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.
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Video: Lucy Hornby on Covid-19's Impact on the U.S.-China Rivalry
July 24, 2020
Lucy Hornby, long-time China correspondent at the Financial Times, looks at how the virus has impacted the U.S.-China rivalry.
Politics and public health
July 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic reconfigured human activity across the globe. Differing political systems, priorities and social norms have yielded significantly different outcomes between China and the U.S. and within the two countries.
Global Citizens In A Global Pandemic: Chinese International Students In 2020
July 17, 2020
The recent Trump administration policy to deport international students if they did not show up for class on campus sparked strong reactions in the international student community, but also galvanized the world of higher education to unite in an unprecedented way.
How the Coronavirus Is Exposing Failed Leadership
July 7, 2020
A pandemic emergency exposes the vulnerability of a country’s governance system. Originally published by The National Interest on July 7, 2020. Written by USC professor Shui-Yan Tang and Brian An.
Alumni donate 8,000 masks to help shield USC health care workers from COVID-19
June 18, 2020
Chinese alumni procured and donated thousands of surgical masks to USC health workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Originally published by USC Dornsife. Written by Margaret Crable.
Improving nutrition for children
May 29, 2020
One in nine people around the world, over 820 million individuals, are undernourished. For preschoolers and kindergartners, this food insecurity leads to lower cognitive and social-emotional skills. Ensuring children are ready to learn (and later to produce) means guaranteeing them a basic level of nutrition. Programs to address this are well established, if not always adequate, in the U.S. and researchers in China are pushing to establish standards there as well.
Video: Nick Cull Examines How Covid-19 Has Affected World Leadership
May 29, 2020
USC Annenberg Professor Nick Cull looks at the impact of the Covid 19 crisis on the battle of images between the United States and China.
Scientists collaborate despite politics
April 16, 2020
A wave of nationalism from government leaders threatens to halt the global collaboration to find a vaccine for COVID-19.
The world is running out of N95 masks
April 9, 2020
Have you been able to find an N95 mask? The issue with masks is an issue with global trade.
Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (2013 Amendment), June 29, 2013
January 29, 2020
(Adopted at the Sixth Session of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on February 21, 1989; revised at the 11th Sessi
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May 13, 2022
European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 4:00pm PDT
Tensions evident in the recent European Union-China virtual summit reflect the increasing skepticism in Europe toward China and the worries over Ukraine and economic ties as well as human rights and environmental issues.