety of fields for an unconstrained and uninterpreted dialogue on major issues in Sino-U.S. relations.