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Congressional-Executive Committee on China, Ongoing Challenges Faced by Persons with Diabilities in the People's Republic of China, Dec. 3, 2023

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December 3, 2023

The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China was created by Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China.

Video: Ian Johnson on Sparks, his look at China's Underground Historians

Ian Johnson, speaking about his book Sparks at the USC U.S.-China Institute on 2023-10-16.
November 14, 2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson spent a decade researching the work of these unofficial historians of China's recent past. This compelling study introduces readers to writers, filmmakers and artists, determined to preserve stories about mass movements that affected millions but get scant attention in the party-state's official history.

Looking at Hong Kong

PRC flag and the flag of the Hong Kong special administrative region.
October 30, 2023

Hong Kong emerged in the 1980s as a global financial center. A British colony from 1842 to 1997, it is in its third decade as a special administrative region of the PRC.

New Acquisition: Bill Einreinhofer China Archive

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May 26, 2023

Explore modern China with USC Libraries' newly acquired Bill Einreinhofer China Archive, a collection of video, image, audio, and text files documenting historical events and daily life from 1910 to 2022.

UN Assessment of Human Rights in Xinjiang, August 31, 2022

August 31, 2022

The United Nations Human Rights Office issued its report on human rights conditions in Xinjiang. The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights visited China in May 2022. The UN concluded that China's detention system of Uyghurs and others was fundamentally unjust and that allegations of abuses against detainees were credible. China issued a lengthy response to the report, arguing that the government's actions protected social stability and that human rights for all in Xinjiang had improved. Both reports are available here.

China's response to UN report on human rights in Xinjiang, August 31, 2022

August 31, 2022

The PRC government opposed release of the UN assessment of human rights in China. The UN concluded that China's detention system of Uyghurs and others was fundamentally unjust and that allegations of abuses against detainees were credible. China's extensive response to the report argues that the government's actions protected social stability and that human rights for all in Xinjiang had improved. Both reports are available here.

U.S. State Department, China and Human Trafficking, July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022

The U.S. State Department issues an annual report on human trafficking across the world, including in the U.S. In addition to the usual section on China, which in recent years has highlighted the detention of Uyghurs and others, the 2022 report included a special section on trafficking associated with China's Belt and Road Initiative.

PRC Foreign Ministry, Reality Check - Falsehoods in U.S. Perceptions of China, June 19, 2022

June 19, 2022

The Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China released this statement on June 19, 2022 to rebut a speech made by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Antony J. Blinken, The (Biden) Administration's Approach to the People's Republic of China, May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken gave this policy address at George Washington University on May 26, 2022. The event was hosted by the Asia Society.

2022 Assignment: China Updates

Newly appointed Ambassador Chito Romana in Tiananmen Square.
April 20, 2022

Many are familiar with the institute's 12-part Assignmen

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