People keep moving from rural areas into cities.
Environment
Tang Elected Fellow of Leading Academy
December 10, 2009
Shui-yan Tang, who has written extensively on administration, governance, and non-governmental organizations in China, was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration. Much of Tang's current work focuses on addressing China's environmental issues.
Fact Sheet: U.S.-China Cooperation on 21st Century Coal November 17, 2009
November 17, 2009
President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao pledged to promote cooperation on cleaner uses of coal.
USC Engineer to Lead US-China Study on CO2 Storage
October 13, 2009
Dongxiao Zhang heads effort to study means of reducing greenhouse gases.
Lee, "A typology of corporate environmental strategy and its driving factors in multinational corporations," 2003
August 24, 2009
USC Dissertation in Environmental Strategy.
Paulsen, "Multi-proxy studies of climate variability in central China: Subdecadal to centennial records in stalagmite from Budda Cave," 2000
August 24, 2009
USC thesis in Geochemistry.
Ortega, "Intrapersonal and environmental factors associated with Chinese youth alcohol use experimentation and binge drinking behaviors," 2008
August 4, 2009
USC Dissertation in Preventive Medicine (Health Behavior Research).
Sen. John Kerry, "America and China on the Road to Copenhagen: Toward a Climate Change Partnership," July 29, 2009
July 29, 2009
Chairman Kerry Discusses Climate Change At National Press Club.
"US-China Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation on Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment," July 28, 2009
July 28, 2009
Agreed to at the conclusion of the first round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Washington, DC, July 28, 2009.
Statement of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 23, 2009
July 24, 2009
Testimony by Jon M. Huntsman, Jr on global warming.
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October 12, 2021
Western classical music was condemned during China's Cultural Revolution. But China is now the principal producer and largest consumer of many "Western" musical instruments.
Events
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Kirk Denton will look at the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums in Taiwan.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Barry Naughton on his assessment of what he and his colleagues got right and wrong in looking at China’s economy over the past four decades.