On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Politics
American/Chinese Ping Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch
Table tennis exhibition featuring American and Chinese champions and players from USC and UCLA will serve as a prologue to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Sites of Extraction: Perspectives from a Japanese Coal Mine in Northeast China
Colombia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute presents a lecture by Victor Seow in Japanese coal mining in Northeast China.
How Chinese Judges Think
UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center presents a talk on judges in the Chinese legal system.
China: Beyond the Headlines
USCI's Clayton Dube speaks in the UCLA Beyond the Headlines series.
A City of Workers, A City for Workers? Beijing Urban Space in the 1950s
UCLA Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk with Fabio Lanza.
Are China And The U.S. On A Collision Course?
The PLATO Society presents a symposium on China – U.S. relations at the Skirball Center. Speakers will examine the two countries’ present and future together.
Jerome Cohen: "The Rule of Law Under Xi Jinping"
Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China and the 21st Century China Program at UCSD present a talk by Jerome Cohen on Xi's reforms in the legal systems and the important advances that came about.
Film Screening: Human Harvest
In the award-winning documentary Human Harvest, Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour investigate the organ harvesting trade in China and uncover one of the world’s worst crimes against humanity. This screening is organized by the UNC-Chapel Hill Falun Dafa Club.
Making Waves: Contested Waters in the South China Sea
ASNC, the RAND Corporation, and UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies are pleased to present a two-panel conference that will look more closely at the foreign policies of the claimant countries in the region, examine what is driving the national interest of these Asian actors, and explore how these tensions are influencing political and social currents at home.
China Colloquium: The Dictator’s Dilemma: The Chinese Communist
The University of Washington East Asia Center will host Bruce Dickson for a discussion on the survival of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?