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Environment
Biden Visit to China, Fact Sheet on Strengthening U.S.-China Economic Relations, Dec. 5, 2013
Vice President Joseph Biden visited China in December 2013. This fact sheet was released by the Office of the Vice President.
Video: The Obama – Xi Sunnylands Summit seen through the press and popular culture in the U.S. and China
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and the USC U.S.–China Institute present a panel discussion to examine the media coverage and other behind the scenes details of the superpower summit.
Video: China's Wastelands: How the World's Trash (Including Yours) Ends Up in China's Rivers
USC's Joshua Goldstein looks at recycling in China.
China and California Plan to Cooperate in Battling Climate Change, September 13, 2013
Memorandum of Understanding signed in San Francisco by China's National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chair Xie Zhenhua and California Governor Jerry Brown.
Video: Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century

The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk with Orville Schell on China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.
John Kerry, Getting the U.S.-China Climate Partnership Right, July 19, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins by noting President Richard Nixon’s famous 1972 handshake with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
Deputy Secretary Burns and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, EcoPartnership Signing Ceremony, July 11, 2013
On July 11, 2013, Yang Jiechi, State Councilor and special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended the signing ceremony of China-U.S. EcoPartnership Program in Washington, D.C.
Carbon footprint labels inaccurate, USC study finds

Robert Vos of the USC Spatial Sciences Institute and Joshua Newell of the University of Michigan examined the carbon footprint of paper in U.S. and Chinese supply chains.
Congressional Research Service, “Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress,” Sept. 5, 2012
This CRS report was written by Valerie Bailey Grasso, specialist in defense acquisition.
Undergraduate Seminar: Communication and Social Change in China
Yu Hong will be offering Comm 400 this fall. Tuesdays/Thursdays 11-12:20
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Featured Articles
A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Events
Join us for Aynne Kokas's discussion of the global battle for control over and use of the personal and institutional data we create every day.
Join us for a discussion with Mike Chinoy on his new book that expands on USCI's Assignment: China series.