Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Politics
US Defense Secretary William Cohen visits Beijing, 1997
January 19, 1997
US Defense Secretary William Cohen spoke at Academy of Military Sciences in Beijing.
Holdridge, Crossing the Divide: An Insider's Account of Normalization of U.S.-China Relations, 1997
January 1, 1997
Daojiong Zha reviews the book for H-USA, January 1999, credit H-Asia.
Hayford, China, 1997
January 1, 1997
Philip Cho reviews the book for H-Asia, November 1997, credit H-Asia.
Chinoy, China Live: Two Decades in the Heart of the Dragon, 1997.
January 1, 1997
Tom Grunfeld reviews the book for H-Asia, June 1997.
Warren Christopher, Remarks en route to Beijing, November 19, 1996
November 19, 1996
Foreign Secretary of State Warren Christopher speaks en route to Beijing in 1996.
Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, United States Code Title 22 Chapter 32 Sections 2378a, Enacted 21 July 1996
July 21, 1996
This section of the U.S.C. was originally Public Law 87-195 Part III Sec. 620G. It was amended by Public Law 104-164 (H.R. 3121) Title I Sec. 149.
Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security, 1996
April 17, 1996
The following is the full text of a Japan-U.S. joint declaration on security alliance issued April 17, 1996, after a summit meeting in Tokyo between Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and President Bill Clinton: Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security Alliance for the 21st Century
Hillary Clinton, Remarks at the UN Conference on Women, 1995
September 5, 1995
Then the first lady of the U.S., Hillary Clinton led the U.S. delegation to the 4th United Nations Conference on Women which was held near Beijing in 1995.
Pres. Lee Teng-hui, Cornell University Commencement Address, June 9, 1995
June 9, 1995
Taiwan-born Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 (1923-2020) was Vice President of the Republic of China 1984-1988. A member of the ruling Kuomintang, Lee assumed the presidency on the death of Chiang Ching-kuo. In 1990, he was elected president by the ROC legislature. In 1996, Lee was elected in Taiwan's first-ever direct presidential election. He was succeeded in office by Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Lee studied at Iowa State University, earning a masters degree in agricultural economics. He later returned to the U.S. and earned his doctorate in agricultural economics at Cornell University. Members of Congress led by Senator Frank Mukowski of Alaska and Representative Tom Lantos of California pushed the Clinton administration to authorize a private, unofficial visit by Lee to the U.S.
Foot, The Practice of Power: U.S. Relations with China Since 1949, 1995
June 1, 1995
Stephan Craft reviews the book for H-USA, June 1998, credit H-Asia.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.