On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Environment
Urban Environmental Change in China, the U.S., and Hong Kong
Panel discussion on the urbanization of American and Chinese cities and how their global enivronmental footprint is on the rise, and most important what to do about it.
Are China And The U.S. On A Collision Course?
The PLATO Society presents a symposium on China – U.S. relations at the Skirball Center. Speakers will examine the two countries’ present and future together.
Burning Pelts and Blazing Passions: Transnational Environmentalism and Nationalism in Tibet
Emily Yeh will lecture on Tibet at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Environmental and Development Policy in China: Is Harmonization Possible?
A panel discusses China's unprecedented economic growth along with its significant enviornmental costs.
Cloud Gate Dance Theater: Rice
Taiwan's famous dance troupe performs Lin Hwai-Min's production, Rice.
Rising Power: Cleaning Coal in China
The Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies presents a discussion of China's move towards clean coal energy.
Making Matsutake Worlds: A Transnational Commodity Chain from Southwest China
UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Michael Hathaway
The Green Revolution in China
Drawing on his chapter in the recently published chinadialogue book China and the Environment: The Green Revolution, Liu Jianqiang will relate the role that NGOs, news media and community leaders played in forming an environmental movement opposing a dam on the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
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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?