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Corporate Social Responsibility in China

April 8, 2021

H&M's statements about forced labor in Xinjiang have angered both Chinese and human rights groups.

Jennifer Pan on China's Welfare Program for the Urban Poor

January 28, 2021

Jennifer Pan examines how China's major social assistance program, Dibao, has been used to quell dissent.

Joshua Goldstein on Recycling in Beijing's Past and Present

January 21, 2021

Historian Joshua Goldstein discusses the role recycling and recyclers have played in China's economy and its new sustainability challenges.

Hong Kong Since The Handover

November 12, 2020

After the 1997 return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, the region was supposed to enjoy 50 years of autonomy. That seems to be ending much sooner.

Video: Michael Davis Looks at “One Country, Two Systems”

November 12, 2020

The USC U.S.-China Institute talks with author Michael Davis. His new book looks at Beijing's growing interference in the “one country, two systems” model China promised Hong Kong during the 1997 handover.

Congressional Research Service, China's National Security Law for Hong Kong: Issues for Congress, August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020

The Congressional Research Service is a non-partisan research office under the Library of Congress. This report was written by Susan V. Lawrence and Michael F. Martin.

Donald J. Trump, Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization, July 14, 2020

July 14, 2020

U.S. President Donald J. Trump ordered that the distinct treatment enjoyed by Hong Kong and its citizens be ended.

Increasing acceptance of LGBTQ

July 9, 2020

With the 50th anniversary of the world’s first gay pride parade in Los Angeles, we look across the Pacific at the two very different climates provided to LGBTQ individuals in China and Taiwan.

US Dept. of Homeland Security, Strongly Warn U.S. Businesses Against Contributing to China’s Human Rights Abuses, July 1, 2020.

July 1, 2020

Joint advisory from the State, Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security departments for U.S. companies operating in China, particularly in Xinjiang.

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