This year's Joseph Levenson Book Prize goes to the 2021 work making "the greatest contribution to increasing understanding of the history, culture, society, politics, or economy of China."
Environment
Undergraduate Seminar: Communication and Social Change in China
May 31, 2012
Yu Hong will be offering Comm 400 this fall. Tuesdays/Thursdays 11-12:20
Zhang, "Association Between Changes in Air Pollution Levels During the Beijing Olympics and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Thrombosis in Healthy Young Adults" 2012
May 16, 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
April 11, 2012
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
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
October 5, 2011
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
September 1, 2011
Shui-Yan Tang's research examines the development of policy advocacy among China‘s civic environmental eNGOs.
2009-2010 USCI Faculty Research Grants
August 25, 2011
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
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
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.
Video: When a Billion Chinese Jump
November 11, 2010
When a Billion Chinese Jump is a journey through an environment in crisis.
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Events
Monday, April 3, 2023 - 5:00pm PT
Join us for a discussion with Mike Chinoy on his new book that expands on USCI's Assignment: China series.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 4:00pm
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.