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Human rights
China and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights: Political Dissent and Other Issues
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania presents a lecture with Jerome Cohen.
Texas Asia Conference 2015: Beyond the Spectacular and the Mundane
The University of Texas at Austin Center for East Asian Studies will host the Texas Asia Conference 2015: Beyond the Spectacular and the Mundane. In what is becoming a biennial tradition, the conference, which is a space to present graduate research work centered on Asia as a regional focus, will be held on 2nd and 3rd of October (Friday and Saturday) 2015.
The Discursive Art of China's Colonialism: Reconfiguring Tibetan and State Identities
Lecture by Dawa T. Lokyitsang (PhD candidate of cultural anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder).
Post-humanism in Modern Chinese Culture
The Confucius Institute at the University of New Hampshire presents a conference focused on the study of post-humanism in modern Chinese culture.
Are the Masses Critical?
The University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Contemporary China will host Shuhao Fan, a B.A. Candidate in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and French Studies for a public talk.
China Onscreen Biennial: The Ditch (夹边沟) US Premiere
Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial (银幕中国双年展)project, director Wang Bing vividly recreates the brutal conditions at the Jiabiangou labor camp in the Gobi Desert in the 1950s.
The PRC Re-education Gulag: Repression, Assimilation and Islamophobia in the Name of Tianxia Harmony
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by James A. Millward on the internment of indigenous peoples in China.
Congressional Research Service Reports
A listing of reports released by the Congressional Research Service.
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Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?