The son of Hong Kong immigrants, Andy Mok left New York to find China on the cusp of a tech boom. To help fill the entrepreneurship knowledge gap, he started Beijing Tech Hive, the first weekend startup bootcamp in China.
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Zhang, "Association Between Changes in Air Pollution Levels During the Beijing Olympics and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Thrombosis in Healthy Young Adults" 2012
Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as their laboratory, University of Southern California (USC) researchers have found biological evidence that even a short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves one’s cardiovascular health.
NEW COURSE - Water and Energy Management in China: Market Forces and Socialist Ideology
Dr. Juliana Qiong Wang's Course will discuss environmental economics and policy. The class meets from 12:30-1:50 on TTH in SOS B-15.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States," January 26, 2012
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 26, 2012. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
An Inside Look at Global Health Activity at USC
The University of Southern California's Institute for Global Health Students in China recently supported Lily Fu to conduct summer research in China.
Political Opportunities, Resource Constraints, and Policy Advocacy of Environmental NGOs in China
Shui-Yan Tang's research examines the development of policy advocacy among China‘s civic environmental eNGOs.
2009-2010 USCI Faculty Research Grants
USC Faculty study visual ethnography, urbanization and environmental change, and American brands in China
Congressional Research Service, "China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies," July 18, 2011
Jane Leggett, a specialist on Energy and Environmental Policy, wrote this report.
Gary Locke, Testimony before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 26, 2011
Ambassador-designate Gary Locke's testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is the nominee to become President Obama’s next U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.
Jean-Pierre Bardet Visits Quake Region

Professor Jean-Pierre Bardet, chair of the Sonny Astani Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, was part of a U.S. delegation visiting the mountainous terrain of Sichuan Province in western China in August.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: The Challenge of China’s Green Technology Policy and Ohio’s Response," July 14, 2010
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on July 14, 2010. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
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