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
Sino-North Korean International Friendship
This talk explores the meanings of Sino-Korean friendship using North Korea's several key postwar dramas and literature about the subject.
Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution
Margaret Ng, Barrister and Former Legislative Council Member, HKSAR
Moderated by Ben Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies
Chinese Politics, The State of the Field: A Conversation
The Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute will host a roundtable focusing on the study of Chinese politics.
The Pain of Our Society: On Contemporary Chinese New Documentary Movement
The Center for Chinese Studies presents a Brown-bag lunch lecture by Professor Xinyu Lu on the New Documentary Movement in China.
Decoding Sogdian Funerary Art in China: Politics, Religion, and Transculturation in the Sixth Century
Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosts Fellow Mandy Jui-man Wu as part of the Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation.
Guardians of the Dharma, or of the Empire?: the Nine Luohans by Zhou Xun (1649-1729)
University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global Chinese Studies hosts a talk by Ann Wetherell on an unpublished hand scroll of Buddhist luohans
The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University presents a talk by Stein Ringen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Oxford.
Cars, Currency, and Conflict:Three Issues Concerning Today’s China and How They Are Connected
Timothy Grose, a doctoral student at Indiana University, will host a discussion on cars, currency, and conflict. He will illustrate how all three element affect current economic conditions in China.
China's Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization
John Hopkins University presents a talk by Roselyn Hsueh.
New Technologies, New Communities, New sources of Power
The Wilson Center Kissinger Institute on China and the United States will host author Irene Wu for an examination of how people around the world form cooperative communities and shape major issues through social media.
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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?